most underpowered class in game?

[greatdane]

Yeah, back in the actual early days of EQ, ranger was actually considered overpowered because they could "do so many things." This was before anyone had any real notions of who was the best tank, the best DPS, etc. Ranger and druid were considered the OP classes because they weren't limited to a select few things they could do. At the time, any class with dual wield and double attack (or a pet that had it) was considered top-tier DPS, and any class with taunt was a tank. Having snare, root, harmony, nukes, dots, sow etc. on top made it seem OP.

Then people realized that being able to do a bit of everything wasn't quite as impressive as it first seemed. Still, during the phase of a fresh server where everyone's just wearing banded anyway (or Lustrous Russet!), ranger is the best non-raid tank since they have the same shitty armor as anyone else, higher defensive skills than knights, and snap aggro. It's not as if it's really efficient to use CH in classic content anyway, so the ranger's slightly lower HP pool doesn't matter in any content that anyone would permit a ranger to tank in the first place.