The role of a ranger

[Jimjam]

Swarmcaller also provides non-epic slow. Swiftwind doesn't have a real bottle neck (VSR is fairly easy and up everyday). Rangers are lucky that hate is so heavily farmed for magi as it ends up generating a fair number of SEOCs too.

Fairplay the haste cloak can be tricky, mostly because it means familiarising yourself with people that are regularly doing sky and making yourself available at their times (if you want to max your chance to access the KoS piece).

[sox7d]

bfg = gnasher? how is it good and what am i missing?

[Fasttimes]

Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

bfg = gnasher? how is it good and what am i missing?

you can melee with it to get double attack +trueshot since its a bow. if target is stationary you get double dmg as well. It's the reason we can do bad rogue dmg or better then most monk.

[Twochain]

i leveled my ranger to level 30, best EC mule i've ever had. High level FQ, plus sow+str. Sick.

[Cecily]

I mean yeah, but epics, fungi, and sky cloak sure help with forager grinding.

[Freakish]

Orc belts
Dervish rings
Lego pads.

All that a ranger needs to get to 60.

[danzig]

Comic relief

[demokatt]

I played my ranger 1-60 without any of those things, max haste I hade was 22% - and I had a blast, so it's not that u really need those things to have fun playing ranger.

Great class to play solo IMO if u find it joyful to use some archery to wear them down before meeleing.

[Cwall 146.0]

talk without knowledge? what?

i co-lead a guild on this project for years that cleared all levels of content

rangers are pretty mediocre overall bud

enchanters, druids, wizards, pure melees outdps them on raid mobs

warriors, monks, paladins, shadow knights mitigate damage better

their aggro management is on par with anyone with a clicky, otherwise on par with paladins, shadow knights, and bards

rangers are good at outdoor soloing but don't come close to soloing harder mobs or mobs that summon compared to a monk

[Troxx]

By the way I fully expect an onslaught of ntov geared rangers posting cherry picked parses of names fights. I parse every group I'm in and your average level-and-gear-appropriate ranger will fall consistently below monk, rogue, mage pet (never mind the mage + pet), necro + summon_pet, necro charm pet, and charming enchanter.

Realistically you're looking at hovering with or right below a comparably geared warrior.