Sell me on ranger

[YendorLootmonkey]

If you want to play it safe, wait until Velious to start a ranger... particularly after the patch where they get Panic Animal at level 22. Then, if you can't get a group, you can go wherever and fear/snare/melee animals solo and it's not so bad.

At 60, weaponshield disc can be a raid-saver, and some tank transition strats might heavily rely on it for solid aggro to give time for CH rotations to start landing on the MT without immediately getting clerics wiped, but other than that... it's a fun class to play due to versatility that isn't necessarily appreciated by a group just looking to min-max.

[Diggles]

Yeah, just stick to the most fun class. As much as I insult and make fun of rangers, I mained one for about 5 years and it was fun as hell.

[Awwalike]

wasn't weaponshield wayyyyyyy later? thought rangers here would never see it.

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

wasn't weaponshield wayyyyyyy later? thought rangers here would never see it.

Hybrids get disciplines in Velious.

[Rusl]

nope, we get it and trueshot plus a few other random bs discs in velious

[Awwalike]

that's what's up!

[Pringles]

Rangers get the most convincing Feign Death, reason enough to roll one.

[Diggles]

So convincing the server is fooled and sends them to bind!

[Rusl]

Here's a how to video on raiding as a Ranger. Highlight around the 1:40 mark.

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also straight from the TR manual on how to maximize your potential as a Ranger
Step 1. Take DT
Step 2. Consent & ask for res
Step 3. ...
Step 4. Go back to Step 1

at least until Velious then maybe Perun will appreciate me...

[Pringles]

This is exactly what we required of our rangers on live, they were indeed useless until endless quiver [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]