Rangers suck solo at the moment... one of the absolute worst solo classes in terms of kills/hour. But they rock in groups, no idea why you'd claim otherwise, especially so outdoors. I handled root CCing 5 mobs at a time while stuff was repopping for a total of 10 mobs in a KC basement group with no chanter and a dead cleric (no druid or sham either) last night. We made it no problem. Only a pally would have been able to pull off a similar feat and live (or maybe a good necro).
A ranger with clarity can put out near monk DPS, snap aggro, root CC, cast regrowth, tank well enough for almost all group content, pull outdoors, etc. This bs about rangers sucking in groups is well, bs.
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