Curse

Sagaris · Dec 25, 2005, 09:39 AM // 09:39

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Originally Posted by Flame

The thing is, a Ranger can pretty much kill anything. Interrupts will kill any casters, Throw Dirt and Stances kill Warriors and Rangers. The problem is that people are stupid. The majority of Rangers, rather than playing something intelligent, get a pet with no Beast Mastery and then just use Power Shot, and other damage-dealing skills. This makes others think Rangers are useless, and those kind are.

I am a Ranger wit pet, and I do have Beastmastery at 15! Doesn't mean I get picked.

VGJustice · Dec 25, 2005, 10:51 AM // 10:51

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Originally Posted by Jessyi

If any monsters are stupid enough to get in my face, Dark Pact and Dark Aura can deal about 90 dark damage every two seconds at a cost of 5 energy. Where else can you get that?

Come to think of it, I can Barrage about once ever second, or every shot, that does AoE damage, and does about 50~ damage a hit with 12 Marksmanship. Only costs me 2 energy at 13 Expertise, and my regen covers that. So..... what was this about your damage?

Orbberius · Dec 25, 2005, 04:45 PM // 16:45

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Originally Posted by Sagaris

I am a Ranger wit pet, and I do have Beastmastery at 15! Doesn't mean I get picked.

Hahahahaha there's your problem right there. Beastmastery is only useful for its non-pet skills. Seriously, pets are the crappiest things ever. Even in IWAY, they're only good for DYING.

And yeah, one of these days Anet has to tone done Ranger spike a little bit. It's simply too overpowered as it is.

Takeko Nakano · Dec 25, 2005, 04:57 PM // 16:57

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Originally Posted by Josh

If Ranger bows were 35 max dmg again, Rangers Spike teams would be even-more powerful.

Yes, the last thing we need is more ranger-spiking!

There is nothing wrong with rangers - they're an excellent contribution to any team. The problem is a lack of information - people are just stupid and assume that a ranger is crap. But that doesn't mean rangers need a buff.

Funk_Styles · Dec 25, 2005, 05:09 PM // 17:09

figures the person whining about rangers not being accepted is a town dweller, and prolly cant make a decent ranger. perhaps this is the reason HE cant get into a group, i have absolutely no problem finding a group for farming

dargon · Dec 25, 2005, 07:01 PM // 19:01

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Originally Posted by Orbberius

Hahahahaha there's your problem right there. Beastmastery is only useful for its non-pet skills. Seriously, pets are the crappiest things ever. Even in IWAY, they're only good for DYING.

And yeah, one of these days Anet has to tone done Ranger spike a little bit. It's simply too overpowered as it is.

Far from it. Pets are great if you know how to use them and have a good build for them. With beast at 12, that pet is doing roughly the same damage as the ranger with his bow, so infact are very similar to a ranger having an additional attack. Used correctly a bow ranger + pet can have a pretty decent dps avg.

As for ranger spike, my guild went up against a ranger spike guild team and we flawlessed them, spike isn't overpowered, no moreso than air, blood or earth.

Flame · Dec 26, 2005, 03:28 PM // 15:28

And there is your misconception. Rangers aren't about damage. Rangers are about conditions (Poison Arrow, Throw Dirt, Pin Down, Barbed Trap, et cetera), Interrupt (Savage Shot, Distracting Shot, Concussion Shot, Punishing Shot), and surviving (Whirling Defense, Lightning Reflexes, Escape). People who play Rangers just to do damage, unless the team is built for that, generally are not good Rangers. Because frankly, there are other classes that do a lot more damage.