I would bet the 8 or 9 rangers that are actively still playing past level 51 are doing so because of a combination of 2 reasons: they played the class in Live and enjoyed it immensely (it got better after AAs were introduced), or because they already have a ton of playtime invested in their ranger.
It's a fun and versatile class if played well, but the server is full of min-maxers that want the best class for a particular role in their groups, as was said above.
However, if you get to raid, not a whole lot of competition on drops. Probably the only advantage right now. If you absolutely want to try a ranger from scratch, I would wait until Velious when they remove the class penalties and give rangers Panic Animal.
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