Rangers? Rangers! Rangers.

[Sephrana]

I've always loved grouping with Rangers. We had a lot of rangers on my live server. i am always happy to group a ranger...

Sadly I normally only get on in the evenings to chat anymore due to other commitments
that make it hard for me to XP.

I am a level 36 bard. I will gladly group with any ranger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Ranger + Bard is an effective duo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Send me a /tell in game sometime and we can XP it up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Aadill]

Yeah basically rangers got the double bow damage bonus in Kunark as well as the melee increases that every other melee class gets at 51+ (change in dmg bonus on weapons). Oh, and Jolt (JOLTJOLTJOLTJOLTJOLT). Discs for rangers don't happen till Velious, Panic Animal isn't till Velious.

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

Yeah basically rangers got the double bow damage bonus in Kunark as well as the melee increases that every other melee class gets at 51+ (change in dmg bonus on weapons). Oh, and Jolt (JOLTJOLTJOLTJOLTJOLT) Discs for rangers don't happen till Velious, Panic Animal isn't till Velious.

Jolt disc? There's a jolt spell, and we get it in Kunark, just not at release. We get Cinder Jolt in Velious.

[Aadill]

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

Jolt disc? There's a jolt spell, and we get it in Kunark, just not at release. We get Cinder Jolt in Velious.

There is a period missing in that sentence!

PS I fixed it. <3

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

There is a period missing in that sentence!

PS I fixed it. <3

Good thing we have Tracking so you could hunt down and find that missing period!

[Sparkin]

That's the thing that isn't really mentioned here. Rangers can tank fine in groups doing rather easy content (where you have a lot of dps and mow down mobs at least a few levels below you). In cases like that, rangers are possibly the best tank to have in a group, because they will out dps SK's / Pals, and do slightly more damage than a war but hold aggro much more easily than them. So if you don't have a lazy healer who wants to heal as little as possible, rangers can arguably be the most effective tank for a group in certain instances in terms of getting fast exp.

Back in the days I can remember doing a fine job tanking any upper floor Seb camps, HS, etc. once the defense cap changes were made. I believe those cap changes were made near the start of Velious on live servers, but stuff like that is innate on this server cause they don't really mess with the caps here? Somebody correct if I'm wrong, but I don't think rangers have that extremely low defense cap here that they started with in Kunark on live servers. And that was as responsible as anything for giving rangers their reputation.

Duo tip - you said you were tired of being LFG as a necro? Look for lazy LFG necs to group with on your ranger. You pull, snare, melee, they fear, sic pet, and chill. Pretty decent exp for both, and it works all the way to 60.