Ranger Archive

FWIW there is an active conversation on this subject (and most of the revamp, really) in the Corr forum. From what I have seen so far, though, we won't be getting 2 lines of Scout as our prereq. Time will tell.

I like the idea of carbines. But carbines are my BH's weapon of choice.I like the idea of the new ranger over the old one. The best thing I liked about the old ranger was the camp kits.

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-Lexica- wrote:
I like the idea of carbines. But carbines are my BH's weapon of choice.I like the idea of the new ranger over the old one. The best thing I liked about the old ranger was the camp kits.

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Even with Carbines as a prereq you have the option to configure you toon as a Master Ranger \ Master any other Combat profession. The devs just stated that carbines was a preferred profession.

you are not forced to be a carbineer, you just lose sp if you want to be something else. A commando has to sink sp in unarmed and not gain anything from it, so why not have rangers have a sp sink?

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frkjerm wrote:
you are not forced to be a carbineer, you just lose sp if you want to be something else. A commando has to sink sp in unarmed and not gain anything from it, so why not have rangers have a sp sink?

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a skill point sink for its own sake is not a good idea, and never has been a good idea.

commandos having the melee tree never made sense to me, and honestly really shouldnt be there unless it has a tangible effect on the profession.

nevertheless, we will use what gives us the most bang per skill point.

Carbines may just be enough to keep Rangers from FOTM status.

I am a carbineer, and I do not like a carbineer pre-req. Mostly because I do not wand to se Ranger gated in to one elite profession.
If the fear is that a Ranger/BH will have 66 Sp free instead of 52, to buy added combat powers with, I do not se the problem. Dabbling would be free in carbineer would be free this way, instead of costing 14sp and the have dabbling in either of the 3 elite marksman professions.

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Rolfie wrote:
Carbines may just be enough to keep Rangers from FOTM status.

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This is a very good point, not sure I would be entirely happy being FOTM :/

Somebody recommended this on the main thread:

Ranged Support IV + Trapping IV.

That way, we don't have the same pre-reqs as BH, but we aren't forced into carbines. It's still not as good as Exploration IV + Trapping IV, but it seems like a somewhat better solution.