Can a ranger twinked thusly tank for groups 1 - 50?

[webrunner5]

You need to get your Dex up. It is one of the more important stats on a Ranger solo. I am really not that much into Duel Weild weapons until like level 50ish on Rangers. The Woodsman Staff, and the Nature's Wrath, and the Swarmcaller would be my weapons to use in those levels. You have more time to cast spells between hits also with those weapons. Plus if you are in a group not the Tank, you will not draw as much agro. But as a Ranger you will still draw a ton of agro. Why they ever gave Rangers a Taunt ability I will never know.

Yeah Tolan's is the way to go. Expensive. The BP is pretty scary price wise. Treeweave had good AC on it and strength. You don't ever need a lot of mana on a Ranger even solo. So you could lean more to the Tank mentality.

I still believe to this day that Sony never intended Rangers to really get hit in this game much. Just be a Snare, shoot arrows sort of class, and be king of Tracking. Their epic should have been a Bow from hell. Not that their epics are bad. I think they are the best pair in the game. Imagine them on a Warrior. Even in the modern live EQ now Rangers still are not that great as a Tank class. Flameing Arrow and Heartshot is their claim to fame now. Both arrow spells. Along with Endless Quiver and Trueshot, all arrow thingys. I just don't think they have ever figued out what to make them in the long run. Beastlords come to mind also. Rangers are sort of the "Redheaded Stepchild" of EQ.

You have a tough life ahead of you in this game. But I have one on here myself. I guess we are both crazy.