Project 1999 - The role of a ranger

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Originally Posted by Troxx (Post 2576769)

They have this capacity only if they have these specific items ...

Vast majority of people won't have these items. Outside of turbo twinks, no ranger will have them for the majority of the time spent leveling.

Depends on guild I guess. I got my haste cloak at lvl 46 on my first trip to sky no joke.

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Originally Posted by darkreap (Post 2576467)

Rangers fill a variety of roles when other classes aren't available.

-They are OK CC with root when there is room to move mobs around.

-They are the worst melee DPS

its really not that bad, heres one of my vindi's

/GU Derakor the Vindicator in 132s, 175k @1326dps --- A Drakkel Dire Wolf 20k @161dps --- Knapsack 16k @121dps --- Ripqozko 15k @118dps --- Idrinkk 13k @109dps --- Rikyr 12k @92dps --- Trazzle 12k @89dps --- Gatitos 11k @87dps --- Logaluger 11k @85dps --- Jenssen 10k @78dps --- Torstein 10k @75dps

to give perspective on raid dps with bfg and primal with trueshot

edit: im ripqozko

I'd never say no to a ranger in a pick up group because their tracking has brought me lots of loot.

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Originally Posted by Troxx (Post 2576769)

So an island 4 quest and a VSR 100% drop = turbo twink. Gotcha~

http://i.imgur.com/tWAkShI.png
http://i.imgur.com/ZAlOvDm.png

raids like to bring 1 ranger to cast call of the predator and call of earth

track can be useful sometimes

other than that, everything else they do is done better by another class

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Originally Posted by Cecily (Post 2576817)

So an island 4 quest and a VSR 100% drop = turbo twink. Gotcha~

http://i.imgur.com/tWAkShI.png
http://i.imgur.com/ZAlOvDm.png

Sweet parse but ...

http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:Zalea

60 Ranger with 13/17 raid drop 1hb and BFG (no longer obtainable). This is not representative of what the average ranger can expect. I love the ranger class. They are very capable. My point was that posts like:

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Originally Posted by Jimjam (Post 2576536)

90% self haste, 50% slow, 12 hp/tick regen buff... add in fungi and that is a decent standing regen!

Which automatically include epic, clickable haste quest item, and a fungi paints a disingenuous picture a thread asking about the role of a ranger. Yes it shows what is possible but it's not relevant for many out there.

Ranger have a good toolkit that makes them useful in groups. They do alright dps compared to other classes. They have a lot of utility and can fill a lot of gaps. They can tank, but others do it better. With good gear they are capable on raids

That's literally the 3 things a ranger needs* to solo to 60. Don't act like they aren't something every ranger is actively working towards.

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).

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