Rangers, decent tanks?

[Mistpaw]

I remember many times seeing a tank drop and me or another Ranger stepping in to OT and CC while the Cleric zoned. Usually followed by the "Ranja down" comments of a few of the witty caster types who zoned as soon as the tank went *splat*.
Or, when the caster types were caught napping, it was followed by them begging us to pull their dead asses to the zone in [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ranger are multi-functional and can be played in quite a few ways. I don't hate on a Ranger for wanting to do mainly DPS with bow or swords. With decent gear, at certain levels of the game our DPS and aggro handling abilities make us able to play aggro like a fiddle. In a well run group I could swap aggro with the tank any time I needed to as long as we communicated intent.

Are Rangers good end game tanks? We weren't designed to be end game tanks. We weren't intended to be end game tanks. We are a utility class and you as a group or raid leader get out of us just how well you utilize us.

I've had someone tell me I couldn't pull mobs for a group that I've solo'd before because I don't have FD. I quite soon left that group to put out the cat who had spontaneously combusted after the 2nd party wipe due to the monk being a bit "over exhuberant."