Ranger Newbie Questions

[Deadjest]

<DIV>    I am looking to making a Ranger but not know anything about them I figured I would come to the experts here for advice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   How do you feel the Ranger stacks DPS wise among the Physical DPS class's?</DIV> <DIV>   What is the Ranger Utility like in groups, what do they have to bring to the table?</DIV> <DIV>   What are the primary stats that a Ranger should work on?</DIV> <DIV>   How well do Rangers take dmg when they are hit and how effective are they are giving back agro to the tank if able?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Feel free to add any comments on Area's I may not have thought about but should have.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Thank you for your time</DIV> <DIV>   Haruchai</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Thesp]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Deadjester wrote:<BR> <DIV>   How do you feel the Ranger stacks DPS wise among the Physical DPS class's?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ffff00>not very well, IMO. Rogues rival us and they have much more utility to bring to the group. Also fighters are pretty close to us. although we usually out dmg them, its not a very noticeable margin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   What is the Ranger Utility like in groups, what do they have to bring to the table?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ffff00>Rangers have very little utility outside of what is generic to all scouts (disarm, evac, etc.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   What are the primary stats that a Ranger should work on?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ffff00>As with all scouts, agi and str.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   How well do Rangers take dmg when they are hit and how effective are they are giving back agro to the tank if able?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ffff00>With good gear, we can take a decent amount provided someone is attempting to take agro off us. Rangers are generally low on the agro rankings, we have a few skills that dump agro, one of which is our mid combat sneak skill that we use in combination with our high dmg/sneak only attacks.</FONT><BR> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>

[Grawler2]

Well part of what he said is true but go read other threads that talk about our utility to groups. You will see that we do have abilities for group. We just need to get also the word out. As you can see even some Rangers think we are not usefull so it's a big job to change the mind set. <div></div>