5/5 Recycle

As I understand it a good deal of rangers bypass this trait for flashy shot. Call me a noob or flame me if you wish but i don't see any reason not to have this trait merited.

Based of the rate that rangers consume ammo and after seeing all the post about ammo shortages/attainability I cant see why more people don't use it.

The way I see it snapshot is a given but why flashy shot? It has a long recast timer and enmity+ just for more damage in a single shot. I don't consider this a very good trade off vs free ammo

The old argument goes that recycle won't make you a better ranger, it'll just make you a cheaper ranger.

I went 5/5 recycle too though >_>.

5/5 Recycle and 5/5 Snapshot, the other merits are really only novelty and the timer on Flashy/Stealth shot is just too long even at 5/5, and still not worth it even then.

I have changed my merits to 4/5 Recycle since I upgraded my Sylvan Gapette to +1 (I'll miss that Scout's Beret). The only thing preventing me from going 5/5 is that I do want Stealth Shot just in case.

I went 4/5 on stealth shot since -40 enmity on barrage is really nice and it also has the same recast timer. Granted this really only matters on NMs and HNMs.

I went 5/5 snapshot and recycle since that cooldown on stealthshot is a dealbreaker and ammo is hella rare+expensive.

I'm glad to see people actually do use recycle. I remember a time when you would get flamed for even mentioning it :)

5/5 - snap
5/5 - recycle

Flashy defeats the purpose of me being on RNG - standing back and chipping away. It isn't like a good RNG can't take hate at any time anyway.

The only worth in that JA today is epeen damage before you snatch hate and eat the floor.

Haha yeah I remember the recycle flames... Ultimately as long as you have full merits in snapshot where you stick the rest is up to you. I still have some merits in flashy shot from the ixion days but I should rework that :X.

Snapshot, Unlimited Shot and Rapid Shot are all that's important. (Unlimited for Double Shot)

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Originally Posted by noodles355

Snapshot, Unlimited Shot and Rapid Shot are all that's important. (Unlimited for Double Shot)

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Unfortunately, Unlimited Shot merits do not affect Double Shot.

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Originally Posted by Alkalinehoe

Unfortunately, Unlimited Shot merits do not affect Double Shot.

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That is absolute bullshit. Cheers SE.
I retract my previous statement. Snapshot and Rapid shot are all that's important. Spend the rest on w/e the hell you want.

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Originally Posted by noodles355

That is absolute bullshit. Cheers SE.
I retract my previous statement. Snapshot and Rapid shot are all that's important. Spend the rest on w/e the hell you want.

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Yeah, SE pretty much gave us the finger when DRG's had the same issue with their new jump taking the recast of a previous ability that could be merited down duration wise. Of course, SE gave them their merits on the new JA but us RNGs are in perfect condition, don't need no fixes.

What the hell is the point of those two JA's sharing the same timer? they're completely different abilities. Maybe SE was having technical problems with them both being active at the same time and just covered it up with that crap. Cheers SE ^^

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Originally Posted by Areola

What the hell is the point of those two JA's sharing the same timer? they're completely different abilities. Maybe SE was having technical problems with them both being active at the same time and just covered it up with that crap. Cheers SE ^^

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PS2 limitations.^^
They said in the thf forum that they are nearing the limit on how many JAs can be active at the same time ><

Lame. PS2 limitation strikes again.

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Originally Posted by Babekeke

PS2 limitations.^^
They said in the thf forum that they are nearing the limit on how many JAs can be active at the same time ><

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Yeah, but they still favored DRG over RNG when it came down to splitting timers. =/

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Yeah, but they still favored DRG over RNG when it came down to splitting timers. =/

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Double Shot shares Unlimited's Recast. That's 1 ability for Ranger. Soul and Spirit Jump share Jump and High Jump's timers. That's 2 abilities for Dragoon.

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Double Shot shares Unlimited's Recast. That's 1 ability for Ranger. Soul and Spirit Jump share Jump and High Jump's timers. That's 2 abilities for Dragoon.

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And both are affected by merits.

Actually just reread my previous post, I didn't intend to put splitting, but I meant merits actually affecting the recast.

Ah, makes sense then. Misunderstood.