Ranger Tanking 40+

[VincentVolaju]

How bad is it, honestly? I mean, I know their armor sets don't have AS MUCH AC as some of the other sets, but how much of a difference does that actually make? I mean are we talking so much to the fact that, like alot of people are saying, "they can't tank at all and should never be tanks"? Do you guys think its most people just exaggerating the fact that they take a little more dmg then the other tanks, or are they actually terrible?

Im asking because so far they seem pretty good, though I haven't gotten 40+ yet so I am not really sure. But so far the class seems pretty freaking awesome, mainly because I am a class that has the snap aggro spells (flame lick, snare, root) so I could grab and hold aggro just as well as an SK or Pally. Yet I have the DPS of a Warrior (minus the crits), considering I can use all the same weps for the most part, like duel wielding 2 wurmys, or a lammy/wurmy. I can even out dps most tanking warriors, assuming there using the crap ratio weps that require procs in order to tank.

I am able to have the DPS of a Warrior with goods weps, while being able to grab and hold aggro as well as an SK / Pally. It almost feels like more of an offensive tank. I also get some really good CC with both Snare and Root, which makes duoing super easy with a Monk or Rogue. Also get some light heals and buffs like SoW / Skins / Str etc.

Another good thing to note is most Tank class's are required / meant only to tank really, there DPS is garbage except for a Warrior's, but that is only assuming he is using DPS weps and not proc weps. Where as a Ranger, I can DPS or Tank just fine. So every group I join might not always be the same thing, if there is a War / SK / Pally already in the group, I can just DPS the hell out of the mobs and just not cast any snap aggro spells, or if theres no tanks I can start Tanking. Where as a Pally / SK, there DPS is pretty bad right? So there basically required to be the tank in every party no matter what, unless there is already a tank in there? Like you would never get a Pally or SK for "DPS" like you could with a Ranger?

Anyway like I said, I haven't gotten to 40+ yet so I cant really say how hard I am getting hit for, or how good/bad Rangers tank at that level. But so far it doesn't seem very bad... Im assuming the reason people say there not as good tanks is because they can't take as much damage because they cant wear the highest AC items in the game? However if thats the only reason why the plate tanks are better for tanking, then I would imagine a twinked/geared Ranger would be able to tank better then an ungeared tank of the other 3 class's, if hes wearing full Tolans compared to just moderately geared chars of other classes.

Wow, wall of text, FML. Anyway yeah I was just wondering what some of you though about Ranger's being as bad as people say they are. Are they honestly that horrible, or are they actually pretty good and others just exaggerate there badness?