I've played a ranger to 50 on this server, and yes we can tank just fine in groups. I've been tanking most of the time because we didn't have another tank, and it was just fine in oasis/unrest/hhk/solB. Got banded at lvl 12, ivy etched in my 30s, and could always tank fine, and hold aggro easily. I tanked royals in solB at lvl 38 for a few hours, didn't have any problem. I'm still wearing ivy ethched at 50 (thorny vine is damn rare) and I can tank frenzy/am/lord without a slower (need a cleric though). Of course I'm not tanking during raids.
During raids I'm mostly CC and DPS. Yes CC, as in snare and root park adds when you have only 1 enchanter and there are 5 mobs inc. Trust me, it does work. Druid can do that but it's harder for them because they do go down very fast. Fully raid buffed, I'm over 2.6k HP and 800ac, and I still don't have any planar armor (and missing a few other stuff too). When my fluxbladed axe procs a lot I sometime tank fear/hate trash mobs and I may be eating more mana than a warrior but it's still ok. I have yet to die on a raid except for when the raid wipe.
If you want pure DPS, go play a rogue or mage. If you don't mind a weaker DPS for utility spells, play a ranger.
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