Bored at work, so here's a ranger thread

[Xanthias]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=71153

[Splorf22]

One of the things that really sucks on P1999 currently is the difference in difficulty in acquiring good gear.

Rogues are trivial to gear, get your Ragebringer MQ for 50k. No one says 'EPIC ROG LFG' any more, because the epic part is implied. Ragebringer gives 40% haste, so throw in a CSS in the offhand and your rogue will do 95% of the damage of a top end raid rogue.

Monks are harder but not that bad. The monk epic is pretty straightforward, if somewhat tedious, and if you don't want to put that time in grab a Tranquil Staff (25k) and a RBG (50k) and you'll be doing pretty well. The monk sky belt requires drops off the Eye, but at least you don't have to batphone for it.

Warriors are much, much harder. The warrior Sky belt is extremely rare because its the only belt that requires components off the Efreetis. The warrior epic requires 3! rare drops off of 3+ day spawns; the rogue and monk epics require 0.

Rangers don't even get a sky haste belt, and they can't wear a Cloak of Flames owing to the Dark Cloak of the Sky. Their epic would be a bit easier than Warriors simply because there are so few of them, except that they share a rare drop or two with the Druids IIRC.

TL;DR: In actual XP groups, the Ragebringer Rogue is going to do considerably more damage than the Tstaff/RBG monk, who is going to do considerably more damage than the CSS ranger and the Sarnak Warhammer/Silken Whip warrior. If all four of them were epicced, things would be a lot closer.