the original devs ought to have gone the route of making Rangers group buffing machines and debuff machines. It's fine that their base damage is low, that their spells are always incomparably weaker than the true-blood classes, if they had at least started adding stuff like Call of the Predator (i think?) group spells in Classic, instead of later on. I don't mean to intrude on Bard-like group mechanics, but there's really no reason your local Ranger shouldn't be able to pump your ATK or provide a useful damage shield (other than himself lawl) etc..
Wasn't this ranger dilemma apparent in 99? I honestly can't remember if folks hated them or not.
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