Ranger- Am I a glutton for punishment?

[fadetree]

When I see a 60 Ranger, I have great respect for them. When I see a 60 Knight, I am impressed. When I see a 60 of any other class, I don't notice.

Ranger is a class that you have to actually pay attention when playing, there's a lot more to them than pressing 'a' and nuking occasionally. Best group role is probably root CC and peeling from casters. Aggro magnet? You bet, save the chanter/cleric a couple of times and they'll appreciate you. If outside you pull as well as anyone and better than most. Post 45 you can proc a slow, and if geared you can tank pretty well up to 45 or so with no slower. With a slower, you can tank fine. Yes, you get hit harder but your dps plus the fact that you aggro so hard lets the nukers go nuts without fear, which shortens mobs lifetimes, which winds up reducing damage you take. If not tanking, root the mob next to the tank and let him think he's keeping aggro.

I you want easy, consistent group play, you probably won't like the Ranger after 50. If you want to feel a sense of accomplishment and you know how to make your own groups, you will do fine.

[Itching]

Sounds like a challenge. I did play a Dwarf Paladin on live, xp penalty and all. I am used to having someone do my job better but I would rather have more fun using utilities being able to save a group.

[iruinedyourday]

Much respect for high level rangers

[Brynnag]

make a rogue friend and just duo kite.....

i played a rogue and leveld with a ranger buddy almost exclusively.

[iruinedyourday]

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

make a rogue friend and just duo kite.....

i played a rogue and leveld with a ranger buddy almost exclusively.

I love this idea, when you two have full planar armor. Oh man so cool.

A ranger in full green plate, and a rogue in full black plate, oh man just so cool.

One of my personal favorite things about classic EQ is non plate classes wearing plate... Like a 30-46 druid wearing black plate pants, brown breastplate and a pair of golden boots... so cool to me.

I dont know why, but it is.

I too would also like to express my appreciation for that particular duo.

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[iruinedyourday]

Much respect for Thulack, much respect for bongs.

[Joyelle]

Wut? Bongs has a ranger alt?

[Itching]

Does the armor limitation (med only) for Half Elf make them not as viable to play? Or does that not matter as much for twinking/kunark/velious gear?

[fadetree]

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

Does the armor limitation (med only) for Half Elf make them not as viable to play? Or does that not matter as much for twinking/kunark/velious gear?

As far as I know, it doesn't matter. But then, I've never played a half-elf because they look like they all ought to be named nancy.

For gear, I always go HP, STA, AC, DEX. STR is ok to swap out for dex, but you'll get a lot of STR without trying whereas DEX is somwhat scarcer. Dex gets important later when you are trying to proc things. Its true that STA is kind of useless when you are low level, whereas later you'll be very glad you have as much STA as possible.

Rangers get some badass procs. Get a Silver Swiftblade for your early levels. Get a Woodsman's staff as soon as you can, thats end game DPS right there. Get a Swarmcaller as you near 45. All three are pretty cheap.

And bring your sense of humor, you WILL get made fun of and be the butt of endless Ranger jokes. It's usually all in good fun, and if the occasional person isn't well then screw them.

[iruinedyourday]

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

And bring your sense of humor, you WILL get made fun of and be the butt of endless Ranger jokes. It's usually all in good fun, and if the occasional person isn't well then screw them.

This thread makes me want to roll a ranger so bad.