What are Rangers like now? Wanted in grps?

[Cecily]

Paul, your agro problems are due to your shit ratio weapons. Get a Nightfall or Thornstinger for tanking. Very few people can pull off my rogue and that's what backstab agro is for.

[Tupakk]

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

Paul, your agro problems are due to your shit ratio weapons. Get a Nightfall or Thornstinger for tanking. Very few people can pull off my rogue and that's what backstab agro is for.

We all can't have nice toys.

My tanking setup is Infestation and Chetari Tail with a Liberator swap.

[Fasttimes]

In raid situations we parse better then monks and some rogues. If you have bfg and true shot. I frequently outdps lower geared rogues and 90% of monks. Rangers are fine we just live by our 72min timer

[Naethyn]

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

In raid situations we parse better then monks and some rogues. If you have bfg and true shot. I frequently outdps lower geared rogues and 90% of monks. Rangers are fine we just live by our 72min timer

What arrow do you use for this?

[Fasttimes]

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

What arrow do you use for this?

Just summoned cause I'm lazy. Do have primal to help with attack but rarely have a bard for more attack

[stormlord]

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

I haven't been around much since Velious released, was just wondering what has changed with Rangers since then. I know the 40% exp bonus is gone and they got a couple new spells, but has the general opinion of them changed much? Do they get groups much easier now than before? Has their dps changed any / gotten better, making them more appealing to group with on the way to level 60?

If you're playing a ranger to be wanted in groups then don't.

Plya one of these:
Enchanter
Cleric
Monk
Rogue
Warrior
Wizard
Shaman
Necromancer
Magician

This was tallied from server data during original content, maybe 2010-11.

Tehse classes don't tend to survive at the highest levels:
Bard
Ranger
Druid
Shadowknight
Paladin

Notice the 4 hybrids?

I played a ranger when there were dinosaurs. I played them when gimp was our last name.

Play a ranger because you like them. Period.

[Cecily]

Eh, dps holds agro. People get over reliant on procs which aren't a sure thing by any stretch and neglect white text, which overall lowers your baseline agro potential. 9/18 and 10/25 are just straight up bad damage and having a chance of them being good once or twice a minute isn't a good argument to use them.

[Tupakk]

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

Eh, dps holds agro. People get over reliant on procs which aren't a sure thing by any stretch and neglect white text, which overall lowers your baseline agro potential. 9/18 and 10/25 are just straight up bad damage and having a chance of them being good once or twice a minute isn't a good argument to use them.

They are meant for in a pinch or if I'm the only melee. Generally swap out for my dex/ac gear and hope a shm is around or in grp.

I'm sure you know about the rotate n backstab which helps a lot as well.
Rog tanking is like bard intstrument swapping. If one item doesn't proc swap it for another and another and another til you get it going.

Currently have 8 swaps not including Eon and Epic.

[Swish]

Must be some lazy ass rogues around. Crack the whip [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Fasttimes]

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

Must be some lazy ass rogues around. Crack the whip [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean maybe but to be fair my gear is above average the more point is that we do good dps. I've parsed ~120 on vindi before. It's still some rng for crits but if ya been around me you can attest rangers aren't Gimp.