Some advice pls

[Votan12]

Ok so i got a bit bored of the game a few months back and tried other things (not to mention concentrating on CSS leagues). Anyway now im back and ive been playin for a day. Hunter now seems quite different than what it was when i left. I can barely string two abilities together w/o auto attack going off in between, is there a way around this or is it supposed to happen?

My trap skill doesnt seem to work at all, i have seen complaints around the forums about this but its much worse than what ive read. i dont think ive managed to trap anything my lvl and above. Is it just me its this bad with?

Nice to see some more taxi skills been added and some new armour sets. ive got a fair bit of catchin up to do it seems with my tailoring recipes.

Any tips on attack orders as auto attack seems to be screwing up my old order of swift quick barb. they end up getting to me pretty quick.

Any advice on the above or anything ive missed is much appreciated

[OMWiener]

The traps not working is an issue that should be fixed in book 12 that is coming today.

As for the auto-attack, isn't there an option to turn it off? not sure though

[Scappydog]

Traps have been pretty broken since Book 11, but they are supposed to be improved again with Book 12. However, trap effectiveness is still related to mob lvl. You can expect your traps to be resisted more often if the mob is higher lvl than you.

For a Melee mob I open with:

Full Focus, Trap, Strength Stance, Quick Shot ( for the slow ), Swap to Precision Stance, then add in Swift and Pen shot before the mob gets to me. Some people like to get a Barbed in, for the extra damage from Scourging blow once the mob gets into Melee range.

For a ranged mob:

Full focus ,Precision Stance, Swift , Pen and Barbed.

You don't say what level you are, but Heartseeker is an opening option, if you have it, for Signature/Elite mobs if you are soloing them.

With the new melee skills going live today, I will have to try new things out, but the above is my basic opening sequence against a single mob.

There is an option to turn off auto attack, I think its in Combat options, but I find it's useful extra damage

[Bell of Eternity]

Don't forget our melee is going to be beefed up as well. Blindside is a +3 focus strike which is going to be really nice, and some other swipe is going to give a short parry buff. Traps and roots will be more useful and fear is made less dangerous to use (they run away from you, they call only one friend when fear ends, the range of call is reduced to half). Merficul shot's limit goes back up to half morale, but its focus cost remains 6.

[Belion_]

barbed arrow is usless :\

my usual key mash is. swift bow - pen shot - quickshot - quickshot - pen shot - swift bow, etc etc only takes 2 pips for pen shot for me tho how im traited does insane amounts of dps :)

[Larinson]

Barbed arrow isn't useless, especially as an opening shot against a melee opponent. It slows them down, meaning you can get more hits in before they reach you, plus it has the added bonus of an okay DoT. It's not a fantastic skill, but certainly one I use.

[OMWiener]

barbed arrow has been beefed as well and does 20-30 a tick now which is nice, especially in raiding if you stack it with other hunters

[Bell of Eternity]

Barbed is double damage on pulses but halved number of pulses. This means little bit more will get past mitigations, but not much.

[Votan12]

ah thanks. im level 43 just about to hit 44 atm. thanks for the tips all. hopefully traps do a bit more than before now.

[Belechael]

I can barely string two abilities together w/o auto attack going off in between, is there a way around this or is it supposed to happen?


Why would you want that?

Having an autoattack between skills is how you maximize your damage and conserve power.

[Votan12]

yeah i guess. i have noticed that im barely needing to stop to recharge as of late