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[Encroaching Death]

True, and part of the fun is earning your own gear as you go.

Which is why when I 'twink' an alt, I typically only do Fungi + Haste item + weapon and maybe some HP rings. Everything else I get as I go.

[Luthiencor]

I am on the Blue server. I've had every class under the sun on live. I have been devoted to each of them at the time they held my interest. I don't recall where I read that rangers don't do so well on emu servers, it was probably just an opinion I should not have paid attention to. I have not found my Ranger to be a liability in any way and I'm sure I won't. I found a great guild and they have donated gear to me that should hold me for quite a while.

[yorumi]

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

I am on the Blue server. I've had every class under the sun on live. I have been devoted to each of them at the time they held my interest. I don't recall where I read that rangers don't do so well on emu servers, it was probably just an opinion I should not have paid attention to. I have not found my Ranger to be a liability in any way and I'm sure I won't. I found a great guild and they have donated gear to me that should hold me for quite a while.

It's probably related to min/max type discussions vs the reality of just having fun with this game. In terms of absolutes there's not really a situation a ranger would be in that a monk or rogue wouldn't be better. In terms of solo there's better classes at that etc. The reality of the world, though, is no one cares. No one is concerned with actually min/maxing to that degree and these discussions are more theoretical than practical.

[Trelaboon]

Rangers are awesome. I just rolled a new one as my first character on green myself. One of my very favorite classes.

[Snaggles]

My first char was a ranger as well. It’s a fairly hard class to solo without decent gear. Luckily a lot of good stuff is dirt cheap these days (silver swiftblade is basically free). I soloed to 60 without a fungi, woodsman staff to 58. I invested in a token bracer which really helped once I was done snare/fearing animals to 49. Grobb and HK bow-rooting stuff dead.

I’d keep the faith or if you are concerned make a necro as your first class to like 40 (or will go fairly quick). Then dump the savings into the ranger.

Rangers get hate here because they aren’t Luclin-good. Also a lot of tropes that are funny but totally accurate. With gear they do solid damage, they are extremely flexible and fun if you practice the skills. Getting groups is a chore compared to a rogue but the journey is worth it.