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Originally Posted by stormlord
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Then you missed my subtle, but frequent points. I don't speak in absolutes. Things aren't either/or. Some of what you say is true. Some of what I say is true. Don't think in black/white or on/off terms.
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I was actually referring to the OP, with his talk of a Ranger being the best viable tank, in a specific situation of Cleric mana not being an issue. I speak in absolutes and black/white terms on Ranger functionality because in the current timeline of whats being emulated, what I stated is indisputable fact. That is the literal definition of a Jack-of-all-Trades. However...
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Originally Posted by stormlord
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(Most importantly, an exp penalty doesn't make sense if being a hybrid is the reason. When I play any game out there and distribute my points evenly, that's within the rules and no exp penalty is needed.)
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You still fail to grasp the point I was making, that regardless of the reasoning behind why you feel Ranger's should not have an Exp penalty, this server is not functioning on logical reasoning. It is emulating classic EverQuest, wherein Hybrids still retained their Exp penalty. It's not about whether or not it makes sense, it's about the fact that in Classic -> Whatever Expansion that finally dropped Exp Penalties, they existed in this timeline, thus, we have them. The developers may not even agree with Exp penalties, but the fact remains that as a server that is emulating classic EverQuest, you must adhear to every classic aspect, including Exp penalties.
True, eventually they did create an environment where every class was able to solo and group on a roughly even level, but again I say to you,
this is not that environment. Discussing why we can or why we can't do so on this server is pretty pointless.
I get the feeling that you did not understand that I was more or less agreeing with you, and just want to use this as an opportunity to verbosely speak on your knowledge of Rangers; in which case, carry on. I would just like to again point out the futility in it all.
Ranger's had a lot of things wrong with them in the initial 3 expansions - down the line, they fixed that. However, we are not down that line yet, nor will this server ever be. If you are playing a Ranger now, you are, like you said, accepting the consequences of your choices.