U52 First Life Bow Build

[Carpone]

I've had a number of people ask me for a first life bow build, so here it is: First life bow build

I've been playing this on a free to play account (+Sharn when it was $10), and taken it through several R1 raids. For a first life toon, it performs reasonably well.

I've included an optimal reincarnation path if you choose to pursue bow through your accumulation of past lives. I've also made some recommendations where to spend DDO Points if you choose to focus on minimizing $$$ costs.

[TFerguson]

Nice, it can get traps, has good run speed, and gets you a ranger PL.

I still think for a new player a pure ranger is probably better even if it does less damage. When you have no gear having FOM and a stronger cure adds some utility. YMMV

[Oliphant]

Great idea! Very helpful as usual.

One thing I will note, if someone is willing to play at endgame a bit and run raids, your Best gear set from your main ranged dps guide is attainable on a first life with a little time since the raids involved with the gear tend to be ones people play in PUGs and are accessible. So someone could roll this up and take it all the way to endgame and reasonably expect to attain extremely effective endgame gear if they just stick around and get raid runes.

[spifflove]

Missing out on 8 rogue or barb comes at the cost of improved uncanny dodge.

[Carpone]

I still think for a new player a pure ranger is probably better even if it does less damage. When you have no gear having FOM and a stronger cure adds some utility. YMMV

This build has Cure Mod. It's good enough for self heals. You don't need self-casting FoM. There are so few places where it's needed, and the cloak in this gearset already has FoM on it.

if someone is willing to play at endgame a bit and run raids, your Best gear set from your main ranged dps guide is attainable on a first life

It is. But you've got to start somewhere, which is the point of this build and gear set.

Missing out on 8 rogue or barb comes at the cost of improved uncanny dodge.

Uncanny Dodge is good enough on a first lifer. It's not like this build is going to rip aggro off a tank. At worst you'll be dealing with random aggro swaps like the Devils in VOD. It's already at 24% Dodge standing.

[ElrondElfKing]

will this build be using dual wielding weapons at all, or solely ranged?

[Carpone]

will this build be using dual wielding weapons at all, or solely ranged?

It's ranged only. Hybrid builds don't work in DDO due to the lack of feats, enhancements and gear that supports a dual role.

[Zhyano]

Thanks for the build guide

Just a quick note, warlock and monk are both becoming free (or are already i think?) due to anniversary, so therretically both /1 monk and /2 warlock splits are viable from the getgo!

[holmgang]

I've had a number of people ask me for a first life bow build, so here it is: First life bow build

I've been playing this on a free to play account (+Sharn when it was $10), and taken it through several R1 raids. For a first life toon, it performs reasonably well.

I've included an optimal reincarnation path if you choose to pursue bow through your accumulation of past lives. I've also made some recommendations where to spend DDO Points if you choose to focus on minimizing $$$ costs.

Am i missing something?
The doc has feats, enhacements, stats, but no skills like spot sneak, etc.