Question about Rangers and groups

Philistine · #1 01-05-2022, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Damyron87 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hi all, i am looking to create a new character as a ranger, i was wondering towards the higher levels 45+ will i be able to find a group? I dont mind soloing and i have a friend to duo with sometimes but dont want to be stranded not having a group. Anybody with end game experience know if this will be an issue?

Rangers are great for groups at all levels IMHO. Excellent pullers up to 60, especially outdoors. Indoors use snare and root to help control the madness.

Rangers can also serve as pretty good tanks through their 40s, and kinda lame but still satisfactory ones up until 60, though you'll probably need a cleric to heal you without slows or a slower in group in the 50s.

You can also CC - park stuff with root and your tank should move. Or, if your tank isn't paying attention, snare mobs to get them off others then park them.

You can also just DPS of course if there's already a tank, puller, and CC in group.

Swarmcaller (or better yet, Earthcaller) will add to your utility in a group. Not a reliable slow, but still a nice trick to pull out.

I'm prejudiced as I main a ranger (and am clearly a big fan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]) but to me a smart group will pick up a LFG ranger over a LFG pure tank/DPS/etc any day as the ranger can fill so many roles if a specialist leaves, and are pretty good DPS until 60 when lack of triple attack and insane raid weapons that rogs and monks get cause Rangers to fall way behind on the DPS end of things.

If you're ok with the fact that you'll never be the best at anything (except for maybe pulling outdoors) and and work to maximize your usefulness as group composition changes I'd expect you to have good luck finding groups

Very underrated clas IMHO - honestly I feel like that's half the challenge of playing one - folks aren't always aware of how much we pwn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]