My first time seriously playing a ranger is on green so understand that I might be way off . I plan on getting tiger-raptor armor simply for the sake of it/collecting. I think it's better to just get ivy etched and save your money for better pieces.
One thing I do imagine is that since rangers will probably be using panic animal to solo, you don't need to stack as much AC. Stats like str/dex/wis might be more valuable in that scenario.
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