So I am currently running my Main-Alt through his obligatory Ranger life, a gimp-tastic Trap-Tempest build (Arty instead of Rogue, because it's more Bang for the Buck)

Perusing the bonanza of crap that is Ranger enhancements, I was debating whether or not taking the Versatile Adept I-IV wasn't better from a DPS and survivability standpoint than Killer and Dance of Death (henceforth, DoD.)

Has anyone run the numbers on this? Math is not my strong suit (I'm a musician, I only count to four) but it seems that the consistent +12 MPP/RPP/USP is better than situational boosts from Killer and the long down-times of DoD, which seems to have a very fickle AoE (used it on another toon so I have seen this first hand.)

Again, if I am killing things fast enough for Killer to proc, then the boost to DPS would be moot, and the MPP/RPP/USP is always "on" and boosts my Healing spells to boot.

Plus the Harper Tier 5 Enchant Your Weapon seems good as well:

- Always on Improved Deception, +1 Weapon Enhancement (Boom! Winning!)
- +10 Harper Bonus to USP (meh)
- Good-Aligned Weapons, stacking +3 Enhancement and +2 To hit/damage vs. Evil (Boom! More Winning! Vatican Warlock Assassin Style!)

Discuss.

tl;dr- Are Harper enhancements better than going Tier 5 Ranger Anything?

Metal-Beast wrote on May 4^th, 2015 at 1:39pm:

i rolled my alt into a 14p 5r 1 ftr pdk. stopped using dance of death. i dont have a tier 5 in anything and most of the points are in kotc core 12, stalwart, and harper for melee/ranged power.

Dance is still very good however and i swap back into it when i go in DC. LD gives me enough cleaves that i dont have to take dance while in it.

5 Foot Step wrote on May 4^th, 2015 at 11:26pm:


I'm assuming this is like Munk's Past-Life getter?

I read through it, and it's completely valid. However, I have already committed my gimp to 10 Ranger, so it's kind of moot.

Also, I didn't take any of the SWF feats, so that's borked as well, and I'm too cheap to burn my +20 Heart for it. (Saving that for the FvS/ Cleric lives)

To answer you question: I haven't used DoD since they reduced the cool down. I will give it a shot, since from what I've read above, it's now worth having.

Also, I currently have nothing on my clickie bar, so there's an excuse right there. 

PS- Fuck them for making me choose between Haste or Sprint Boost. Pole-smokers.

Starkjade wrote on May 5^th, 2015 at 6:39pm:


Way to kill my profanity laden tantrum, Stark...