Ranger Tanking 40+

[Duma]

Class and level always had more to do with mitigation in classic than AC so it isn't that big of a deal.

It isn't until the end of velious and Luclin that you get enough AC on gear to make more than a negligible difference compared to the guaranteed AC you get from the defense stat and buffs.

Rangers pathetic HP and lower skill caps cripple their tanking more than their chain armor at this point in the game.

[greatdane]

That's also true. After twinking my SK with nearly full Blood Ember, Atramentous Shield and all the other high-AC shit, I was really underwhelmed with the small difference it made. It still helps, but it's only worth it because you can't twink your avoidance like you can in more modern games, and because HP isn't very important until endgame when it's raining CHs. As for rangers being avoidance tanks, that's an interesting concept but not really based in truth, because they don't get extra avoidance from anywhere. In fact they end up with less at high levels, having worse defensive skill caps than the plate tanks.

[Doors]

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

Rangers tank okay at all levels. I had a competent ranger tank Drusella and 6 other adds with only a shaman as a healer the other day, so they can't be that bad. Just don't expect them to ever tank in a raid situation.

Shoulda just quoted this =P

[gprater]

I play a 52 cleric with moderate gear at best. I have been lucky enough to play with the same 4 people nearly nightly for over a year. Our ranger tanks and always has unless we pick up a tank-6th. He does quite well. Actually the other night in KC he was tanking LCY when we invited a guild mate 55ish pally with, I assume good gear. I was healing the pally more often than the ranger. Same story with a SK on occasion. When we get the occasional warrior, there is a noticeable decrease in the amount I heal. \

But the short answer is ...yes rangers can tank ok 40+. At least in Guk, SolB, and KC. Chardok didnt work out so well the 2x we tried, but i dont think it was a tanking issue, and we have not tried Seb yet.

[Snapple]

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

I play a 52 cleric with moderate gear at best. I have been lucky enough to play with the same 4 people nearly nightly for over a year. Our ranger tanks and always has unless we pick up a tank-6th. He does quite well. Actually the other night in KC he was tanking LCY when we invited a guild mate 55ish pally with, I assume good gear. I was healing the pally more often than the ranger. Same story with a SK on occasion. When we get the occasional warrior, there is a noticeable decrease in the amount I heal. \

But the short answer is ...yes rangers can tank ok 40+. At least in Guk, SolB, and KC. Chardok didnt work out so well the 2x we tried, but i dont think it was a tanking issue, and we have not tried Seb yet.

Paladins have better AC, More HP and pretty decent self-heal spells as well as stuns that all combine to make your job as a healer a hell of a lot easier. If you are healing a Paladin more then a RANGER then the gear difference must be huge

[Duie]

Not gear sir.. it is one skill that makes the diffrence..... dodge


As long as that ranger is dodging half the attacks, a cleric will heal the ranger less than said pally who will get git hit more often but for less damage per hit.Not to worry though sir,,I assure you that the one time the ranger does get hit, He well makes up for the times he didnt .


The difrence is Complete heal and if you have to only cast it everytime the ranger gets hit then on some camps that is accually more effecent. like i said before... I wouldnt try tanking in seb w/ my ranger because even though i dont get hit much, That 1 time out of 5 makes me pee myself from the crunch my toon makes

[greatdane]

Rangers don't get some kind of magical dodge bonus. It just depends on your dodge skill, and rangers only get a marginally higher one than knights (and lower than warriors). It's not enough to even make a visible difference, and a ranger dodging half the attacks is something you dreamed up. It's kinda funny how people believe things just because it seems logical that it be that way. Rangers are the worst of the tank classes, and by a fair margin. They can tank up until a certain point if they're geared correctly, but it'll always be worse than warriors, paladins and shadowknights.

[Duie]

Have you played one?


Duie treantwood lvl 60 Tribunal

Duies Nightmare lvl 49 and climbing


Hearsay or personaly Experince for you sir?

[Moonface]

sad thing is rangers ARE the tank class til 50, end of discussion SK/Pally should all reroll cause they are epic failures. and who was talking about rogues tanking rofl?

[greatdane]

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

sad thing is rangers ARE the tank class til 50, end of discussion SK/Pally should all reroll cause they are epic failures. and who was talking about rogues tanking rofl?

60 IQ?