User:XT-8147/Pedro No Es Pequeno/Info

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. This is old dye, I'd update it but getting the new dye to look like old dye involves a lot of dye mixing which I'm not rich enough to do, and I like my colors the way they are. 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 for the Menagerie.

Zaishen Menagerie Checklist

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?

Full Hall of Monuments checklist:
 * Monument of Honor - 8/10 maxed titles: Almost have Protector of Elona (18/20), then I'll need to find another easy title to max. In before I run around Tyria capturing elites.
 * Monument of Resilience - 2/5 elite armor sets: Ranger Elite Druid Armor and Elementalist Elite Sunspear Armor, going for Necromancer Obsidian Armor, need to get two more after that :(
 * Monument of Valor - 0/11 Destroyer or Tormented weapons
 * Monument of Fellowship - 4/5 statues on Fellowship monument: Black Moa, Animal Companion, Imperial Phoenix, M.O.X.; I need to get a UW party competent enough that I can get a Black Widow.
 * Monument of Devotion - 20/20 minipets: Done.

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

Titles he has displayable: (current progress)
 * Slayer of Champions (rank 8)
 * Not Too Grumpy (rank 6)
 * Daring Delver (rank 6)
 * Shadow Agent (rank 5)
 * Ally of the Kurzicks (rank 4)
 * Collector of Wisdom (rank 2)
 * Pioneer of the North (rank 2)
 * Treasure Hunter (rank 1)
 * Kind Of A Big Deal (rank 1)
 * Drunkard (rank 1) (achieved entirely without buying alcohols)
 * Party Animal (rank 1)
 * Sweet Tooth (rank 1)

Titles he's going for: (current progress)
 * Protector of Elona (18/20) (Dzagonur Bastion and Nundu Bay)
 * 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, two Elonian, none elsewhere)
 * The Vanquisher tracks (a few Tyrian, one Canthan, none elsewhere)

To-Do list: (items in no particular order)
 * Grind my way through polymock so I can get the only four PvE-only skills that I don't yet have. Hate on ANet for making us play this excessively difficult minigame to get four fairly worthless skills.
 * 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.

I'm done with SS/LB farming, but the run is great for levelling up pets for the menagerie (I seem to get Elder no matter what from pets charmed below level 15), so I'm still doing it regularly without the SS/LB bonuses. Since turning in Sticks and Stones, my drop rate on Inscribed Shards has gone up tremendously. Go figure.

When I'm not levelling up a pet for my menagerie, 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