LOTRO-good hunter skills?

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:19:42 +1000, Nostromo <nospam.TakeThisOut@forme.org> wrote:

>Thus spake celestebREMOVE.TakeThisOut@telusplanet.net (CelesteB), Sat, 28 Apr 2007
>12:52:39 GMT, Anno Domini:
>
>>Hey all,
>>
>>I've reached level 13 and can buy some skills like Cry of the Predator
>>and Passage of Nature. Are they any good? Or should I save my money
>>for something else? I only have about 10 silver so I really don't want
>>to buy a useless skill.
>
>CotP I haven't used at all, though it seems like it should be a good crowd
>control or panic button skill, even though it can only be used vs animals.
>
>PoN is ok when you want to get X of a certain critter type for a quest or
>deed quickly, but otherwise only has novelty value I found.
>
>--
>Nostromo

Ok, that was what I was thinking. Since I'm fairly poor, I'll save my
money for some other skills.

Celeste
"Born to Rune" - T. Prachett
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CelesteB wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I've reached level 13 and can buy some skills like Cry of
> the Predator and Passage of Nature. Are they any good? Or
> should I save my money for something else? I only have about
> 10 silver so I really don't want to buy a useless skill.

IMO, Cry of the Predator is useless. I have taken every available skill
as I've levelled and don't see the point of scaring off animals. Maybe
if it would scare away nasty elite bile-spewing wights or something.
Typically I want to hunt my chosen prey, not scare them away.


Nostromo wrote:
>
> PoN is ok when you want to get X of a certain critter type
> for a quest or deed quickly, but otherwise only has novelty
> value I found.

Exactly. And because it only locates 'animals' it is limited. Basically
you use the skill and get to see a menu of all the animals in the area.
Select one and it shows up on your 'RADAR' screen as a red blip that you
can use to track. At higher levels there is an improved version that
finds more types of creatures, not just animals.


- Sheldon
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In article <4637D5AB.51FCB66A RemoveThis @netscape.net>,
Sheldon England <sheldonengland RemoveThis @netscape.net> wrote:
>CelesteB wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I've reached level 13 and can buy some skills like Cry of
>> the Predator and Passage of Nature. Are they any good? Or
>> should I save my money for something else? I only have about
>> 10 silver so I really don't want to buy a useless skill.
>
>IMO, Cry of the Predator is useless. I have taken every available skill
>as I've levelled and don't see the point of scaring off animals. Maybe
>if it would scare away nasty elite bile-spewing wights or something.
>Typically I want to hunt my chosen prey, not scare them away.

Once or twice at lower levels I've had a 'pack' of animals guarding a quest
location, all of whom swarmed at once when I attacked any one of them
(resulting in a couple of incapacitations). So in a few limited instances
maybe it would help.
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David Alex Lamb wrote:
>
> Sheldon England wrote:
>
> > IMO, Cry of the Predator is useless ... Typically I want to
> > hunt my chosen prey, not scare them away.
>
> Once or twice at lower levels I've had a 'pack' of animals guarding a quest
> location, all of whom swarmed at once when I attacked any one of them
> (resulting in a couple of incapacitations). So in a few limited instances
> maybe it would help.

Hm. I guess I could see that. There were times in my younger levels when
that woulda helped ... though I don't think the skill was available at
lower levels so ... :\


- Sheldon
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Sheldon England <sheldonengland.DeleteThis@netscape.net> wrote in
news:4639290A.B9143F3E@netscape.net:

> David Alex Lamb wrote:
>>
>> Sheldon England wrote:
>>
>> > IMO, Cry of the Predator is useless ... Typically I want to
>> > hunt my chosen prey, not scare them away.
>>
>> Once or twice at lower levels I've had a 'pack' of animals guarding a
>> quest location, all of whom swarmed at once when I attacked any one
>> of them (resulting in a couple of incapacitations). So in a few
>> limited instances maybe it would help.
>
> Hm. I guess I could see that. There were times in my younger levels
> when that woulda helped ... though I don't think the skill was
> available at lower levels so ... :\

I've played 3 or 4 hunters during beta up to about level 20, and that's the only situation
where I found that skill useful. But animals rarely travel in packs so it's not a particularly
useful skill.
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