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so.. are rangers simply good for nothing? I was thinking about twinking one but... yikes.
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Depends how you look at it. Rangers are pretty much the worst of any category you can place them in - worst tanks, worst melee DPS, worst heals and buffs, worst soloers of the classes that can be considered soloable at all... but they can do a lot of things, and some find value in that. The game is easy enough that you don't have to have an optimal group or raid setup to succeed, so a ranger won't cause wipes on account of being a ranger. It's just hard to get invited when everyone knows you're the worst at whatever job you're needed for.
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An older post from last year by Azeth comes to mind when I read this thread..
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No, I don't enjoy logging on and being LFG for hours on end, constantly looking for others to slap together a ragtag group with... But yes, I do enjoy getting invited to a group and not knowing what my role is going to be! There's really nothing I hate more than logging on an alt and going LFG to only tank, or only heal. Depending on the zone and group makeup, I could be tanking, DPSing, CCing, pulling, or all of the above! While leveling up, I did atleast 3/4 of those things in just about any group I was involved with, while they sat back and watched. Was it the most efficient way? No... Did it beat sitting around wasting time while waiting on the holy trinity to log on? Absolutely! I play a mid 50s Ranger here on P99. I carry different sets of gear with me at all times for different situations, because I know, as a Ranger, I need that extra boost to accommodate the skill I pride myself applying to this class. This is part of being prepared. Yes, I tank in KC, Chardok, Sebilis, and HS just fine with my full set of hp/ac gear equipped. Granted, most of my groups include a solid Cleric and a slower + mana regen. With Snare/Root, I can guarantee that all mobs pulled will be hitting me 100% of the time. So that Cleric will only need to CH me, nothing more. The biggest downtime creator is having a mob switching between targets and beating on multiple people, sucking your healer's mana dry. Can a Knight do the same job? Yes. Is a Knight always going to be around? No. You take what you can get. And maybe, just MAYBE your Ranger will be prepared for any situation as well! P.S. I'm probably one of the few people here that enjoys tracking raid mobs. I spend many hours of my free time this summer ensuring my guild's cell phones receive my tweets before anyone else. I pride myself on having my guild trust me enough to log off every night, knowing I'm the Ranger that's left watching, hunting, tracking.... | |||
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Speaking from personal experience (friend's character on live that I boxed on occasion), and all Ranger jokes aside, when played properly it IS a good class,especially when epics come into play, which skyrockets their solo capability with being a melee class with a good slow.
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Rangers can tank any non planar situation just fine with the right group. I even remember reading that from Prima's guide years ago.
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Jolt is a wonderful tool that will allow rangers to do the job they should be doing better, Secondary tank. get the mob off the caster/cleric and hold agro till its either mezzed or the tank as biult up enough hate .Cast jolt to assure that the tank can get agro back w/o too much of a hassle | |||
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