Rangers never deserved the hate they received. They were a powerful class. The ~40% experience penalty was just a cheap overestimation compensation for their powers. Personally, as a player who played a ranger to 85 and played one when EQ was a baby, I think the experience penalty was a nod to our greatness. It's like THE MAN comes over to you and knocks you down because you're too NINJA. THE MAN has a reputation so you'll just continue on being king in hiding. And that's what I did. I enojoyed every opportunity to cast a snare or root to save someone's butt or to cast some heals and defy the "Ranges can't heal!" popular sentiments. Of course I could have sat back and watched them die, and sometimes I had to to keep the whole "Rangers suck" thing alive. Becuse even on the best days, I knew THE MAN was watching us from behind hte curtain.
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