Return Of The King (ranger)

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

To say that the slow proc won't cause problems is false or ignorant. Basic knowledge of game mechanics and a clearer memory would bring us closer to the truth; and Jolt isn't in the game until Velious, anyway.

Perhaps you are the one with the memory issues and lack of knowledge of game mechanics, as has been pointed out above, Jolt was definitely a Kunark spell, and I definitely had it by the time I had my epics, so no... the Earthcaller proc wasn't a big deal to me. Played a ranger from near release to GoD as my main, re-rolled one here, because the class isn't as bad and the weapons aren't as bad as everyone is trying their damnedest to make them out to be. Even if we don't have Jolt, we have Grasping Roots as an aggro management tool. Failure to use it when necessary is just piss-poor playing and is probably one of the reasons for all of the "ranger down" jokes.

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

Anyway, anecdotal evidence is fun, so here's mine: I played a ranger twice, once as my very first character up to level thirty-something eleven years ago and then as my main from Luclin to GoD.

Also, to point out... if you played up to level 30-something years ago, you were probably okay tanking mobs unless you were doing that in the Kunark/Velious era. But you wouldn't have had epics at level 30-something so I suppose you're drawing more on your later experience.

In which case, after Luclin release, if you recall... unless you were one of those stubborn ones who held onto the "rangers should be melee DPS!" concept, the paradigm shifted to archery DPS for rangers with the introduction of AAs, in which case you kept Swiftwind in hand for the haste, Earthcaller in your main just for the stats unless you had something better stat-wise, and plinked the shit out of mobs with no aggro risk with EQ/AM3 for max DPS.

For raids, rangers had basically three primary roles...

1) Ranged DPS, in which case you maxed DEX gear for crits with EQ/AM3/Trueshot and resist gear in case your bow range did not exceed AE range (I just made Starwynd drool).

2) Weaponshield tanking (to let warriors establish initial aggro on high-DPS mobs)

3) Add kiting (more circumstantial on the encounter than the first two)

None of which involved issues with melee weapons at all except for (2), where you wanted the mob on you anyway.

But since we will never see Luclin here, we will never have the first role except for maybe the duration of our Trueshot disc in Kunark.

Also, and I will admit memory may not serve me correctly on this, but I thought I remembered in classic, a high level ranger was generally considered to be bad-ass and didn't yet have the HP/AC/mitigation issues that were revealed with the Kunark expansion. So I don't know if the mechanics changed drastically with Kunark release and were never rolled back properly here, or maybe I just remember incorrectly on this point.

[Retan]

OMG... when you left Ayonae Ro the whole server fell apart (figuratively) I am soooo glad you came back. I will be your shamaness again if you will have me. Is the whole A-team coming back as well? I see Emmdano, wasn't the Paladin named Luidas Hannibal, and there was a monk name Katrash or something? I'm so excited, I cant wait to see you guys again, toodles for now loverboy =) [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Duuvyenx]

I would not dream of anyone else buffing me =) I have not spoken with the rest of the team yet, but once they find out about this project, i'm sure we will hit it in full force. Katraz was our monk. Goodbye for now my lil tundra rose.

[Lill-Leif]

Im thinking of creating ranger, they seem like a fun class to play. For how long can I solo with EBS and some standard chain armor?

[Bubbles]

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

Im thinking of creating ranger, they seem like a fun class to play. For how long can I solo with EBS and some standard chain armor?

*giggles*

[RKromwell]

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

Im thinking of creating ranger, they seem like a fun class to play. For how long can I solo with EBS and some standard chain armor?

If you fight non-casters, you can solo for a long time. NPC Casters will hurt you so bad...

[Sparkin]

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

Im thinking of creating ranger, they seem like a fun class to play. For how long can I solo with EBS and some standard chain armor?

I recommend using a PGT for soloing 10-15+ or so. You can't beat the proc at those levels with any amount of damage, it really makes it a relative breeze. Its still a decent proc for soloing in the high teens but the returns start to diminish then.