Power Rangers: A Guide To Pewing

I was considering reinstalling soon, I just was curious about the REM update bc I haven't been following it too hardcore. How does Anni stand against the other choices a RNG has nowadays? What's the best weapon for consistent DPS in newer endgame environments? Thanks in advance~

@Kollosis hiya, um i haven't upgraded my Annihilator to Lv 119 but even prior to that it was weapon of choice for Bee because of our access to HQ bullet, from what i remember @ 119 Yoichi total base dmg is 310 Vs Annihilator's 358 I believe... now with Yoichi if you have 99 Fake Empy or 90 Gandiva and do the new Empy WS quest u can add J. Radiance unto your Yoichi... and back and fourth spam Namas/J. Radiance... but i still believe and im sure the other RNGs will tell ya that Annihilator is still king...

Gastraphes or w/e (the Mythic) seems to have gotten screwed big time, its base dmg is no where near the Shark Crossbow... and unless they did something special to Trueflight it more than likely still sucks... but when a JP or NA gets it too 119 we will find out the truth lol.

but all in all... go with the Gun ^_^

Sweet, thanks for the feedback, I greatly appreciate it.

has anyone upgraded af hands yet? curious if we get 11 shot barrage now

I don't know that anni is going to win out. Echidna's bow + delve arrows does around 16k jishnu's on the bee compared to 10k ls w/ donderbuss. As far as hateless dps goes, anni is still awesome but I worry it's going to lose to yoichi with jr on a parse. (sadface)

With full buffs I just did 14k last stand on muyingwa with donderbuss(inb4 someone puts up some derpy, mocking pic)
didn't parse the run however... I wonder how ilv 119 coronach is with full buffs, but yea... i wouldnt dismiss annihi entirely but spamming jishnu's with yoichi definitely seems fun if not superior. will wait to see #s tho

also the new 1 hour is really awesome, very high rapid shot+ and was getting double/triple shot procs more often than not (again i didn't parse, dont shoot me) and it seemed like i was doing more dmg but i could just be trippin. didn't pull hate while using it, though it was at around 50% on muyingwa

I definitely lost parse to the jr rngs this weekend on the bee and yes I've had some 14k ls but it felt like the jr rngs were getting a LOT of 16k jr. I would still say ls averages around 10k whereas jr averages closer to 16k. Admittedly I was dualboxing the geo and alt tabbing to recast luopans slowed my damage a little bit, but i think the thing that really hurt me was the fact that jr hits harder. Before the other rng in my shell switched to echidna's + jr all of us had very comparable parses.

Agreed the new one hour is amazing. The number of times I was able to ws, shoot once, and ws again was remarkable.

well damn i hope we all start putting data together and post it on here so the RNG community can see if Annihilator has been toppled as king >_<

Just did a 2nd muyingwa and I only ended up doing 17% (muyingwa only - which won the parse suprisingly/barely, against ilv119 vere (by 80 points!)) tho I died around 15%~ lol, gg PUGs.

I really hope i don't have to make a yoichi on the real i just wanna make a dp and pew ***all day. that being said annihi will definitely be my first weapon to ilevel regardless.

problem right now with gun is buffs and sweet spot - chances are you will be with other (bow) rngs and have to stand with them for buffs and decide if you stay with them or run in after buffs and suck up aoe etc - which kind of makes near hateless WS pointless to a degree.

or you may end up in a melee party ... and brds will hate pissing around with preludes for just you and you will get buffs last.


i see all the above killing some dps. ;; shame as im still going to 119 anni next, but i see bow as the most practical weapon.

Nice to see such big numbers being put up by JR on the Bee! I just wish I knew of a group on Shiva that did the bee on a regular basis so I could try it out myself.

I don't have Echinda's Bow sadly, but I do have Rank 15 Speleogen Bow. How will that perform, you think?

That r15 bow aint bad at all.

jr will do just fine with r15 bow til you can get echidna's. Speaking of bows ... I am curious about what 'enhances double shot' on the snow liger bow does? I know the added damage is 3%. As far as making a yoichi goes I'm still a bit hesitant because I think the kahmir delve boss might drop a really amazing bow (plus I'm stubborn and plan to ilvl my anni).

