Guide talk:Barrager Guide

im not sure if this needs a guide :/ ... i mean srsly I I I Iwan  13 06:18, 21 January 2008 (EST)


 * it does. but the barrage ranger build is probly good enuf, still, id like to see this take off [[Image:InvertedSigBarrage.jpg|50x19px]]The Noob Police  22:04, 12 February 2008 (EST)
 * Wish granted.. tryed to put in as much info as i chould, but my experiance with the Barrager isent all that vast. The bow section probably needs rewritten and hard facts poured in, and other classes probably need insertin and updating, but hell, it's a wiki, have fun adding in what i missed or screwed up. :) --Cosmo 09:06, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

Good to see some /b/tards here:) - Ershin  (Talk ) 20:50, 2 March 2008 (EST)

Coming along nicely!!-- 23:48, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It'd look nicer, if people whould actually add new info and such to it... >.> --Cosmo 19:07, 9 July 2008 (EDT)

Needs more discussion on the pro and con of using a pet. --CJNyfalt 00:26, 10 July 2008 (EDT)
 * A year later and still no more info by anyone else on the page.. lol. -.- --Cosmitz 01:00, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

PvE skills added. Pastafarian Hunter 12:31, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Hmmmmm....
Maybe with pretty skill bars or less chatter this could look less like a huge wall o text. Anyways I've done enough, hope it helped. Consitini  13:41, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * skill bars = no. You can't put skill bars on guides unless they're core skills (e.g. if it was a perma guide a bar with SF AE and DP would be okay, but a specific perma build isn't.). This is because if we allow skill bars on guides, people will use it as a means to bypass vetting.  ~ PheNaxKian talk  14:12, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. It just looks like a big wall of text and imo that would put people off reading it Consitini  14:24, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * well it's a guide, so chances are it will be a big WoT regardless unfortunately =p. what you could do it take a couple of screen shots in game of a Barrager in action (without any of the HuD), and put them on the guide, to make it more appealing (similar to the invinci-monk guide).  ~ PheNaxKian talk  15:17, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

Thoughts about Ritualist section
The main character I play with is a ranger, and I usually do some variation of barrage with attacks like sloth hunter's shot, PvE skills, and interrupts, unless I'm fighting someone like Varesh and spoil victor is more useful. I've also done quite a bit with splinter weapon and it helped significantly in missions like battle for Lion's Arch with a height bonus and closely clumped targets.

One effective way to use splinter weapon is to put it on heroes like the sabway N/Rt's, because they seem to realize what you are doing, and I find myself holding a splinter weapon from them quite often when I'm barraging multiple enemies. It is unfortunate that it only lasts for 1-2 barrages, but in those few attacks it will cause a massive amount of damage (in BFLA I was getting ~70 from barrage and 35 from splinter weapon; otherwise barrage usually hits at 50+).

The article mentions energy management to be a significant issue, especially if you use splinter weapon on yourself, but I've found with a zealous bow string, as long as I hit 2 or 3 enemies with a barrage, the energy cost is completely covered and additional energy is gained. In fact, I'll often find myself at maximum energy when using barrage, making it possible to even use 10 energy skills that aren't affected by Expertise like Pain Inverter. The article mentions that the energy loss is "somewhat" covered and seems to suggest that zealous bow strings are mediocre for energy management, but my battles have shown me otherwise.207.216.235.240 22:15, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with mister IP. You shouldn't have energy problems with zealous+barrage.--GWPirate 22:48, 10 December 2010 (UTC)