Ranger or Monk?

[fadetree]

? I can out-damage a warrior, and knights too for that matter. If you can't you might be doing some things less than optimally.

[Lanuven]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You are on Drugs if you think a Ranger can nearly out damage a Monk. They can't out damage a Warrior. Warriors are really not made to DPS like hell. Just take hits, hold agro.

There is a REASON nobody wants them. I have one myself. Good luck getting into a group or even soloing over 50. Hell even over level 30 is not easy.

Id sure like to see your comparison of these classes against each other with "on par" gear. You do realize rangers have spells that you cant parse unless you are the ranger right ?

Are you comparing epic monk to non-epic ranger? Then yeah, a ranger without 41% haste isnt going to keep up. Ive seen some of the weps warriors use in pickup groups and they are far from "good dps" weapons. 9/20 and 8/22 ( sarnak warhammer and yak skimmy) are the most popular from what I've seen. Then take into effect the DS the ranger should be casting if no one else is. Your not seeing the big picture of the ranger class. They don't do 1 or two things very well, they do multiple things about average. Utility class means just that.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

? I can out-damage a warrior, and knights too for that matter. If you can't you might be doing some things less than optimally.

Too many people see rangers on a parse that someone posts for a 25-second raid kill and think their damage is shitty overall. They totally neglect to consider the lower damage of pure melee who aren't under the effects of a disc for the whole parse, rangers dealing damage with procs and spells, etc.

[Stinkum]

Rangers can dish out pretty respectable DPS, track better than anyone in the game, root park adds like a champ, single pull outdoors, DS, and snare runners. Flame lick is an extremely OP snap aggro spell, and even untwinked Rangers can tank group content pretty well if you have a slower.

The problem is the vast majority of players in-game want specialists: specialist tanks and specialist DPS classes. Not generalists with moderate DPS. Add to that the hybrid penalty stigma, and the fact that at any given time there's a million and a half Monks asking to fill a group's last DPS slot, and you have a shitload of permanently LFG Rangers.

[webrunner5]

Yeah and that is why EVERYONE on the server is just killing them selves to find a Ranger to join their group. You people are really drinking the Kool Aide. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tecmos Deception]

The hell are you talking about, web?

[koros]

You're the one who's high on something. Rangers can cheaply get a weapon with a better damage than almost any war combo and toss out an additional 10 dps sustained with CoF. More with Calefaction 59+.

[Stinkum]

I often don't know what the hell web is talking about.

[koros]

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

I often don't know what the hell web is talking about.

I don't think anyone does.

[Champion_Standing]

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

The hell are you talking about, web?

Kool Aid