Thinking of starting ranger on red - any point?

[Celedor]

Hi all,

I love the ranger class, and have one as my main on blue. I'm intrigued by red and am thinking of starting a char there too.

Is there any point in starting a ranger on red? I can live with the difficulty of finding groups on blue at higher levels, but does having a ranger become completely impractical on the red server?

[SamwiseRed]

ranger is fun. hybrids get no hate on red because of the xp penalty. you'll even see wizards in groups. roll it.

[Bazia]

ranger is absolute dogshit without the skybow

even with its not that good

hope thats helpful

[jibekn]

ranger is something you start after you are established. you dont play a ranger until you have a windstriker

roll clr/ench/wiz/druid first

[LostCause]

too bad rangers will never see headshots here.

[SamwiseRed]

gonna have to disagree with pals above. id play one if halflings were able to be rangers. min maxing is for nerds.

[LostCause]

def nice to be able to track about anything imo.

i mean your dps sucks but def easy to find ppl or know if someone is comin.

[Pumped]

no point tracking anyone if when you find them you lose in pvp everytime heh !

[LoliPops]

Don't, no.

[Stalos_]

choose any other class really.

[iruinedyourday]

Have fun, human rangers with eyepatches are cool. Very fun class to gear too. That quest for a sky bow... A heros Journy.

[B4EQWASCOOL]

ranger is something you start after you are established. you dont play a ranger until you have a windstriker

roll clr/ench/wiz/druid first

Well said. I'm in my 30s now and a healer is usually never found. That'll be my next character.

[Malevz]

Play what you want. Versatility is very useful in pvp. Regen, decent self heals, bows, DS, buffs, SoW, it all comes in handy.

Keep in mind it is one of the harder classes to play well though.

[Tapatio]

Join empire they got windstrikers for days

[VZ_Xanit K'ven]

And still Gaso aint getting one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blpe_sGnnP4

[Kergan]

I'd wait until the hybrid penalty gets removed and ranger disciplines are added before I'd even consider starting one (Velious).

[georgie]

no point tracking anyone if when you find them you lose in pvp everytime heh !

That's why you have group with you. Ever heard of porting around with a group?

[Vile]

That's why you have group with you. Ever heard of porting around with a group?

could you please kindly elaborate on this

[Celedor]

Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like it will be tough but doable. More importantly, fun. I've played rangers a lot, but never on a PvP server.

[LostCause]

no point tracking anyone if when you find them you lose in pvp everytime heh !

not 1v1 duh :P

[Fame]

Rangers start off as a blast till about lvl 30 and then start taking a dive into the 50s. That sky bow would be the tits if you can do it. If you just want a pvp alt for low lvls I would def try ranger if you're lookin to just have some fun.

[Omnifiend]

Play whats fun, bottom line. Also, even though everyone worries about leaderboards, the top is infested with deleveled shitters. Best advice I can give you is have fun, level up, kill people in a group setting, get gear. When people call you a "non factor" cus you got killed a lot by twinks leveling up, their opinion probably isn't worth worrying about.

[Malevz]

Play whats fun, bottom line. Also, even though everyone worries about leaderboards, the top is infested with deleveled shitters. Best advice I can give you is have fun, level up, kill people in a group setting, get gear. When people call you a "non factor" cus you got killed a lot by twinks leveling up, their opinion probably isn't worth worrying about.

What he said. If you're having fun you're doing it right. Ranger is a fun class.

[Clark]

If you don't have at least a Fungi/Baller weapon and Bow/Haste item then don't bother.

[compulsion]

Play whats fun, bottom line. Also, even though everyone worries about leaderboards, the top is infested with deleveled shitters. Best advice I can give you is have fun, level up, kill people in a group setting, get gear. When people call you a "non factor" cus you got killed a lot by twinks leveling up, their opinion probably isn't worth worrying about.

+1. Enjoy the game. The people telling you the best toon to win a 15 year old game with 200 players have already missed the point.

[Mr Popo]

Rangers are very good in pvp if you use the correct tactics, and very good for avoiding gankers as well. If you liked it on blue and that's what you want to play, do it.

[filthyphil]

My human ranger felt great up to about level 51. I did plenty of damage in pvp, granted I am a good jouster. But 51+ without raid gear, and a windstriker there was no point. Warriors could out DPS my range with boulders & I had to land twice as many hits to go toe to toe with anyone in melee.

My ranger is still level 51, stripped naked, and is only used to see if mobs are up anymore.

[Tassador]

I would go red if i were you, but not ranger to start =/ but do whatever makes you happy.

[Madbad]

Low level ranger pvp is pretty epic

[Bazia]

this guy wont make it to 40 after dying to literally every other class