Having never played a ranger, I don't understand why they couldn't solo well. Earthcaller is 50% slow, Dark Cloak of the Sky is 40% self haste, damage shield + dual wield should approach solo monk damage, Swiftwind has a solid ratio, all velious armor has huge AC, and Chloroplast at 55 is 2/3 of a fungi. You aren't going to walk into that gear at L50 but I would imagine it would come relatively quickly joining most semi-casual guilds like AG or Fires.
I'm mostly not a big soloer any more, but I like to be able to handle entrance mobs rather than going AFK for hours LFG, and I would think Rangers would fit the bill there. Especially I'd be curious to see if Rangers could root/snare/camp out and split say the sebilis entrance.
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