kartikeya wrote:
Noob1974 wrote:
The problem is right now, we dont know how many have these foci and how much % AA EE and flurry rogues and assasins getting which means sometime in the middle of teh expansion those classes getting 20,30,40% and than parses start to look different than now.
I cant see devs adjust that, look like a completetly broken expansion for rangers thanks to xelgad, timetraveller (items) and co.
In Xelgad's defense, he really has been working the best he can, given he just had an extremely behind schedule expansion dropped into his lap during the ninth inning. I don't blame Xelgad for the current state of rangers on beta, I blame a certain departed predecessor of his, coupled with a general team-wide lack of understanding of the ranger class and current state. The groundwork for ranger issues on beta was laid quite some time ago, in some instances years back. Remember, we were due for an overhaul back during RoK, and instead we got the 'fix' that fixed mechanics and then nerfed us so that we couldn't benefit from the change. And Xelgad hasn't been in his current position long enough to have truly influenced the design of T9 class content.
The itemization really pisses me off, of course. But again, surrounding attacks has never worked for rangers, and that's from KoS, and flurry not working for rangers is over a year old. It's just now the development team has decided to slap flurry and AE auto attack on a considerable number of items.
Rangers need an overhaul along the lines that were given to coercers and SKs. Sadly, a complete class overhaul is somewhat out of the question when you're also trying to push out an expansion that is considerably behind schedule. And unfortunately that means T9 is looking to be extremely frustrating and painful for us.
Thats whyi advocate, knowing its not the best option marketing wise, take off such items and adorments untill they come up with something for ranger .