Return Of The King (ranger)

[Sparkin]

Root isn't a very high aggro spell, so if you had aggro problems with the proc I'd guess they were moreso from the damage. But yeah, up to level 30 isn't a great sample size. Nobody used EBS's back in original anyways because snare broke root and no snare made trains.

Anyways, the ebony sword isn't the top ranger dungeon-obtainable weapon, nor is the Yak. Its the EBW, which has no aggro proc.

Earthcaller proc had some aggro issues, but it wasn't nearly as bad as you're making it out to be (not that you'd know well starting a ranger in Luclin.) Most rangers used their epic main 95% of the time from Kunark to Velious until they got primal or better to replace it. I mostly considered the proc a boon in exp groups cause if you landed the proc you could tank any exp mobs anyways until the tank got aggro back (if you even drew aggro in the first place). Thats assuming I wasn't tanking anyways for the exp group which I did often.

It wasn't preferable for raiding cause yeah it could draw you unwanted aggro on a boss once in a while. But raiding wasn't that big a part of the game back then anyways, so it wasn't a big deal. If you were willing to accept the fact that the proc might get you killed on a raid very rarely, you'd have seen that it was actually useful even on raids. There were rare times when shamans had trouble landing slow on bosses where rangers managed to get earthcall procs on. That's more useful than any amount of dps you could do (within reason).

Overall, the ranger epic was easily one of the best. Both weapons were used much longer than those of most other classes. I situationally used EC until like the 10th or 11th expansion when I finally quit for good.