Gerdos wrote:
Actually, Kartikeya brings up a very good point. He's also correct.
At tier7, Rangers fall short on dps if they are solely reliant on their CA/AA, at a level where they can be cosidered T1 DPS class. To bridge the DPS gap, we need the benefit of an arrow that is a tier ahead (and legendary) of the current game mechanics. On this basis alone, this is merely a short term fix ... short term, until the next tier expansion is released. Nor do i believe they will introduce new arrows a whole tier ahead with the next expansion (if ever again). Should this be a concern, to an extent, the answer is yes. Should we give it much thought, /shrug, for me, no.
If there's 1 thing we have learnt, each new expansion brings in new elements to the game, some good, some bad ... but we all learn to adapt. If there's any kinks in the mechanics ... they are generally fixed within a few weeks.
It hurts to read - and im calling it a night after this post.. LONG DAY.. Anyways, that aside..
The t8 ammo is both a blessing and a curse - in KoS it was purely to provide ballance between rangers/assassins.. In t8 - it is a boost with all your AA's, the diffrence is we dont get "as good" adornments(however you spell it) with our bows for damage.. While we still get usefull ones - they are... diffrent... I wouldent go saying that rangers are a broken class, because remember theres a 45+ damage to EACH heatspell used, so thats ANOTHER damage spike on precise shot, shocking thrust, snipers shot, vieled fire.. No we dont get the + to damage on our bow (cept for the +25 dmg) - but, sony does need to do something to (dare I say it) "nerf" rangers adornments to be onpar with t8 ammo.
Oh btw - a quick short story for today because it made me laugh.. I was in a new EoF zone when this 70 assassin whos legendary geared starts harping on me about being a ranger on how they suck - so I did my lil(long) speach on how things are fine now.. So he kept going on so I just said 'shutup and get out the parser" - and I ate the kid alive - I was holding a good 1.8k+ dps that group, he was holding.... maybe 600! And btw, I was the only other dps in that group..