Ranger DPS

[garyogburn]

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

Rogues have higher skill caps, so rogue autoattack will still be more than Ranger autoattack.

Rangers are the lowest DPS of all the DPS classes until Luclin, which this server wont see. Couple that with high aggro abilities, very little tools for survivability, and a 40% exp penalty and most people stay away from them entirely. What they lack there they do gain in utility (sow, invis, tracking, snare, etc) and some versatility with nukes and trueshot discipline, so they certainly aren't worthless, but in general it would be a fair assessment to list rangers as the most underpowered class in classic, and possibly through Velious.

Really? wow. I thought they were at least comparable to other DPS classes, with gear being the deciding factor in most cases. Seem to have decent survivability to me, but I havent gotten far :P

But will a well played Ranger always be in last in dps? Is the gap that big?