Cleric vs Paladin

[Ivory]

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

That a ranger can whittle down a red con in a zone with a lot of room to kite in doesn't make it the best solo class 1-50.

But it does make it one of the few classes that can do that effectively.

When fighting level appropriate things (stuff that won't resist spells) they ramp up a LOT in terms of speed of kills. Making exp flow faster than any other class (since there is no downtime).

It isn't just "ok, you can kill a red in an hour of slowly whittling it down"....it's much much more effective than that.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

But it does make it one of the few classes that can do that effectively.

When fighting level appropriate things (stuff that won't resist spells) they ramp up a LOT in terms of speed of kills. Making exp flow faster than any other class (since there is no downtime).

It isn't just "ok, you can kill a red in an hour of slowly whittling it down"....it's much much more effective than that.

Lol.

If you had said "rangers are the best class for kiting noncasters in zones with tons of open space" then I wouldn't have disagreed with you. Although it'd be pretty reasonable to argue about bards or rangers in that situation.

But you didn't say that. You said rangers were the best soloers 1-50. How do you solo casters? How do you solo in dungeons? Right. You can't at all. You can hardly have the appelation of "best solo class" when you can't solo anything except the easiest mobs in the easiest zones, even if you can do some neat stuff with archery in those situations.


I'd be curious to see exactly (you know, logs or videos) how fast an X level ranger can kill a Y level red con with archery. I'm quite skeptical it is going to put them at a better exp rate over time than a well-played chanter or necro or some other classes.

[Ivory]

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

But you didn't say that. You said rangers were the best soloers 1-50. How do you solo casters? How do you solo in dungeons? Right. You can't at all. You can hardly have the appelation of "best solo class" when you can't solo anything except the easiest mobs in the easiest zones, even if you can do some neat stuff with archery in those situations.


I'd be curious to see exactly (you know, logs or videos) how fast an X level ranger can kill a Y level red con with archery. I'm quite skeptical it is going to put them at a better exp rate over time than a well-played chanter or necro or some other classes.

You can solo inside of dungeons....easily. Without much room. Root and back up a couple steps and go to town with arrows. But, again, without the downtime of other classes.

It isn't just killing "easy mobs in easy zones", it is a lot stronger than that.

I've leveled besides necros in their 30's with an archer (that had a bow the strength of a trueshot).....and I was easily passing them by with my ability to solo.

The thing is that rangers are a fairly rare class....and rangers that even bother to TRY to do stuff with archery is even rarer.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

You can solo inside of dungeons....easily. Without much room. Root and back up a couple steps and go to town with arrows. But, again, without the downtime of other classes.

It isn't just killing "easy mobs in easy zones", it is a lot stronger than that.

I've leveled besides necros in their 30's with an archer (that had a bow the strength of a trueshot).....and I was easily passing them by with my ability to solo.

The thing is that rangers are a fairly rare class....and rangers that even bother to TRY to do stuff with archery is even rarer.

I'd like to see logs or video of these sorts of archery kills.