Rangers get screwed!Follow

I played a ranger for 65 levels and 50 AA's. Finally when I achieved am3 and eq I figured I could solo abit with root and shoot. DENIED! This stupid game which screws rangers at every turn did it again. When rooting a mob you recieve huge negative damage mitigation. In addition you lose the standing still double damage bonus. Let me ask you, when a necro roots and dots do his dots do less damage? Same question for a druid or any other class? The bottom line is rangers are a big waste of time if you ever want to solo. EQ could do us all a favor and allow rangers to root and shoot effectively for playing an incredibly whimpy class for 65 levles.

Sheesh, MRC... don't hold it all in... tell us how you really feel!

Jennock noted:

Said difference being that you PLAY the class...

Hating rangers is the cool thing to do I guess. If all of you guys truly, honestly hate your class so much, why do you play it? Start something new, it's just a game.

I wish the whiners would and leave those happy to play the class. The only real complaint any of my guilds rangers have is that we would like a little more bow damage and maybe removal of the mitigation mobs have to frontal bow strikes.

Hardly ground breaking tweaks and not worthy of the kind of whining I am currently seeing.

wow you sure look like you know your class inside out!

Hey while your at it the ranger doesnt seem to tank all that well, hmmm, I know!, lets boost up their mitigation to be that equal to a monk or SK!.

Whats that? you still take too much damage for the hp you have? I know lets buff up your heals to be as good as a druids.

WHAT! you say you cant do EVERYTHING and not lose DPS? oh we have to fix this! lets just make your spells very short cast times why dont we. Then you could cast everything in half a second

Oh and with all this agro you get....You can DIE.

DIE.
DIE.
At least then youll stop whining.

And ....you know....i...instant recast harmtouch.

It is just another adjustment thrown to us Rangers.

The big suprise from Dracoboars is took until level 65 to find this out. The first mob I hit in my early 50's for double damage, 110pts, I thought, Wow! Great! By the second mob, I realize, well, I get one shot off, and hopefully do not miss.

By 55, I am using snare, root, and trueshot only on very select Mobs. I use it for preventing damage to me with Mobs that hit very fast. The slower hitting, big damage mobs (150-200's) I seem to do okay with in melee, and drop in 1-3 minutes. It is the fast hitting mobs that I stay away from until trueshot recycles; yes, the fight lasts several minutes, but that allows my health to regen.

We are not a slay everything in sight class as others may be. Know the zone, map the mobs; select the fight, and have exit strategy and multiple pull strategy.

Play a 'Ranger'.

And the lesson is play it now - do not wait until level 65 with a bunch of AA's. Solo, group, explore. Find the Ranger niche, find the Ranger limits, and adjust. My toon is awesome when played as such - for me.

"Now now, you have to leave something out so that he still has SOMETHING to whine about"

Well, he doesn't have a pet or warder so that should do.. :)

I seem to miss the part where someone accused you of being behind the original poster....but on the other hand .....a healthy paranoia could even save your live one day ;-)


Edited, Fri Jul 16 03:20:42 2004 by MordenRaspCleric

OMFG we are examining grammer and capitalization? Look man it was a hastely typed remark while I was in game. The whole point of this board is to no take it to seriosly. I also thought my point was clear , there is no need for root damage mitigation when rooting and shooting. relax your are not my sockpuppet ( whatever that means) and dont let 12 year old boys get you all bent out of shape when they call you ames.

For one a sockpuppet is an acount created by an already existing poster to further boost an idea or to promote the first acount he has.

Secondly the purpose of these boards are to discuss the game and help other if they need help(albeit we all ***** around on here but thats still while we get a point across.). Now if youd prefer talking to a lot of people who speak in OMFG!, WOOTZERS!, and STFU NUUB! I suggest going here
Warning:Do not click the link if you are afraid of going to hell

As for your spelling, no one likes reading or talking to someone who speaks with half the letters of his words missing. Most people will see it and either mock it, rate you down, or completely ignore you when you type a question about a problem you have like "he gys i ws wndoring wrher igo to loto this UBER armros".

if you are a wood elf ranger that explains it YOU Wood elves think your hot sh.. and are tanks. think again and for soloing making another toon for soloing having a HUMAN ranger { the only TRUE Ranger } I dont solo You must have a druid and is trying to make your ranger into a druid STUPID
and guess what Rangers are not the only class getting screwed.. play another toon if you dont like them.