Rangers need some love

[WarpathEQ]

Can Pally or SK bindwound up to 70% or get anything besides FT1? Seems like those are aligned accross the hybrid classes.

I would imagine the heals scale similar to other hybrids (ranger is weaker druid, as pally is to weaker cleric, as SK is to weaker Necro)

Rangers do have their place in the META being the top class for BUMPing (with agro), they have unique +ATK buffs that boost your DPS, best in game tracking, and of course bowquest.

From everything I've seen really the big issue is that ranger AC is 100% broke and the data seems to suggest AC does 0 on a ranger, don't think that was intended or classic. Secondarily would be bowquest and how weapon delay can be used as a catalyst.

Aside from those two things it seems like rangers have just as much utility as any hybrid class does.

[skulldudes]

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

... or get anything besides FT1? Seems like those are aligned accross the hybrid classes.

crown of narandi ft2, arguably bis *and* tradeable. makes poor helm of the tracker look like scrub gear in comparison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I always felt all it would take to make rangers fun, for me, is to make bows function for Rangers like a normal weapon. Use the 2-handed weapon damage formula for it but replace strength with dexterity.

I don't know, that's a double edged sword. Right now with str governing both melee/ranged DPS you can focus on just one stat to raise white damage. I feel like making it 2 stats would hurt rangers more than anything else. In the end game you can afford to get more dex to maximize bow crits and procs but early on it would just be watering your DPS down on both fronts. And all the tanky gear is mostly strength anyway so it would make you even more of a glass cannon to chase dex on a class that isn't known to be a top DPS.

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

From everything I've seen really the big issue is that ranger AC is 100% broke and the data seems to suggest AC does 0 on a ranger, don't think that was intended or classic.

I'm still waiting for clear cut parses of this. From what we've seen lately I don't think anyone knows how AC actually works.