You get denied a group one or two times and you put down all of p99? that's silly. I can guarantee you'll run into similar things on EQC, as-well.

I feel pity for rangers. It's the only class where it will start raining in the Karanas and they will start losing hit points. :(
JK. Rangers are very difficult to play. They are paper tanks, and are better dropped in a DPS slot. I never care what class joins my groups provided they are the type we have an opening for. Needless to say, if I have a cleric and a druid, I am not going to invite another healer. It's just how things go.

- Brimacombe

Played a ranger main on live and I loved that character so much but I'll be damned if every other person in EQ didn't go out of their way to make my life as miserable as possible. It was tough going but in the end I got lightning swords so those people can sit and spin.

I got a lot of respect for anybody that mains a ranger on this server, but after all that time on Live I don't have the stomach for it anymore. They're always welcome in my groups though. All five of them.

good call on the ranger

This happens to a lot of hybrids. My troll SK was quite the undesirable from about 40 onwards due to the hybrid/racial combo (68% penalty). Min/maxers just refuse to allow you into a group.

I had a good reputation for tanking as well, and some great connections from my days in Unrest/MM.

You've picked probably the hardest hybrid to get grouped. Monks/rogues are better dps, bards make better pullers generally, shamans/druids are usually the backup healers so have sow covered. In most areas you've got someone else doing part of what a ranger can do.

But as mentioned, sheer willpower will get you to 60. If you get friendly with a cleric you have the makings of starting your own group... screw all those naysayers, be the puller, pull more than the group that forsook you, keep the tank thorned, everyone sow'd and the dps flowing. A good ranger shouldn't be shunned...

Rangers just totally suck on here and I have one. Just give it up now and start another class. As a Healer I just hate them. They are a mana sinkhole. People don't want them in groups. End of story.

It's not so bad after 39. If you've got an enchanter for clarity/CC, rangers can tank single targets and CH's aren't too draining if everything is mezzed.

Quite conditional though - good enchanter, good group dps generally, and all damage going to the ranger :p

I wasn't putting down the entire server just those who simply seem to take this 10yr+ old game on a free server way to seriously. I mean to take a camp that for 2-3 ppl (specially when they can't clear the entire camp by themselves) when there are others not just myself lfg in zone getting passed over because they picked the wrong class really? That's my complaint everyone is here to play a game the have memories playing to get that feel again and just have a good time at it. That is why I joined up at least...:p

The best piece of advice I can think of is to network as much as possible with people. If you're known for starting/leading groups then people will log on and look for you. In some cases you can get a steady group going. Find a healer and start something awesome...be there before the zone gets busy if you can.

Rangers can be a solid utility class. The other day in CoM our ranger was invaluable. I'm an DE SK so I run in to it occasionially, so I'm always down to include another hybrid. no descrimination. So with an SK(me), a ranger, a rogue, a monk & an enchanter, we were clearing from ent-arena/houses no problem. ranger was on heals and snares, I feared/agrokited/lifetapped and chanter would mez adds. Also, i just duoed with a ranger to get my seb key using the same method. My opinion, rangers are awesome in their own right man