Made a Ranger last night to see how bad they really were, this was the result.
 

Hey everyone, so my Wizard is 43 now and I thought it's time to make a melee alt to kind of mix things up a bit. I was between Bard and Ranger mostly, but ultimately decided to try out a Ranger since I've heard so often that they're the worst class in the game, can't solo, die constantly, and have more downtime between kills than a Wizard lol.

So I thought "Hey, let's try that out and see how it goes!". So, I made a Ranger last night, twinked it with some basic stuff like banded, some str/dex/wis items, and some hp rings etc. (borrowing an FBSS from a friend)

I leveled to 7 faster than I've ever leveled to 7 on any class before. I started killing wisps at level 2. I went to NK to hand in some Lightstones I had, then this happened.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvSgA3xyjSw

You bummed a sow and spent 20 mins to kill a single red mob. Every class can do that.

I'd never seen this before, thanks for sharing! I assumed Str was more important than Dex for bow kiting, but judging by what this guy said, it seems Dex is the stat to go for huh?

I'll try and pick up some dex gear and see if it makes a difference, thanks!

Be careful with that... I haven't tested anything myself, but the scuttlebutt on the forums is that STR affects bow damage, not DEX. Perhaps DEX affects hit chance, though?

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=242638

A werewolf hunter! V cool.

edit: AHAHAhah looks like you gotta keep huntn'

Awesome job man. Bows are still nice and broken in classic. Get bags full and go out and slowly kite reds solo:)

Archery is the one true greatest power in Norrath!! (Well, also bone magics)

The world has been sleepin on the power of archers.... but rise up fellow bowlievers, we must show them the true glory of the ways of the bendy branch!

I always thought rangers should have been a alternate version of bard mechanics, not caster so they could be this like mobile single target DPS thing.

Use tell windows, heathen