The Definitive Guide to Store TP for Ranged WeaponsFollow

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Change PPA and GMB to CCA and IMB to get with the times (altough arguably they should be removed as anyone that wastes his double shot timer for an unlimited shot CCA or IMB WS is truly mad)

And /SAM at 40 still just gives us 15 STP am I correct?

If you want the numbers for 120 delay arrows, just use the PPA calculations (PPA is 120 delay).

I can't think of a single situation in which someone would be using a 360 delay bow to TP with, but I might do another set of calculations for 120 delay bow, 270 delay gun, 130 delay xbow, and 144 delay xbow. If I do, I'll probably throw 360 delay bow in there, as well.

240/288 delay bolts (bloody/sleep) throw a bit of a monkey wrench in, but I'll consider it.

No. The STP number for PPA is the amount of STP that you need to make PPA reach the necessary TP/hit (14.3, 16.7, 20.0, etc) for that particular x-hit build.

So that value will work perfectly fine for fulltiming 120 delay arrows.

Wooden Arrow, Ice Arrow, Marid Arrow, etc. Nothing relevant.

OK, am i reading this right as the most sTP a ranger can wear? if so you really need to do more looking at the new 76-80 gear. not to mention you're missing key sub-75 items as well(rose strap)

most rng can wear:
weapon: mekki shakki(5)
sub: rose strap(4)
ranged: TOTM sTP(8)
ammo: none
head: Brisk mask(4)
neck: almah torque(2)
ears: brutal(1)
body: loki's kaftan(7)
hands: Gules mittens+1(3)
ring: hoard(4)
ring: rajas(5)
back: tactical mantle(6)
waist: goading(5)
legs: skadi(7)
feet: gules+1(4)

so max from gear is 65, /sam max is 80, /sam + "samurai roll average" is 110*, /sam+ "samurai roll max" is 130.

now, under NO circumstances would I recommend the above gear set vs anything that actually matters, your racc would be sorry. but that only eliminates 5-hits on fast xbows(280/288 delay) and 3-hit cannons, and only if you don't have a cor


as for a gear set that actually makes sense to use? well i'm planning on using these 5-hit bow setups(80 rng/sam only):

Tp set
Weapon skill set

what you'll immediately notice is that, as far as sTP is concerned, not a lot changes in those two builds.

this is a major consideration, 90% of sTP gear for ranger will hurt per-shot(per-ws) damage. you want to achieve your x-hit with as few gear swaps as possible. and, if possible, you want to leave head and body alone(as our primary snapshot slots)

in my two builds I go from 6-hit to 5-hit at a cost of -2 ratt -5 racc only during tp phase(remember our tp shot are MORE accurate than a 100% slugwinder) and I do so without any extravagant rare/ex gear(looking at you skadi pants)

this only works with the sTP sparrowhawk, its delay and native sTP put it in a unique slot as far as x-hit builds, other bows are either lacking the native tp return(siege, most magians**) or too fast(vali) and screw w/ the sTP gear needs requiring dipping into slots better left alone(brisk mask/loki kaftan), getting gear with significant penalties(hoard ring/rest of gules set) or getting rare/ex gear(tactical mantle/skadi legs)

really, the first question you have to ask when starting sTP talk, is what bow you're using and second is what gear slot HAS to be free for you to use. example: if a 5-hit required me to swap body slots, I wouldn't have a 5-hit. loki's kaftan is a sweet piece of gear(long term I want it for ws swap/town), but I love my snapshot for tp.

*this assumes your cor is smartly doubling up on anything not a 2, accounts for 6>6 busting, and assumes your cor is playing conservative and NOT doubling up on 7+...ymmv

** stp magian actually returns more tp/shot than a slower(540) non-stp bow

Edited, Jul 24th 2010 6:18pm by sscearcev