Also I'm not sure that buffs will be a problem with gun vs bow users. Our CORs have luzaf's ring and the range on ghorn songs is 10 yalms so buffs have a pretty wide radius. As far as distance though you're right the bow users do have an advantage there as our ls leader kindly requests that all rangers stand far back on the bee (for some reason he doesn't like dead rangers idk lol).

Cool. Good to hear my R15 Bow is still good. I just really wish someone on Shiva would give my RNG a chance in a Ceizak Battlegrounds Delve run.

Having a capped/merited GEO is a boon and a curse. :(

yes im not sure how much dps would affect dps from a gun Rng having to hang back with bow Rngs

Echidna's Bow GET!

But.....I still can't get into a Delve run to play with my new toy. Shiva sucks.

yeah i haven't met any Yoichi/JR RNGs yet but when they come along im sure ill be pretty surprised, but as of right now i 119'd Annihilator and its pretty breathtaking Coronach is still great (i think their was another boost to Relic Weapons after the weapon is ILvl'd) Last Stand does about 3-5% more consistently... i haven't toyed around too much with it but ill post data as the days go on :)

there isn't

is it that none of the RME WS's received a boost @ 119 or just relics?

none of them

There was no further boost to any RME

edit: beaten

but still curious about Orion Bracers. Not sure if anyone's tested for an extra barrage shot yet. I'm guessing if they didn't add it for the 109, they'll add it for the 119 but still wondering.

Its the dmg rating increase and +skill that it is being preceived as a "boost". I just got a hurlbat today from Very Difficult Dismemberment Brigade any thoughts on this particular weapon?

It beats the lv60 or whatever knife that used to be optimal for r.acc builds (can't remember the name atm) but I think R15 Path A Aphotic would still be better for the majority of things.

It also beats (possibly?) Nguul as far as Last Stand spam only goes if that even matters now. But because of higher level mobs, and higher D on the new weapons, it's not as easy to cap fSTR2, making the +16STR from Aphotic much more valuable.

Guess it's kinda cool we get an updated axe but I can't think of anything in particular that it'd be useful for - though I may be overlooking something.

edit: This was the knife I was referring to.

f that NM

agreed, i did 20 erles never saw a drop.

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Busted out a few 17-18k Jishnu's on the Bee with this set, don't even think I'm going to iLevel my Annihilator anymore. ; ;

Why so much str in your jishnu build over stacking more dex?
Wouldn't you benefit more from dex rings and the moonshade earring?

also on rng with jishnu would it be more appropriate to get an aphotic with dex build on it over the str build? I know you didn't state what you use, but I would think losing a little attack from str and mezzitone (a) path would be worth it to stack a bit more dex right?

edit: also what stats are you using on your skirmish aug?

I just use STR cause in Helel's guide it says STR=DEX

"Jishnu’s radiance: Generally, the hierarchy is STR=DEX > Ranged attack, unless fSTR2 is capped. Note that ranged critical hits are affected by AGI, not DEX. Dead aim also does not proc on weapon skills, so gearing exclusively for critical hits is not a good idea. Without dead aim, ranged critical hits are pretty lackluster."


As far as augments go, I just started augmenting them. I just recently started playing RNG again so it's a work in progress.

Body Snapshot+1
Hands Snapshot+1
Feet Racc+9

also, I don't have moonshade yet, working towards that~


Edit: also.. the set does have +95 dex.. so it's not completely ignored ;X

Ty for explaining that, make sense to me now.

Main/sub question... Is Vulcan's Staff/Rose Strap still a viable weapon option with gun? I've been out of the loop on RNG for a long time and just dusted it off last night for the first time in months.

Using R15 Surefire, no Anni and Donderbuss is too rich for my blood right now, and I'd assume we'll eventually get a better R/E gun (7th WKR/Delve?). 5/5 Last Stand and Wildfire access.

Having a hard time comparing the many sets in the main guide. FWIW, I've also got a r15 STR Aphotic and Nguul already.

Ranged TP set I threw together below.
- Gun is r15 R.Acc/AGI path
- Mani hands are r15 R.Atk path
- Iuitl Gaiters have R.Atk+ augment (7 or 9? Can't remember off the top of my head).

Have to figure out the Store TP needed, if I'm overshooting on sTP that isn't helping I'm not sure if it's better to switch my back out (Terebellum?) or switch weapons. By all means feel free to point out other flaws in my set too (e.g. Sylvan+2 or Iuitl hands over R15 Mani? I have no Sigyn)

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