Ranged gear advice

For ranged, should I get hardened leather for the weapon dmg or supple for crit chance and dex?

 

Supple leather doesn't give a dex boost. Anyway, hardened leather is more effective.

 

Hardened would be my choice. Bronze bone might be easier.

 

Thanks for that guys

 

Not that I'm disagreeing as I used hardened whenever possible, but when did Rangers switch to Hardened from Supple? Just curious.

 

It was a while back when they changed crit math for gear. The value for the crit on gear dropped a lot. Some still use supple now though since Dex doesn't seem to have a big impact on crit anymore.

 

Thanks for the update. Didn't know they changed it. Must have been during my 8 month hiatus.

 

They changed it so that it's a multiplier of your base critical. So, let's say you have a total of 15 critical chance between your weapon, dexterity and passive skills like Armor Weak Points. Let's also say that you have 20% critical chance bonus from your equipment. Your total critical chance would be 15 x 1.2 = 18 instead of 15. It used to be additive, so that would be 15 + 20 = 35. It also used to be a straight percentage, so that 35 meant that you would score a critical 35% of the time. Now, that 18 is a score that's used in more fuzzy math and usually works out to much less than 18%.

 

So basically, crit chance is completely useles? Will make some Bronze Armor with other straps then.

 

Well, next to useless.

 

I play an archer tank with chain mail, been working great for a long long time now, Im usually the tank or puller in groups.

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