Server character demographics

[Ploppy]

Rangers? Here's what I remember about rangers. "OK boys, who's going to take the DT from Cazic?"


:::all eyes go to the rangers:::

[Messianic]

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

Rangers? Here's what I remember about rangers. "OK boys, who's going to take the DT from Cazic?"


:::all eyes go to the rangers:::

An OOM wizard would be good DT fodder

[Ploppy]

Rangers will get good when endless quiver comes out...oh wait!

[Messianic]

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

Rangers will get good when endless quiver comes out...oh wait!

Tolan's bracer is nice.

[Lagaidh]

I never understood the hate for rangers in classic (pre kunark).

A lot of my exploration was done with a RL ranger buddy. RNG and PAL are a damn fine duo... a swiss army knife if you will. I remember many a person telling the two of us "I've never seen anyone squeeze as much out of a class as you two."

Hm. Maybe it was the player, and not the class.

[Mcbard]

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

Hm. Maybe it was the player, and not the class.

When isn't it? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Taluvill]

just FYI, there was a census per level done awhile back, and it showed rangers, wizards, rogues as the least played classes i believe. It was done with the computer with nilbog. I imagine the numbers are quite off though, because it was done when the population, at max, was about 350-400 iirc.

I think a new one should be done, the code is somewhere on these forums, nilbog just has to input it and post the output.

[halbar]

Would be nice to have a weekly dump of population stats. Maybe just monthly.

[Taluvill]

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

Would be nice to have a weekly dump of population stats. Maybe just monthly.

wont happen. once every 6-12 months would be nice.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Rangers are a finesse class. Few people notice when the ranger tops off the enchanter and the shaman between mobs, roots the mob with mez aggro next to the tank, keeps the small strength buff on the melee in the absence of druid or shaman, snares and roots or kites adds, or switches to bow damage and stays alive during an aoe fight. They just notice that the dps number from ranger isn't as big as rogue and the rogue can drag corpses after a wipe.

Most people just want a big hammer to use on every problem--complete heal, disease clowd, mez, mage pet, lich, slow. They want to use a big overpowered ability and not worry about doing the little things. That's why most druids, rangers, paladins and warriors suck right now. All those classes are about doing the small things. There's no one button to mash.