Lol.. you will bowkite all of two mobs before you give up because it's too tedious, time-consuming, and cost-prohibitive. Whoever said no downtime was conveniently ignoring all the time you have to spend fletching arrows. If you want to run all around outdoors with a mob chasing you, turning around to fire an arrow, and then distancing yourself again... play a bard who can do similar with multiple mobs at a time.
Root-rotting? With your DoT's you get 20 levels after druids get them? Lol.
I've played nothing but a ranger for 20 years. Here's the real scoop... without fungi (Kunark), Earthcaller or even just Swarmcaller (both Kunark era), and twinked out with some good armor, you're going to have a tough time soloing at a rate that could even be considered slightly efficient. Maybe bow-kiting after you pick up a Tolan's bracer. Plus the hybrid xp penalty working against you well into Velious?
If you want to solo as a ranger, you're better off waiting until Velious after the xp penalty gets removed and you get Panic Animal... unless you're an absolute glutton for punishment.
Don't get me wrong... the ranger is a fun and versatile class... to play as part of a group. I would not want to level one up for the 3rd time trying to solo unless I were heavily twinked and/or had Panic Animal to look forward to at 22. Just being realistic.
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