I don't really feel like a archer...

[WoodenDum]

I'm not bashing the game or the class, I'm only level 10 so I have very little to go on BUT I feel more like a rogue class that uses his bow to pull instead of a Elven archer/ranger firing off a volly of arrows in combat.What I wanted to know is, does it get any better than this?  I'm feeling a little let down by rangers in EQ2.  I just don't see rangers as a scout subclass.<div></div>

[Zholain]

<font size="2">Hi there.  Aye, at level 10, you haven't even begun to taste what it's like a little later on.  At around level 20, you'll really start to feel like a ranged class.  At mid to high 20's....that's when you'll REALLY start to feel like a ranger.  Hang in there.  Almost all of us felt the same way when we first started to play.  Trust me, it gets better.  <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></font><div></div>

[Saihung23]

<DIV>Zholain is right.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Youre really just a scout right now...maybe a predator...you will be a fully functional ranger at late 20's...every class is like that really.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You dont get all your class spells or ca's till mid late 20's.</DIV>

[WoodenDum]

Thank you both, you've given me what I need to keep going in the game and as a ranger.  I'm not worried about being gimped, or even out-classed as people seem to be telling me, I just love ranger classes and the feel and roleplay is much more important to me.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Hogsni]

<P>Not really sure why I'm posting as both above have stated exactly the case.  I guess I just feel like talking today.</P> <P> </P> <P>I felt exactly like you.  I was a Ranger in EQ1, and was very disappointed through the first 20 levels of becoming a Ranger in EQ2.  When I became a Ranger at 20 (back when we had to do the quest to become one), I started to get more ranged CA's.  When I hit the mid-20's, I bought the best bow I could afford.  That made a world of difference, and throughout my 30's and now, my 40's, I rarely use melee unless soloing... and even then it's purely out of necessity.</P> <P> </P> <P>Good luck and have fun. :smileyhappy:</P><p>Message Edited by Hogsnine on <span class=date_text>06-16-2006</span> <span class=time_text>08:13 AM</span>

[Saihung23]

<P>Well you just wait till you get some nice bow ca's.  Find a big gnoll to irritate and when he comes running at you and you shoot him dead as he is running up to you...it will be very sweet indeed.</P> <P> </P> <P>Good Luck and Happy Hunting Wooden <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P> </P> <P> </P>

[Teksun]

<div><blockquote><hr>WoodenDummy wrote:Thank you both, you've given me what I need to keep going in the game and as a ranger.  I'm not worried about being gimped, or even out-classed as people seem to be telling me, I just love ranger classes and the feel and roleplay is much more important to me.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote>That's what we need now, more Rangers... not more DPS um... what won't get haxxored... um... junkies, yeah that's it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />There are quite a few of us here, feel free to ask for advice (which usually isn't free, but the wage is quite small), and ignore half the posts you see (the whiney ones)</div>

[KnightOfTheWo]

Agreed, when I was in tier 2, by the time I hit tier 3 (level 20) it just didn't occur to me to use a bow. Now it's probably much better with choosing your class at level 1. By level 30, things shifted and I finallly realized how much fun it was to be Ranger in this game. Of course, much has happened since, but that's a LONG story for the Ranger community, of which volumes have been written. <span>:robothappy:</span>  Regardless, you will do just fine when you get to 30...hang in there.<div></div>

[Vifarc]

Nor do I. I don't feel like an archer. I mean i 'm also a blade warrior and, what is important, a scout too.Please don't the rangers be some bowman!<div></div>