Help on a Few Builds

I've been playing as a Force and Hunter recently, and I've also been considering checking out Rangers because I never give them much of a chance when I do try them, but I'm terrible when it comes to making the builds for my characters. I used to use the Episode 3 Build Guide on here but it hasn't been updated since October and I know that things have changed since then, and we have more skill points, so I don't want to rely on the skill trees from that guide. So I'm wondering if anyone might be able to suggest some builds for my couple classes. I need a Hunter build, a Force build, and a Ranger build. I'm also open to subclass suggestions. I'm figuring on Hu/Fi, Fo/Te, and Ra/Gu, but if there are better options I'm open to suggestions. I'm just really bad at figuring out what skills go together and any help you can offer is appreciated.

Every class has a few core skills that are a must have, the rest are personal preference.

The guide is somewhat dated but it still offers decent advice. I will point out where it's wrong, instead.

Hunter:
Instead of Iron Will, many suggest Automate Halfline. Hu/Fi is a good choice, but frankly - Fi/Hu is even better. Of course if you want to use Hunter weapons as Fi/Hu, you need to find those that a Fighter can equip as well.
Generally if you run Fi/Hu then Iron Will is better (because of Limit Break and trust me, Fi/Hu wants to use Limit Break. Also Critical Strike and + Crit abilities, which the guide gave a low ranking but that was a mistake), Hu/Fi benefits more from Automate. On the Fi tree, you want the Brave subtree and PP Slayer, everything else is secondary.

Force:
Fo/Te is a good combo. You grab Tech TA/Charge Advance, Elemental Conversion, and put skill points into whatever elemental masteries you want to use. Or in case of a generalist build, try to spread them around (but I found lightning less useful than ice and fire). For the techer subclass it's similar - elemental weak hit, PP Restorate, PP Convert is good too, and go with elements. Techer has a lot of good support skills that buff use of shifta and deband... but the best ones of them are main class only. Oh well.

Ranger:
Can't help you much here I'm afraid. However Gunner is a pretty poor class and it doesn't have good synergy as a sub. Ra/Br, perhaps? Once again, not an expert on this.

I assume mags aren't a problem?

Hunter main, Fighter/Braver/Bouncer sub (depending on your preference and available weapon).
Personally I prefer Fi/Hu for Fi or Hu weapons. Br/Hu is better than Hu/Br. AFAIK Bo/Hu or Bo/Fi are better than Hu/Bo.

If you want to focus on casting Techs, Fo/Te is the way to go. Alternatively, Fo/Fi, but not sure how viable that still is.

Ranger main, Braver sub (Weak Stance + Bow). Ra/Gu is more for if you want to do close range Launcher. No idea if Ra/Hu is still viable.

And as TehCubey said, you'll need Mags for each attack stat.


Some trees I'm currently using. Kind of a mess, but should give you a rough idea of what's good:

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/sk...AfakdoIb00000f

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/sk...0jdoIb0000000j

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/sk...AfJkdoIb00000f

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/sk...AfakdoIb00000f

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/sk...0fdoIb0000000j