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FearDiadh

02-14-2010, 01:31 AM

Dear SoE,I have been playing EQ2 since '04 and have been part of a semi-casual/semi-hardcore raid guild most of that time. I love eq2 and even though I occasionally try out other MMOs, I continue to play here for raids even while I do. On top of eq2 being an overall great game, I have made a lot of good friends here and they keep me around even when I sometimes get bummed with the mechanics or nerfs that often hit my chosen class.As you and I both know there are some real issues with ranger dps currently. During the previous expansion, raid ranger dps did not increase at all and as a result rangers fell significantly behind other dps classes. We are currently not just behind the other pure dps classes (assassins and sorcerers) but are often being outparsed by debuff classes and support detail. From all I have seen myself on test and heard about on Beta, this disparity is about to be upped significantly in SF. Your devs have said that they intend to look at it or part of it eventually, but I am left in a quandary over when.I enjoy playing a ranger, but I also enjoy raiding with my friends and being a benefit rather than a hindrance to progress. I am considering betraying at this point, as many of the hardcore raid rangers have done. The thing is, I will not enjoy playing an assassin as much. I don't want to hinder my guild's progress in the expansion though and to be honest it looks like that is what a ranger would do. So I am humbly asking for your help. I appreciate the feedback you gave us but a timeframe is what I need to decide something. If we are looking at a fix within a month or so of the launch then I don't think I will be a hindrance to my guild just staying on the class I enjoy playing. But, if we are looking at 6 months in, or sometime after the other 12 things that have priority to class balance are dealt with, I would like to know now.To betray, is pretty significant even with the level increase. I will need to work on another epic, gear up accordingly, and learn the mechanics of another class. Even if a fix is a few months out though, this would be preferable to gimping my guild. I would [Removed for Content] them too, because I know for a fact they wont stop adding me to the weekly roster. If I do betray to assassin I will betray back as soon as it is feasible to raid as a ranger again.At this point, all I am asking for is a time frame. It seems like a reasonable request for a customer of 5.5 years. I don't even need a specific date, just something general. Will rangers get a fix within a month or so or will it be longer? Jack