Are rangers worthless?

[Smilkers]

Originally Posted by purist 4.0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

stormlord you know nobody reads your long-winded posts right?

dawww, Stormlord is just trying to help. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
keep on keepin' on, SL.

[Nalanthius]

It's jealousy, we duel wield weapons and shoot fireballs when were bored.

[Cippofra]

Dont understand why people think a ranger's dps is similar to a monk's, or "a tad below" as many people are saying. In my opinion, this is utter BS. And hold back on the trolling, I dont care, it's my opinion, not yours, and I won't be back to this thread to hear any crying. As far as groups go I don't see a need to ever have a ranger (other than tracking). To me a ranger is just for snare. Which a druid can do as well as back up heals, and utility. Necros and bards are the "swiss army knife". Rangers are just the last choice, with wizards coming in a close second.

That being said, if you want to play a ranger, and you enjoy being a ranger, what's it matter what anyone else thinks? As useless as rangers are, I would gladly group with 5 good rangers over the average melee classes that fumble, pull while the puller is pulling, runs ahead of the puller to look around, casters that are AFK 95% of the time and monks that use cool weapons rather than the higher dps weapons that are half the cost. These forums are nothing but a poisonous outlet for children to cry, brag, and bicker (you'll see this in the responses I get to my post). Just play the game and enjoy.

[gotrocks]

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

Dont understand why people think a ranger's dps is similar to a monk's, or "a tad below" as many people are saying. In my opinion, this is utter BS. And hold back on the trolling, I dont care, it's my opinion, not yours, and I won't be back to this thread to hear any crying. As far as groups go I don't see a need to ever have a ranger (other than tracking). To me a ranger is just for snare. Which a druid can do as well as back up heals, and utility. Necros and bards are the "swiss army knife". Rangers are just the last choice, with wizards coming in a close second.

That being said, if you want to play a ranger, and you enjoy being a ranger, what's it matter what anyone else thinks? As useless as rangers are, I would gladly group with 5 good rangers over the average melee classes that fumble, pull while the puller is pulling, runs ahead of the puller to look around, casters that are AFK 95% of the time and monks that use cool weapons rather than the higher dps weapons that are half the cost. These forums are nothing but a poisonous outlet for children to cry, brag, and bicker (you'll see this in the responses I get to my post). Just play the game and enjoy.

agree with almost everything you said.

especially the dps thing. rangers are not "a tad below" monks/rogues.

[ArumTP]

Ranger DPS is just a bit lower or close to Warrior DPS. Given that all their melee caps are lower than a warrior.

[Scratch&Sniff]

/GU The Spiroc Lord in 92s, 24k @266dps --- Brennard - 4k @45dps (16.24%) --- Wanyo 3k @41dps (13.33%) --- Brainz 3k @37dps (12.17%) --- Smedy 3k @28dps (10.32%) --- Vabann 2k @24dps (8.54%) --- Jantik 2k @32dps (8.09%) --- Ezpk 2k @49dps (6.96%) --- Xintao 2k @19dps (6.84%) --- Bronkar 1k @19dps (5.75%) --- Maximilien 1k @30dps (4.31%)

Brennard 60 rogue

Wanyo /smedy 55+ monks

Brainz - 59 ranger + 3 castings of Calefaction for 1500ish dmg

Ezpk 60 war

[ArumTP]

Ill bite.
Was Ezpk the main tank and using defensive?

[Elements]

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

/GU The Spiroc Lord in 92s, 24k @266dps --- Brennard - 4k @45dps (16.24%) --- Wanyo 3k @41dps (13.33%) --- Brainz 3k @37dps (12.17%) --- Smedy 3k @28dps (10.32%) --- Vabann 2k @24dps (8.54%) --- Jantik 2k @32dps (8.09%) --- Ezpk 2k @49dps (6.96%) --- Xintao 2k @19dps (6.84%) --- Bronkar 1k @19dps (5.75%) --- Maximilien 1k @30dps (4.31%)

Brennard 60 rogue

Wanyo /smedy 55+ monks

Brainz - 59 ranger + 3 castings of Calefaction for 1500ish dmg

Ezpk 60 war

Was the warrior tanking? Was he using dps weapons or agro weapons? What buffs/gear/stat caps? Did anyonedisc? Was the war in zerker? What weapons were the ranger and warrior using? Was the warrior hitting from the back? Was everyone haste capped?