What makes Rangers worse tanks than Shadow Knights or Paladins?

[thieros]

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

I've Druid tanked crypt before. Fear my self Superior heals and uber Flame Lick tanking skills.

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[Ciroco]

It's not so much the lower AC on chain as it is the crappy returns on post-softcap AC compared to other classes. Plus the lower skill caps that everyone has been mentioning.

[Cecily]

Slow the mob and rangers tank just fine. The same snap agro as other hybrids, but with higher dps.

[iruinedyourday]

They keep casting that ranger gate spell and abandoning their group mates, that's what I think is their biggest problem.

[phacemeltar]

no one wants to group with a ranger after lvl 20

[iruinedyourday]

but what about the roleplay, what about the rolllleplayyy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo

[fadetree]

It's the mitigation tables. Rangers tank fine for grind groups, takes some extra heals but adds dps and holds aggro like a mofo so the nukers can go nuts. Lets face it, the limiting ingredient in most grind groups is DPS, not heals. Should they tank over a knight? No. But if necessary, it works out fine.

[kaev]

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

It's the mitigation tables. Rangers tank fine for grind groups, takes some extra heals but adds dps and holds aggro like a mofo so the nukers can go nuts. Lets face it, the limiting ingredient in most grind groups is DPS, not heals. Should they tank over a knight? No. But if necessary, it works out fine.

This man is correct. Although if you're indoors (so no harmony) and runners are an issue it can work beautifully to have a paladin pulling & root cc'ing while a well-geared ranger tanks, assuming sufficient DPS of course.

[rangerlive]

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

It's the mitigation tables. Rangers tank fine for grind groups, takes some extra heals but adds dps and holds aggro like a mofo so the nukers can go nuts. Lets face it, the limiting ingredient in most grind groups is DPS, not heals. Should they tank over a knight? No. But if necessary, it works out fine.

Correct!

[Clark]

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

It's the mitigation tables. Rangers tank fine for grind groups, takes some extra heals but adds dps and holds aggro like a mofo so the nukers can go nuts. Lets face it, the limiting ingredient in most grind groups is DPS, not heals. Should they tank over a knight? No. But if necessary, it works out fine.