What proff you reckon is best for hunter??

[Cremaster]

Well, gimme your thoughts....

[Ceriad]

Originally Posted by Cremaster

Well, gimme your thoughts....

Woodsman is an obvious one, tried it and I won't be picking it as I found farming pretty useless. Hunters get a couple of nice bows as hunter quests rewards which along with all the ordinary quest bows along the way should mean you hardly need to buy/craft a bow anyway.

Explorer is very tempting - theres lots of wood about and not many people after it, though I found I spent a lot of time killing mobs for leather. If you havent played beta this is a big plus point as killing all those wolves will stop you from running out of quests, if you have played beta its less important as youll have some idea where the quests are. Two gathering crafts is tough to level as you can only have one on the radar at a time. I liked Tailoring as a production craft and it means you can fill 6 slots yourself. Will probably do Explorer on my main alt. Nice money-making profession.

Tinker is the one I'm most likely going for. Cooking is a good thing for a hunter to have as downtime is an issue (If you're lazy in your approach like I am), it also has a lot of potential to be useful in the end-game. Prospecting is a bit tougher to level as there are fewer nodes and plenty of folk after them. I ended up deciding this was a plus point for me as I intend to level pretty quickly and dont want to be too diverted by gathering, though I am into crafting. Jeweller is nice as a production craft so I'm happy with the combo.

Yeoman - Again this one has farming so I ruled it out.

Armsman - Wood has proved to be pretty expensive in beta so having Woodworker and needing to purchase all the mats sounds like hard work.

Armourer - 2 production crafts - hard work again but could be fun, havent tried it yet but worthy of consideration

Historian - Has farming which put me off, the scholar bit could be fun but sounds painful work to level. Also has a production craft and no gathering ability.

[Inxx]

Yes indeed, explorer looks like a nice job for starters to make some money.

Woodsman sounds like the right thing for hunters, but farming ?
I tried it out in beta and it was very boring (well for me).
On the other side you dont have to train in it, just keep it aside for later use if you are bored with questing


Tinkering is very nice.
Food and Jewelery will be in demand for sure, plus you can mine your own stone.

Armor + Weaponsmith, not really worth it for a hunter.
Most enemies should be half dead when they are in melee range :P
And as said before, bows come from woodsman not weaponsmith.

I will go woodsman , crafting bows is a good thing (also see the Bow List post to compare crafted/quested bows).

[litharan]

im going for woodsman also because it seems like the right proffesion for a hunter

[Ceriad]

Originally Posted by Inxx

(also see the Bow List post to compare crafted/quested bows).

Here are the high end bows from the excellent list linked in the bow thread at http://http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=32614. I cant see which of crafted v quested v dropped is the winner, I guess itll be the extra effects that decide which is best. Experience from other games makes me think we need a crossbow list too, as the huge single shot damage can usually be put to horrible effect in the right combinations

Crafted
Fortified Black Ash Bow
Stats: 29.6 dps, 58-84 fire damage, +1 crit chance to auto attacks, Demoralize
Materials: 13 Treated Black Ash, 1 Ancient Iron Ingot
Trophy: Lethal Sharp Dread Turtle Webbed Claw, Drops off turtles in the Malenhad Swamp.

Carved Black Ash Bow One use recipe
Stats: 28 dps, 55-79 light, 3% Ranged Vulnerability, Reduces threat, 9 common every 5 seconds
Materials: 15 Treated Black Ash, 1 Ancient Iron Ingot
Trophy: Hoartusk’s Horn, Drops off Hoartusk a master elite mammoth who wanders the giant halls of the Misty Mountains.

Ornate Black Ash Bow One use recipe critical success
Stats: 29.6 dps, 54-77 light, 3% Ranged Vulnerability, Reduces threat, 12 common every 5 seconds
Materials: 15 Treated Black Ash, 1 Ancient Iron Ingot
Trophy: Hoartusk’s Horn, Drops off Hoartusk a master elite mammoth who wanders the giant halls of the Misty Mountains.

Quest
Level 50: Queen of the Host
Lunathron’s Bow
Stats: 28.6 dps, 52-74 Westernesse-make, 1.3% Induction, Slightly reduces threat, Demoralize

Level 50: The Champion of Minas Angos
Victory at Minas Angos Crossbow
Stats: 28.6 dps, 71-112 Westernesse-make, Slightly reduces threat, Slightly reduces threat, Weaken

Level 50: Ending Terror
Donaith’s Bow
Stats: 29.1 dps, 58-82 Beleriand-make, Reduces threat, 2.5% Induction

Level 50: Implements of the Hunt
Bow of the Hunt
Stats: 28.4 dps, 56-80 Westerness-make, 4.5% Induction, Slightly reduces threat, 13 common damage every 5 seconds

Drop

Level 50: Flightsong
Stats: 29.7 dps, 59-84 Beleriand-make, 14 fate, Subtracts 80 from Armour Value
Location: Urugarth, first elite master goblin

[SquarePusher]

I've decided to go for Historian so I can make my own traps & oils. I'll also be able to make potions & dyes for cash.

I tried Woodworker in beta but I always seemed to be one step behind my adventuring. This meant I always seemed to have a better quest bow than one I could make.

I'm never very good at crafting so I'll leave the hard stuff to the experts

[Kheld]

I got to mastery of Tier 4 in Woodworking, in 40 character lvls I rarely had to use a crafted bow.

Quest rewards were always better - even some drops were better.

The nicer bows you can make need ingrediants (rare or v rare), and the recipes were 1 use only.

Woodworking just isnt working atm, though I wish it would! (pardon the pun).

[Cremaster]

thanks for the inputs folks

[Phero77]

Hi

Havent tried beta, so dont have a clue what waits me..but im almost 80% sure i will pick a hunter so what im wanna ask is, is the hunter Lothro compareable to the hunter in wow, with run slow enemy etc..?

[Hejjin]

Originally Posted by Phero77

Hi

Havent tried beta, so dont have a clue what waits me..but im almost 80% sure i will pick a hunter so what im wanna ask is, is the hunter Lothro compareable to the hunter in wow, with run slow enemy etc..?

The hunter in LotRO is vastly different from the hunter in WoW, obviously there is no pet to take into consideration, the LotRO hunter seems less fluid & more static than its WoW counterpart.

Yes Hunters get a run speed buff (Find the Path) at lvl 14, which has a 15% increase to movement speeds...it also does not have the negatives associated with aspect of cheetah / pack that the wow hunter has to live with (it is not useable in combat).

Hunters do get a movement impairing shot (Barbed Shot), i think this was available at lvl 1...(can't remember). There is also a melee attack that decreases movement speed on multiple enemies that are in front of the Hunter.

My exposure to the LotRO Hunter was limited, so I cannot comment on what it is like at higher levels, but certainly at the lower levels it appears both viable and fun.