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A minor ruckus on the Ranger forumFollow

#1 Jul 29 2006 at 11:23 AM Rating: Good
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They finally got a response from a game designer.

Lockeye wrote:
Despite the perception issues that have persisted since the Ranger balance changes to their DPS rankings, Rangers are performing very well in DPS across all categories. I constantly analyze data between solo, groups and raids of various sizes across all classes, and Rangers are performing between ranks 1-4 in DPS in all size categories, with an average ranking of 2.2 (just slightly above average T1 DPS).

In my experience as a player that groups and raids with a few raid equipped Rangers, I haven't seen anything to indicate from their parsers that Rangers would be deficient in producing anything short of the top ranking DPS numbers for their group or raid, and it reflects what I see in Ranger serverwide performance across all player categories.


Which didn't sit well with the Ranger community since they had a rather large body of parses and practical experience showing that what he is saying isn't the case.

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I really wish that they would either take the time to explain their position and back it up with a parse rather than make a statement. Cause in the end it boils down to either 'Learn2 play nub' or 'We just made it up'.



Edited, Aug 20th 2006 at 5:44pm EDT by Kaolian

Edited, Aug 21st 2006 at 10:03pm EDT by Kaolian
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#14 Sep 01 2006 at 3:15 AM Rating: Default
Well,I have alot to say.

Says 12 responces to your post but all are BLOCKED.
#15 Sep 01 2006 at 8:15 AM Rating: Decent
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It's the good fight against the spammers. Keep it up Niz and Kao!
#16 Sep 01 2006 at 9:29 AM Rating: Decent
No offense to anyone who plays a ranger and thinks they are lacking. But when I first started this game a ranger was my first toon, I seen np solo or in a group.

I mean sure you have to work harder as a ranger as you have to ride the line so you can do range and up close CAs but they are a good class.

Honestly I just dont understand what rangers want. Even if an assassin does more dmg they HAVE to be close to the target to do it, a ranger does not. Its the price of range. But the funny part is, is that if you do both you actually can get the same dps, you just cant be lazy and sit in range all the time.

And when it comes to PvP they are one of the top classes. That kind of dmg at range is worth alot to a good PvPer.

I know some will flame because ppl on the official boards have sold alot of ppl on the idea that rangers suck. Its just not true.

Parsers from ppl on the boards dont really mean a whole lot to be honest. I mean I an take any class and parse low if I want to, or dont know what Im doing. Cause I have seen the parses where the ranger is on top because the player wanted to be the best.
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