Ranger: Arcane Archer Changes (Early Autumn Edition)

[blerkington]

So his suggestion to treat bows like two handed weapons is legitimate and should be done. But saying that a Ranger will need to max out 6 types of spell power is an exaggeration at best and a lie at worst.

Devotion, Force and one Elemental is what a Ranger will need if you want to swap Force or the Elemental for Potency that can work yes there will be some gearing involved but it won't be that difficult.

Hi,

No, I don't think it would be worthwhile to gear for spellpower in all areas. A main and an alternate seems like a good balance between convenience and being able to hit high spellpower values for the preferred primary imbues.

The fact that the AA secondary imbues allow you to bypass some DR also helps this situation too, because it could remove the need to slot augments for that purpose. Now that DR is a serious defence again in newer content, that ability seems more valuable than before.

Since potency boosts healing and all forms of spell damage, people who are more interested in convenience than power could get away with just that one effect. Maybe we will also start to see some new named bows which have potency, devotion, or elemental spellpower boosts on them.

Thanks.