I see people complaining about rangers yet I see very large damage hits from the class.

[Noctivag]

<DIV>I dont understand how the ranger class is, but by looking at the highest melee hits and magic hits stats for all servers rangers are always top 10 in both.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What am I missing?  You would think wizards would have the largest dmg magic numbers but they dwarf in comparison to the ranger.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here is an example on Mistmoore</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ranger level 25 did 1,125 pts of magic dmg.</DIV> <DIV>Wizard level 32 did 509 pts of magic dmg.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The ranger is 7 levels lower and does 2x the damage of the highest damaging wizard on the server.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Confused...</DIV></DIV>

[Cobbobles]

<DIV>I guess its a matter of sustaining that damage. The wizard can continue to nuke fairly quickly, while the ranger only has that for an opening attack and it would seem to me that positional based bow attacks would be difficult to sustain during combat.</DIV>

[Loli]

<DIV>Aye, I bet that is with a special bow attack that probably needs stealth+position to pull off. And to top it, I assume that it has a long reuse timer, as many bow specials have. But we get a lot of them so might not be that bad.</DIV>

[Cobbobles]

<DIV>im just mainly curious myself as to how people can maintain the backshot abilities and those that require stealth and or positioning...bit easier as a melee...but when the radius increases...seems like by the time you get in position (when different people might take aggro) the mob(s) are already dead.</DIV>

[NightFalc]

<DIV>Rangers do great from behind the target, and use up there power very fast. thats why rangers cant tank, and that is also why it is good to have one in your group</DIV>

[RangerManT]

<DIV>with a good tank that understands how to position mobs for the DD's Preds/Rangers/assasins rule.</DIV>

[Justafreaksna]

<DIV>We do hella damage just have to know how to do it.....the hidden shot and such arnt that great of damage but u dont have to be behind them....I use backshot myself every fight at 30 im hitting in the low 300s to 250 range...In one battle i can get off3 to 4 250ish hits.....Assasins do alot of damge yeah but when you do triple shot and hit for 90 3times with one style it adds up...If u ask me we can do just as much or even more damage then assasins but your not going to see the 1 huge # they do....</DIV>