got a few questions about rangers, assassins, and dps/soloability

[sy0neds0ber]

hey, i currently play a monk. when i made the monk i was looking for straight up melee dps (seeing as how i played eq1 for a couple years, i assumed monks were the same as they were there) but have recently been informed that monks are really a tankish class with moderate dps.so my question is this, if i want dps and soloability in a class, which would be more suitable? an assassin or a ranger?ive heard that rangers and assassins are nearly even in dps, but ive also heard people say this is far from true.any info would be appreciated, thanks <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Boramyr]

<p>They are very close but a ranger is a bit harder to play, and not really melee dps at all.   The gear a ranger needs is more specialized so there is less of it in the world and until you get some AA trees maxed out a ranger will cost more to play.  </p><p> Though I do feel a ranger solo's better than an assassin, especially if you take a solo AA spec as oposed to a pure dps one.  </p>

[Seiffil]

Rangers will solo better, once you learn how to do it effectively.  As Boramyr said as well, gearing a ranger especially towards T8 will start getting more difficult when you're trying to compete with other dps classes just based on availability.  It will definitely be different then soloing on a monk, and either class will take time to learn how to do it effectively.

[Tommara]

<p>I answered your question on the assassin's board, but for the record, I agree with the above.</p><p>In a nut shell, I think rangers solo better than assassins because we can do a significant amount of damage before a melee type mob reaches us, even if we stand still.  And we don't have to stand still. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Sleap]

i guess it all depends on your play style. I play an Assassin and i dont really have any issues soloing unless its a ^^ or higher heroic. Then i would have to try to kite it... which in most cases cant do it because of causing aggro adds.