There aren't really any redeeming mechanics for rangers. It's possible for a ranger in BiS gear played by an excellent player to do better than a rogue in mediocre gear played by a lazy player. Doesn't prove anything. All else being equal, ranger is in the wrong half of the class hierarchy for every possible role - DPS, nuking, tanking, healing, buffing - of all the classes that can do those things at all. You have to be able to enjoy the fact that you can do all of them to some degree, because rangers certainly aren't specialists. The facilities simply don't exist for them to be able to do top DPS, and that's the only role that they aren't decidedly awful at. It really is a total crap class but it's possible to have a succesful group/raid with a ranger in it just as it's possible to do with someone who's five levels under everyone else. It's just not efficient in any way.
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