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Originally Posted by Rimitto
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I had a pretty darn good party recently in karnor's basement, with a ranger and a bard. Obviously myself playing as the cleric. We had a rogue too that increased the DPS. Basically mowed down everything and was invincible.
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anecdotal evidence. rangers get shit returns on AC over softcap. they take a shit ton of damage.
on a raid, tank list looks like this (lets say all classes have top-tier gear)
1) Warrior
2) SK
3) Paladin
4) Monk
5) Ranger
on raids Rangers are bump bots and buff bots. yes, flame lick is good aggro yes they get harmony, but they also have shit AC, and do shit damage. SK does way more damage than ranger with top-tier gear. (Much better weapon availability, ie: Tuna sword, Palladius Axe, etc)
in a group - same thing. under level 50 it wont matter if its a twinked melee with a Fungi - yeah ranger might do pretty good. but not as good as a warrior with fungi - and not as good as a paladin with fungi.
damage mitigation is the second part of tanking that you seem to be forgetting about, not just threat generation and crowd control. since rangers are not a plate class, they get piss-poor mitigation AC. as a cleric, id rather have a a knight who can go through 3-4 fights before needing a complete heal over a ranger who will need heals on every fight.