Rangers in Velious?

[Norathorr]

I think in terms of pure number crunching Rangers lose out to monks and Rogues. Rangers can offer a lot of utility in a group though, whilst being decent enough dps. For a pure grinding situation probably not so good, but in more hectic situations, the snare, root , cures and patch heals could be very helpful. My friend was a ranger back on live and I was a paladin. I think both those classes although unusual could really shine if played creatively. I guess as a ranger if you are trying to be pure dps, you will always lose out to rogues.

[Norathorr]

I do however think life became easier as a hybrid with luclin and pop even more so. There was a point where warriors were unwanted in pop groups as mobs hit so hard having bad snap aggro was akin to wiping a group.

[Malone88]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Malone88 you can talk to you are blue in the face. No one wants a Ranger or a Wizard in a group if there is anyone else LFG. And even if not they will stay with 5 people in it on average. You are fighting a loosing battle on here that you will never win. They suck ass. My Druid can pull and CC as good or better than a Ranger. And do a Ton more things. Why have one. Druids DD are no slouch either or Dots. With CII I can nuke some pretty good damage and keep it up.

Explain to me exactly how a dr00d is a better puller and CC? First of all, they will have lower AC and HP. Lower tracking range. No arrows to pull.
Sorry, but dr00ds are as suck a$$ as rangers. Why have have druid healer when you get a cleric or shaman (heals + slow).
Don't start to tell me that druids have higher sustained DPS than a ranger. Maybe with C2 on them 24/7. Otherwise, a medding druid cannot outdamage a well-equipped ranger who is in the fight from start to finish.

Dr00d troll...go away. Go port somebody...

[SupaflyIRL]

ranger is good for:

death touch
eating xp
harmony
?

[Mickets]

One of the coolest looking epics at least. Double god damn lightning swords? Sign me the fuck up.

[Bardalicious]

Know why rangers never got feign death?

'Cuz the fall to the ground would kill 'em.

[Elmarnieh]

We don't need feign cause we got the real thing!

[VincentVolaju]

I am loving the Ranger so far, been tanking everything fine. However I am 21, and even/yellow shit seems to be beating my ass now lol.

[fadetree]

There is no reason to shoulder the burden of a poorly designed class when better replacements can be found in abundance.

Most of us wouldn't want to group with folks like you either, so it's all good. If absolute efficiency is your only focus when playing, then I don't know why you're here.

And by the way, on live certain rangers were known for saving raids occasionally with weaponshield and snap aggro. Live cleric camped=win. Rangers are not just dps on velious raids, and as had already been mentioned, can make up for a dropped trinity member of a exp group very well. Situationally, they can pull as well or better than anyone else too. Weaponshield was often used on raids to set a mob up for slows and to build transfer aggro for the tank. As was mentioned, patching necro's and shammies removes a burden for already overworked healer classes.

But, it is true that we don't get the really fixing changes that came later, and so if you play a ranger you are going to have to be prepared for a rough road, even after velious.

[Elmarnieh]

Some people play an easy class because it is easy others play a hard class because it is hard.

It seems those that play the hard class don't dismiss the person for choosing to play it easy.