Betraying back to Assassin maybe

[Kalvaine]

<p>Hey all. I started a Dark Elf Assassin awhile back with the intention of betraying him to Ranger. I've always like the idea of the Ranger, wanted a somewhat unique toon, and assumed that both Predator classes were capable of producing the same amount of DPS.</p><p>My question is how often do you see a Ranger out-DPS you? Grouping and raiding. I know there are alot of classes that CAN get the top spot of the parse but I've heard that a skilled Assassin should almost always be owning the parse. Any truth to this?</p><p>My reason for betraying back to Assassin would be mainly for my guild. We don't have any Assassins and I'd love to play a needed role for raiding when we're ready for that. Btw, right now my Ranger is 41.</p><p>Thanks!!</p>

[-=Hoss=-]

None of the rangers I raid with can out-parse me anymore.  But, the rangers I raid with all use the raincaller.  From what I understand, if the ranger has a top end bow, assassins cannot touch them.  If the rangers i know could even afford a torn ligament or rigid scale bow they'd probably beat me.  -h

[Jayad]

A top end ranger is as good as a top end assassin, with the right gear, buffs, etc. They might have a slight edge still if they're using the rare ammo. They really need a top bow and rare ammo to do their best, though. Assassins are a *little* more forgiving on the gear end. I'd say it just depends on which you like better. Assassins fulfill a slightly different role on raids due to their hate transfer if you need that on the raid.

[-=Hoss=-]

Not anymore on the aggro transfer utility.  My raiding group has taken the assassin out of the MT group now in favor of an extra healer/buffer.  At least, thats the setup we're currently testing out.  RL thinks our hate generation services might no longer be required.  -h

[Jayad]

Most top guilds seem to run tank+dirge+coercer+HT for max hate with two healers. Going with 3 healers and no HT is gonna be tough IMO. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I'd peel that for sure without trying.

[khufure]

Rangers are the top dps in the game at the moment.  They really need a top bow to get there, though.  If I were you I'd wait till the next expansion and see where everything is at then.  Might want to pick up assassin 67-70 masters in the meantime.  Even if you don't betray you can sell them for big $ a month or two post expansion.

[Jayad]

from what I have read, there won't be the 14 level spread for abilities like there has been. So having masters from 67-70 may not be any benefit at all.

[Darkfir3]

Rangers should out dps assassin's, but it is VERY gear dependent. 4 weeks ago I was an assassin, close to mastered aside from the rares and in good gear. I betrayed to my ranger, and within a week, I had decent gear again, granted I play pvp so I canget gear with tokens, I was out dpsing my assassin.And ahh, Torn Ligament Longbow is a fairly common drop, easy to get and cheap out of unrest. Rigid Scale Bow is crafted outta EH and is the best bow in the game, TLL isnt very good=P