sk good for dungeons, ranger good for outdoors. What you said, sounds most like shaman, but yeah I pref a druid over shammy, too. Ranger is a good choice, since velious for the most part, and a strong solo char but still gets groups.
imo best thing about ranger is tracking, which yes does make up a lot for the lower xp gains. sk makes up for the slower gains by dungeon bonus and being wanted there more. Both can fear kite, though in dungeons it's not so good for sk while ranger has fear and tracking for outdoors. If you liked druid, ranger is just a melee druid for the most part, and weapons are going to matter much more than spells in most situations, you'd probably even keep booze on your ranger and bind wound helps for a while at least.
Either one, you'll want some gear early on. A lot of sk's around, so gear can cost a bit more. Less rangers, armor can cost less. Seems to be more choice for sk armor though, more armor quest etc. But for ranger, epic armor is just fine, while normal banded will carry you a long way (with a little mixed in items).
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