Will I be able to be grouped with a ranger?
 

I'm planning to start with a ranger on green, do you think people will still group me despite not being the best grouping class and the xp penalty?

Yes! Don't worry about the experience penalty. Min/Maxers may be dicks about it, but let them. The core population will not care.

Rangers are good pullers with archery and get some nice buffs. Can tank some and do decent dps and utility. XP penalty doesnt matter.

Outdoor zones are a rangers playground in groups. Stick to outdoor zones and you will do well.
Harmony - Split packs
Spirit of Wolf - move fast sonic gogo
Flame Lick - Agro tank spell

Rangers are a great vanilla class. AAAAA+++ would invite again.

I would group with you.
I am planning of doing a DE SK, so i am a bit worried too.

the undesired ones

Here's a copy/paste of an answer I gave from another thread asking the same question:

used to play on p99 when xp penalty was still a thing.

1) people definitely know about it. and hate it. and talk about it. and make you feel bad about it.
2) most people still do invite you to groups. respect their lists. shut up once you start fighting.
3) sometimes you might lose a spot in a list. or not be invited into a group. it will happen. a few times. you will hate it.
4) sometimes you have to explain for a thousandth time how xp sharing works, and that you're only slowing down the xp by about 2% cause you're a lvl 18 paladin in a full group of lvl 21 incl. some troll shaman, a monk and a wizard and everyone is sucking XP anyway. and that mean that everyone is gonna ding in 2h03 instead of 2h00 and nobody should care.

in the end this is not gonna ruin your character. you can still group. most people are cool about it.

but yes it is a thing, and yes it will have an impact on your grouping capacities. a tiny bit. brace yourself /o/

This is incorrect.

Rangers are a fine class, and you'll find groups, but don't let this guy trick you into thinking the exp penalty won't affect you and won't be on the minds of many of the folks you want to group with.

Don't let THIS GUY trick you into thinking that it matters. Like I said, everyone has their own opinion on it, but the core population does not care.

Yeah it will slow leveling a bit. But I am in no hurry myself