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This is some amazing work, thank you so much

Yeah i used the binding roots on the pet when he was charmed, even tried to root him just by the fampyr so when he gets uncharmed he can maul at him, since the roots last like 40secs and charm around 10-15? But then i face the problem with all the enemies coming at my squishy ranger. The issue is that the pet is the damage dealer in my duo, so without the pet im in trouble Guess ill just have to use figurines in those battles, but then again i would love some other way to deal with it. I could try to use the Borresaine bow to try to stunlock the fampyr while my pet could try to bring it down, but then without using Persistence my pet looses 50% of the damage. The factor of landing crits consitently to stun it is another thing Guess ill try it out. Cheers.

Have a question about this too - playing solo ranger lvl 9 atm, ive made my way to Endless Paths lvl8, without too much trouble(on easy difficulty). But the god damn frampyrs are ridiculous, theres always 1 of them in a pack, and they just 1hit my pet at the beginning and charm him so my pet ends up mauling me. Any way to prevent or mitigate this? I took the faithful companion for the pet that gives him the resistances to those affictions, but it just get charmed 100% of the time.

Hmmmm no idea guys, i played rogue couple of days back and it works fine(latest patch), my stealth was around lvl6, 8 total with the sneaking boots(+2 to stealth), and i literally needed to touch some of the enemies for them to spot me. Sneaked past the monsters in raedriks hold, below where the sewer entrance is, and as long as i didnt touch them i got through. I think different enemies have different "vision", seems like NPCs, and human enemies spot you quicker then other stuff.

Ok im trying Ranger and it is SO much more fun than Rogue Playing rogue i found myself abusing the figurines 90% of the fights when i builded offensive, or just build up tanky with plate armor + weapon and shield - and playing weapon and shield rogue is just not fun My sin was treating my animal companion as a useless meat shield when playing ranger, now i care more about it, like it was an actual character, and its going great. Got Persistence bow at lvl 4 from Caed Nua, running no armor, my wolf is destroying things I found the pet too squishy even with Resilient Companion talent, now im lvl 7 and i took the skill to heal the pet, its 2 per encounter, 1 use heals it up fully and it makes so much difference ! Still using figurines occasionaly when theres a swarm of 10+ mobs or just hard hitting ones to take off aggro off the pet, but not so much as when playing rogue. Done almost all sidequest in Defiance Bay, will be moving to Dyrford Village soon. The Lighthouse quest scares me with my squishy ranger so im postponing it :D Would love any advice on the build if its optimal and if you would change something, and what to look out for next levels Wood elf Might: 18 Con: 4 Dex: 20 Per: 18 Int: 14 Res: 4 I took Wounding Shot, Resilient Companion, Predators Sense, Vicious Companion, Stalkers Link, and the Pet healing skill. Should i still work on the pet or go for some skills for myself now? And one more question - i heard the Stormcaller bow is very good for the ranger - i would like to check it out - at what level should i go to White March and try to get it? Is it hard to get? Would like to get it as soon as i can. Thanks guys

Hmm will need to check scrolls out as i have never used them, how much points in Lore would you guys recommend for using scrolls, since im a bit starving with skill points with Stealth(lvl6) and Mechanics(lvl6, will stop at already

Well im currently running a moon godlike rogue, maxed perception, dex and resolve, 10 might, 8 constitution and 4 int, using weapon and shield + the talent, opted for the hit to crit talents, and yeah its not difficult, and when it gets a little difficult a bit of cheese helps, killed the spider queen at the beginning of caed nua dungeons with a pistol standing on the little stairs, she was standing in my face but for some reason because of the elevation difference i think she could not hit me at all(she just stood below me doing nothing) so i took no damage, cheesy kill and a nice dagger. But yeah its a bit less fun running a solo rogue when you cant inflict the conditions for sneak attacks, think ill run and try to get the Tall Grass pike, i will have 30% hit to crit conversion with it + Vicious Fighting, and prone on stun sounds excellent, plus it enables the sneak attacks. But is it 100% prone on stun or just a % chance? Anyways i will fiddle a bit more with the rogue and maybe it will pick up And if not then ill try ranger. BTW im not dismissing all other characters besides rogues and rangers, im just used to them and like to play them. But if you have any tips on other classess then any advice is welcomed! Well, besides pure caster classes. I dont mind some buffs/debuffs/cc spells throwed here and there Would maybe a Cipher be fun? From what i played with cipher it looks like it shines only when you have an ally in your group so it would probably end up bad when playing solo? Thanks guys for the responses

So, im new to PoE. Im loving the game. But - im not a big fan of full party and micromanaging 6 or more party members all the time. So i decided to try a solo run on Easy difficulty, from what ive read, on Easy there are less enemies so maybe it could work nicely for solo (was playing with full party on hard and didnt have too much trouble, got my way almost to act3, doing all quests possible, but like i said the micromanaging the whole party, pausing the game every second to check your members and give orders, especially when you are unfamiliar with the spells/skills - not a big fan, maybe ast some later point). My aim is to make the game challenging but not to the point that i will pull my hair out Im undecided here - i DONT like magic classes in RPGs, never liked, maybe some kind of shadowblade etc but never a wizard/mage type characters. I always play sneaky assassins/thiefs or archers. I dont like pure tanks with pitiful damage either, i like to dish out some good damage. So the choice here is obvious - Rogue or Ranger. What class will be better in soloing the game and both expansions? Easier, more fun? And the most important thing - i dont want to skip most fights/content and just get to the end credits, im doing this for fun and to complete the game not for the achievement. Im OK with skipping fights and come back to it later when im at higher level with better skills/gear etc, but i would like to do as much of the content as possible. Is there a ranger/rogue build that doesnt rely on end game skills/gear to fully develop? Im okay with builds that rely on specific gear that you can aquire quite early or mid game like the Persistance bow or Lead Splitter etc. The point is - i want to have fun from the early/mid game, not to drag the game almost to the end to get the skills/items that i need, when there is not more left to do in the game anyways Any help would be much appreciated!