An old and amended post of mine from some time ago...

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>You know...I still have yet to find a use for assume aspect which is a shame for a 50 spell slot. What do people use that spell for?

Let's go down the list.

Wolf:
Increase ranged AS; influence DEX, INT related rolls.

Jackal:
I never use it, though you can probably alternate this with Wolf/Hawk to keep your ranged AS up slightly.

Lion:
Increase melee AS; influence STR related combat factors such as RT, encumbrance, carrying capacity, dragging

Panther:
I use this sometimes if I want to make extra sure PCs don't see me. I wouldn't bother with this one for hunting, but it would certainly help if you needed a little extra to hide from something more reliably.

Owl:
Most useful aspect. +3 (depending on lore bonuses) instant spirit on the first use, +1 for each consecutive use within ten minutes of the first use. Increases CS and TD per your WIS and AUR bonus, which is pretty damn dramatic. Functionally, you can use it to negate the spirit loss caused by entering the rift. The automatic spirit regain helps a lot negating the wait for spirit return when wracking and using other CoL related powers.

Hawk:
Straight perception bonus. Pretty obvious use here. More Ranged AS (better for open archers than Jackal, which snipers might prefer).

Rat:
DS bonus per your AGI bonus. Influence AGI and DIS rolls (I think 614 uses DIS, and maybe 620, see spell docs), can alternate with Panther as both stats help against rolls to detect the ranger while hidden (AGI helps with the initial HIDE too, while AGI does not).

Porcupine:
On par with Owl. Adds to block percentage of 640 (you should use this before burgee/serpent/mantis 100% of situations now that 640 blocks all attack types that the other three can affect). Can be used to slightly increase experience pool and experience absorption (benefit is much more visible during RPAs and Gifts).

Boar:
I've never used it, but you could if you wanted to increase your carrying capacity, or regen some health quickly.

Serpent/Burgee/Mantis:
Obvious benefit. Use to best compliment the hunting strategy you use.

Yierka:
Very useful to lower the RT of eating herbs and foraging. Also makes foraging easier. Compliment with 603 and impress your friends.

Spider:
Use for particularly difficult climbs, like in the shortcut between Vaalor and Illistim.

Oh, and the feature shifting ability is fantastic for RP related stuff.

You can combine the feature shifting with the Eye Spy spell for fun and cool results.

Anyone should feel free to use this information to post a 650 Guide. I'm staying away from wiki editing.

~Brian, Sepher's player

Oh, and also, Lion can help (via the INF bonus) the selling percentage gain higher thresholds, but at least 3 rank in Trading are required for any bonuses to apply.

Whoever wrote the Trading article also made the connection, noting:

>Ranger spell Assume Aspect Lion aspect increases your INF bonus by 10, and is calculated into your Skill Boost, giving you nearly a 1% boost with no lore bonuses.

~Brian, Sepher's player, my kingdom for an edit button.

>Brian if you don't mind I'm going to borrow some of what you just posted about 650 and try to throw together a comprehensive Assume Aspect guide for us. Also if it comes out alright I'll probably link it off of your beginners guide if that is alright. I find 650 to be one of the most misunderstood spells in the game.

Go for it. Don't mind at all.

>Also I never use the feature altering piece because one time I quite literally made a face and it stuck that way. Lost my unique feature and had to assist to get the whole mess sorted out. I'm sure the bug has been fixed for a long time but I've been gun shy ever since.

Heh. That happened to me twice; couple other rangers out there, too.

~Brian, Sepher's player

>I wouldn't necessarily write all this in the guide, but instead maybe just say a character might, depending on stats and training, need anywhere from 4-7 ranks of Trading before the bonus from Lion can apply.

Make that 2-8 ranks, to be perfectly precise.

With max Dark Elf INF bonus (35) + max enhancement from Lion (+18) and 7 ranks of Trading, a ranger can make 7%, so that person would need 8 ranks to get the full bonus.

This would also be the case if the person has the max possible enhanced bonus to their INF bonus.

~Brian, Sepher's player

>Did you mean a max Elf or Erithian bonus?

Yes.

~Brian, Sepher's player

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GM Scribes

Welcome back. Training looks great. Your stats could use some work, but unless you buy a fixstat potion you'll likely have to wait a while on that.

I let others comment on the stats. My honest opinion there is you do not need to be perfect. My character stats are not perfect post cap. As forntraining my ranger is sword and board and pretty similar to yours. The only big difference is i collected lores instead arcane symbols and MIU. I stopped swim and clikb at .5x to free up points. You may want to look at armor for overtraining puposes and if you havent yet look into the society guardians of sunfist. Their powers work great with a swinging ambushing ranger.

All that said your build works great with out any changes. Have fun and welcome back.

Puptilian player

Cool, appreciate the info. Do we ever get random stat changes or is the only way a potion? I looked on their site and it would be like 40 bucks... which is pretty insane.

>>Cool, appreciate the info. Do we ever get random stat changes or is the only way a potion? I looked on their site and it would be like 40 bucks... which is pretty insane.

As someone said 1 million bounty points. Can also be bought from people in game to the tune of 14 million silvers or so. You were also looking at the cost for a fixskills, a fixstat is about 4x the cost.