User:XT-8147/Pedro No Es Pequeno

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Pedro No Es Pequeno
Small explanation: besides the fact that Pequeno really should be Peque&ntilde;o (yay for English character limitation), the name translates to "Pedro is not small". When I made him, I set his height as short as possible so he'd be in denial. This name itself originates from my archer named Pedro that I had back when I still played Champions of Norrath. That was most likely a reference to the character from Excel Saga.

Usual class combos: Ranger/Ritualist, Ranger/Monk

Armor: Full 15k Druid's Armor, mask undyed, coat/gloves dyed silver, leggings/boots dyed blue. Separate (1.5k) gloves/boots for swapping in/out superior runes (I usually run two superior runes, I've found that if you stay the hell back like you're supposed to that the health hit really isn't that much of a problem)

Pet: Something or other. Death levelling various pets while SS/LB farming.

Menagerie:
 * 7 Tyrian pets left
 * All Prophecies pets (Stalker, Moa, Wolf, Lynx, Warthog, Dune Lizard, Black Bear)
 * Missing all EoTN pets except Jingle Bear, Mountain Eagle, Polar Bear, and White Moa
 * I capped a Snow Wolf and then went and got a regular Wolf (one of the level 15 Elder ones normally charmed by the stone summit rangers in the southern shiverpeaks) only to find that the menagerie considers them to be the same pet. Oh well, at least I got the level 12 evolutions (and 15 elder) unlocked.
 * 6 Canthan pets left
 * Missing everything except Black Moa
 * 0 Elonian pets left
 * These were all within a reasonable distance of a town or were easy to run to.
 * Lulziest run: a Hyena out of Crystal Overlook, running in a junundu ftw.
 * Only really had to fight for the Lion, outside of Chantry of Secrets since I couldn't run through three Kournan mobs in a row with no break between them to heal. The Lioness on the other side of the zone was a lot easier.
 * Getting a Crocodile out of Lahtenda Bog was difficult with all the Mandragor pops, but I managed it.
 * 2 exotic pets left
 * Torn between saving up for the hueg equipment pack and the moss spider
 * Need a quick UW run to clear one reaper's area I guess

Kind of annoyed that the Balthazar faction costs for the pets can and do exceed 10,000 (and the non-Faction costs are gold zaishen coins which take forever to get). Kind of elitist don't you think ANet?

Max titles obtained:
 * Legendary Cartographer
 * Protector of Cantha
 * Protector of Tyria
 * Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer
 * Canthan Grandmaster Cartographer
 * Tyrian Grandmaster Cartographer

Titles he has displayable: (current progress)
 * Spearmarshal (rank 9)
 * Revered Lightbringer (rank 7)
 * Slayer of Wurms (rank 5)
 * Companion of the Kurzicks (rank 3)
 * Not Too Clumsy (rank 3)
 * Stealth Agent (rank 3)
 * Gutsy Delver (rank 3)
 * Seeker of Wisdom (rank 1)
 * Treasure Hunter (rank 1)
 * Adventurer of the North (rank 1)
 * Kind Of A Big Deal (rank 1)

Titles he's going for: (current progress)
 * Protector of Elona (18/20) (Dzagonur Bastion and Nundu Bay)
 * Drunkard (701 minutes)
 * The elite skill tracks (not a lot, though I have all Ranger skills, elite or otherwise, including Factions duplicates)
 * The Guardian tracks (a few Tyrian, one Elonian, none elsewhere)
 * The Vanquisher tracks (a few Tyrian, none elsewhere)

To-Do list: (items in no particular order)
 * Max SS/LB titles - farming away, my computer shits bricks after a couple hours of running GW and requires a reboot
 * Get Black Moa Chick - have incubator filled, need party for Final Assault.
 * Finish Sorrow's Furnace - I've done Killroy Stonekin and Galen Trask, need the other two and then Final Assault.
 * Get Master's bonus on Dzagonur Bastion and Nundu Bay
 * Dzagonur Bastion - I can never find a good time to break away from defense to go kill a boss
 * Nundu Bay - Mission-critical NPC dies while out doing the bonus
 * Get Tormented Tactics Shield for my Mesmer to use with Illusionary Weaponry - I'd need to find an active guild that would do DoA regularly enough.
 * Finish getting ectos for my Necro's Obsidian armor

I can be found more often than not in Remains of Sahlahja between HM SS/LB farming runs with H/H. Wow, that was a lot of abbreviations. Now that I've turned in Sticks and Stones, I have a somewhat decent drop rate on Inscribed Shards. Go figure.

When I'm not SS/LB farming, I usually run a party build centered around Order of Pain. I have Livia set up with a general purpose build that's pretty much random skills thrown onto her bar but is really easy for the rest of the party to synergize with:

12 + 3 + 1 Blood, 12 Soul Reaping

I've also been known to run splinter barrage, apply poison/burning arrow, or my build designed for soloing the Ascalon area missions. On that note, anyone need NM mission/bonus for Great Northern Wall, Fort Ranik, Ruins of Surmia, or Nolani Academy? On a good day I can also do NM mission/bonus for Borlis Pass, but it requires a fairly different build (lol Vanguard anti-Charr skills become useless).

I had a bunch of links to builds here but most of them are old and the rest were impractical. I kinda want to put together an R/D scythe+pet build, just to be kinda reminiscent of the old Thumper builds while being reasonably creative. And so my pet gets to get some use. I used to run a pure beastmaster with Symbiotic Bond+Call of Protection to make my pet outlive me, but... yeah.

I have a couple of mildly useful builds for farming holiday items in low level areas. The better of which works beautifully in North Kryta Province:

10 + 3 + 1 Expertise, 10 Healing Prayers, 11 + 3 Marksmanship


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