Ranger Archive
Thread: Remember Mounts...?
Well..they see the vehicle.. and should get scared off by that.. but if they can't smell you inside the vehicle, then you should still get the scout xp for it.. casue well.. we've succesfully masked your scent from the creature... Obviusly your speeder isn't going to make a very good ranger.. but you are 
CapnKill wrote:
Well..they see the vehicle.. and should get scared off by that.. but if they can't smell you inside the vehicle, then you should still get the scout xp for it.. casue well.. we've succesfully masked your scent from the creature... Obviusly your speeder isn't going to make a very good ranger.. but you are
Depends on the creature doesn't it ? I might go for a howling rasp being scared off, but do you really think that whining tin can is going to scare off an enraged rancor ?
It's going to want to find that particular mosquito and swat it, hard.
Sorry
The maskscent idea is OK, but I'd prefer a different one. Like as a Ranger, we can still /harvest while on the mount. That way if we're riding accross the plains shooting at animals wedon't have to get down to harvest.
Always a pet peeve and why I don't ride as much really..heh.
Like /conceal, which is being nerfed this patch to stop it working vs. NPCs, a change I fail to understand - animals detect you usually through smell, so /maskscent works fine as a /conceal against critters, so why are there two skills that now do exactly the same thing ?
/conceal should work like proper camouflage, it should be a maskscent against NPCs and even players, I'd like to see it made MORE powerful, not less, master ranger takes a hell of a lot of points and really doesn't do very much (I could be wrong, but I've had a look and I don't even see any /maskscent bonuses in the ranger tree ANYWHERE).
GoldMemberBria wrote:
Yea, I agree... rangers are too powerful and need to be nerfed, rofl.
We will be.....we will beee......cough (to paraphrase Yoda). I mean, with Forage as powerful as it is, it is just a matter of time before we get (another) nerf. To get back on topic (sort of) never ask the devs to take away a skill (masked on a bike) unless you are going to ask for something bigger in return.
Here's what changes we need to have mounts viable again:
1) Mounts should go much faster on hilly terrain than vehicles.
2) You should be able to use ANY attack from a mount - or at least if you're a Master Ranger (preferable, because Rangers need some love) or Master CH.
3) /maskscent, /conceal and /areatrack should all work from a mount.
With these changes in place, you would see true hunters using mounts again. Vehicles would still be great for speed, so most folks would probably keep both around.
dont nerf my forage...im selling maroj melons for millions on the intergalactic melon market
If I lose my forage....then i dont know what i would do
AgonThalia wrote:
Shhhhhh Calc....
dont nerf my forage...im selling maroj melons for millions on the intergalactic melon market
If I lose my forage....then i dont know what i would do
Yeah, ever since that Melon nerf back in June or July, all the noobs want 3 melons instead of 1, and /forage is the only way to get them.