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[littleman17]

<DIV>Omg it was hilarius the other day.... so I was in nek trying to get crabs for the EL entrance quest, so I team up with a 24 guardian (i am lvl 25) he was getting his butt whooped on when I watched him solo, so I take over and tank the first mob after we join up. I make fun of him that I tank better than he does (granted I had all AQ armor and he had a bunch of plate no stat junk). He then comes back with a: at least I am out damaging you. Needless to say I needed to teach this tank a lesson.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So I have him pull and within 10 seconds I have the mob dead (shadow lunge, shrouded, flame, step back and back shot) before he got 2 techs off. I could have sworn if there was an animation for it, his jaw would have hit the ground. (o yeah here is a rough estimate of the dmg i did: lunge-200, shroud-100, flame-200, shot-150)</DIV>

[Boos]

<DIV>Very nice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the main point that other rangers are making though is that with a tank in a group you can do:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shadow Lunge (200)</DIV> <DIV>Shouded Strike (100)</DIV> <DIV>Flamestrike (200)</DIV> <DIV>Step back</DIV> <DIV>Backshot (150)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But without the tank and being solo we can do:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shadow Lunge (200)</DIV> <DIV>Shrouded Strike....nope.  Not if we're not behind or flanking we can't.</DIV> <DIV>Flamestrike....nope.  Not if we're not stealthed we can't.</DIV> <DIV>Step back...nope.  Not even with Impede will we outrun a mob backwards as our speed is slowed in combat.</DIV> <DIV>Backshot...nope.  Not if we can't get behind and far enough away we can't.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On top of that, if you've got poison and decent arrows up, that single fight will have cost you more than the tanks fighting cost for the whole night.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And to finish it all off, add on another 10-15 levels or more and the tank probably will be out-dpsing you.</DIV>

[MillsFairchild]

I can do Shrouded Strike solo... just cheap shot and jump over the mob. Then, quite often, I can get off a Shadowflame since Shrouded Strike put me into stealth (unless I get hit... 50/50 chance).And there's usually a 50/50 chance that my Impede will actually work and I can outrun a mob (backwards) while firing arrows and actually get so far away that I can complete Wounding Arrow.While the exp from soloing makes it not worth it, it is possible.

[Ren]

even in my 30s, soloing, a good cheap shot, to shadow, to raven embers does a good amount of damage, heh

[Ker]

<DIV>You should cheap shot and run to the side for your big attack... jumping helps if you need to be behind, and you could always run away and do some bow shots.</DIV>