Having played a ranger on live (exclusively as main) from release until L85, three things come to mind.
1) The Kunark era is the absolute nadir of the power curve for the class.
2) Playing the class well is a lot tougher than others (monk, shaman here). The ranger toolkit has incredible breadth and there a whole lot of potentially gamechanging skills that not all rangers seem to have/get.
3) A well-played ranger brings TONS to the table...but you're most likely to notice what's missing once he/she leaves the group rather than perceive what's going on in real time. A good ranger is like grease in the cogs.
It's not easymode and it's pretty nuanced.
And finally...if, at the end of the day, you end up with a 'toon that's nothing more than a weak monk, you need to re-roll. You're just doing it wrong.
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