Are rangers worthless?

[melkezidek]

Love my ranger. Replacing my 60 epic monk with one.

[Snagglepuss]

I think the problem with rangers is that they are misclassified under DPS. Ranger in my mind has always been a "utility class" or the swiss army knife of EQ.

No, they aren't the best at anything, and you probably won't need one with a classical group set up of tank, healer, cc, dps, dps, dps, but as a utility class, they can fill the roll of others like a jack of all trades puller, tank, dps, cc, etc.

[Hathes]

they are not worthless, they are awesome tracker alts!

[melkezidek]

They actually still do good dps. Just a tad below a monk. Only thing they lack is a burst disc at this point.

[agdros]

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

...a "utility class" or the swiss army knife of EQ.

This.

This is what makes people play a ranger. You will never become bored with a ranger because you have the opportunity to "change jobs" very quickly depending on what is required.

[Ele]

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

A class is only as good as the person playing, Unfortunately people on here have made rangers the crap class by assuming they have to eat the DT and are the most expendible class at the time. Baddys be bad bro.

Shamans eat DTs better.

[Frogie305]

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

Shamans eat DTs better.

This is True ... But yet Not True.. Let us Never Forget Drui Sacrifice in the field of battle.


11-12-2012 - Never forget...... Hurley- I Ran to Him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Pq0xYr3L4

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[Thulack]

SSHHHH can we stop this thread before people actually realize how good rangers are. Ranger was main on live for 9 years. I played a rogue from classic til halfling rangers were created and then made Thulack. Best toon i ever had. Can do anything well enough to get by and does a few things exceptionally. What hurts them right now is the xp penatly. Once that goes in velious i'm sure there will be 100's of rangers running around because of their awesomeness.

[Elements]

Rangers are the best trackers. Rangers are often the best at pulling outdoors where they can harmony. Rangers are terrible at xp due to their penatly which is why everyone hates them since almost every group pre 60 is more concerned with xp than accomplishing a dungeon crawl or camping x mob for y loot. If yout not concerned with xp or at 60 your utility can make for an easier time taking a small duo or trio to camp specific mobs. On raids your basically just a warm body for dps with the occassional snare kite. The value of snare in dungeons also cant be understated.

Worthless? No. But there will be a better class to fill every role other than tracking and pulling outdoors.

[SamwiseRed]

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

SSHHHH can we stop this thread before people actually realize how good rangers are. Ranger was main on live for 9 years. I played a rogue from classic til halfling rangers were created and then made Thulack. Best toon i ever had. Can do anything well enough to get by and does a few things exceptionally. What hurts them right now is the xp penatly. Once that goes in velious i'm sure there will be 100's of rangers running around because of their awesomeness.

ya man first toon i tried to make was halfing ranger [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] too bad we will never reach that timeline because i think it was after velious