Ranger solo 50+

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Or is 50+ with mediocre gear mostly the end of the soloing ranger?[/QUOTE]

To be fair though, I don't think any class is efficient 50+ with mediocre gear except charming classes and maybe bard if you are kiting in COM or something. Most classes that were able to solo passably through their 40s like clerics, rangers, shamans, sks, mages have a tough time (unless shaman/mage has epic) when the HP of mobs basicaly triples from mid-2000s to mid-6000s and higher. If you have ever camped Ass/Sup and LGUK and tried to move over to Frenzy, that's a good example of the jump.

So if you want to keep soloing...the difficulty steps up with the mob HPs, resists, and tendency to hit harder, and it's hard to find animals in the DB level range. Most druids do kedge or perma bear bits, or you may be able to to WW if you get dragon faction and avoid the ice burrowers.