^ That's a 'drastic' localization.

ahhh ok got it
thanks!!

guild wars selling at gamers for RM199 now. good chance for those eager to give this game a shot

New preview movie for the summer's update from Anet. Gear up folks, we're gonna suck that place dry.

Thanks for the tip, gotta find me some firey bow string

I'm gonna pour most of the new attrib points into fire magic, but so far I cant seem to find any new fire skills :S

Hey does marksmanship attrib by any chance increase the distance u can shoot arrows? Just curious cuz in some battles I've been hit by rangers who can attack me, yet are out of range of my attacks... maybe its because they were on higher ground?

Distance is determine by type of bow, not by marksmanship.

Longbows can hit outside the small aggro circle on the radar.
For maximum effectiveness,
1) Fiery Bowstring,
2) Conjure Flame,
3) Kindle Arrows,
4) Mark of Rodgort,
5) Poison arrow.

Watch mighty buff warriors start running away from you.

add in troll and whirling defenses and watch the warrior cry

Maybe Fire isnt the best for a ranger/elem , unless the only skill you want to use are knockdown fire skills.

Pyromaniac Ele/Ranger, I would suggest you to use AoE, knockdown and some Wilderness support survival spells. Good for crowd control. I prefer holding a staff or wand along with flame artifact than bow coz you will get more useful ele bonus from them. But of course, Bows do look much cooler.

Ranger Arsonist R/E, i put most of my points equally in marksmanship, wilderness and expertise. The remaining will be in fire skills for conjure flame and rodgort. This build is only good 1vs1 tho

Any references/guide and so on?

Completely new to the game.! Thanks

Considering Ranger/Elem

Any idea where to get info and so on?

Basically try to play without wlakthrough. Make you more adventurous.
You can always ask for help here. Many people have ascended in this forum.

You can try www.gwonline.net and www.guildwarsguru.com
Browse around their forums for useful infos

You're skillset will mostly be completely ranger based if you're going ranger/ele since the nicer burn spells are further in the game.

try usin mark of rodgort and apply poison....heavy on the energy but heavy on HP degen too:)
btw..make sure u have a bow with a fiery string equipped.....

^hunter shot too, only 5 energy and it'll bleed them if they run wahahahaha!!!

Don't forget that longbows have less accuracy and the high ground means you have a better chance of hitting compared to shooting uphill

Use a shortbow if u wanna get up close and personal it has a faster fire rate too.

Wow rangers have quite a lot of advantages.....

Thanks for the advice rEDs, Delirium, and LiQuiDWaVe found ur posts most informative.

Some thoughts:

First of all I had no idea that the bow-type served anything more than asthetics... Glad I kept my short bow, and long bow as well

Currently I use a fire wand and flame artifact that increases my energy. My line up is:

- Aura of Restoration
- Flare
- Glyph of Lesser Energy
- Phoenix
- Armor of Earth
- Ward against Foes
- Lava Font
- Fire Storm

Basically I use the flare as my "standard attack" to soften em up, and wait for the enemies to cluster before I use my AOE attacks, reserving Earth Magic for defensive purposes (I find the ward against foes to work really well with the AOE against warriors). I found this strategy generally works with most team setups (I tend to carry the Troll Unguent instead of the glyph for PVP)...

I got the ranger because I figured I could use his powers to "manipulate the environment" back when I really didn't have a clue what the ranger's powers were. Now I realize that includes nature rituals and traps, which is what I would focus on for the ranger. Just waitin to get a hold of some of those powers, I figure with a few good traps on my belt, coupled with some of the more powerful AOE fire magic attacks, and I'll be pretty deadly...

So eventually my attribute points would be focused on:

Elementalist: Fire Magic, Earth Magic, Energy Storage
Ranger: Marksmanship and Wilderness Survival

It's not as focused as some setups, but I like flexibility... I can always use my refund points to focus a bit later on.

Later on I would like to experiment with other combos: Air Magic/Beast Mastery perhaps? I found that pets can be a welcomed distraction. I find them annoying when I hit "C" to look for the closest enemy only to find myself wasting my energy on some rangers pet lol...