Ranger Archive
Thread: It's nice to be part of a useless profession (Just My Opinion)
Temujin23
Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:31 pm
#14
LowbaTherf wrote:
You know it IS nice to be part of a useless profession...we can trim the macro-grinders, l33t d00ds, and all other unmentionables out, and weare left with the happiest and tightest knit community I know of.
Harvesting-excellent way to gain money.
Tracking-excellent way to find creepers, crawlers, and every thing else.
Traps-excellent way to fight creatures without seeing the path from the cloner.
Camoflague-excellent way to walk around with impunity and see the larger, angrieranimals in a peaceful state.
Terrain Negotiation-excellent way to move from sniping point to sniping point as a rifleman.
Wilderness survival-I would give up every other box I have before taking one box out of camping. I loves me my temporary homes. <3
So...as you can see, useless is in the eye of the boholder.
Excellent post.
It's all in the attitude. Even those of us inclined to be surly or cynical about many things(I'm not talking about JB. Well, not just JB) still manage a certain reverence for, and (dare I say it) enjoyment of the profession, flaws and all.
To the original poster: you've obviously lost what we still have. You're out of patience, fine-- try something else. But don't piss on our parade. Yeah, things could be better. Hopefully, they will be. But in the meantime, most of us can still have fun while we wait.
al-djinn'i
Master Ranger/Master Rifleman
SovietGuy
Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:19 am
#15
And while we're on the subject, weaponsmiths are useless too. I mean, all they do is survey for resources and create weapons. A master artisan can do that: create small harvesters and make survival knives.
And armorsmiths too: a master artisan can make some pretty nice bone armor with voritor hide segments.
Tongue firmly in cheek, maybe we should all become uber l33t TKM master fencer/tailors wearing garments whose name will never be uttered, because those are really useful in comparison to being glorified boyscouts.
And armorsmiths too: a master artisan can make some pretty nice bone armor with voritor hide segments.
Tongue firmly in cheek, maybe we should all become uber l33t TKM master fencer/tailors wearing garments whose name will never be uttered, because those are really useful in comparison to being glorified boyscouts.
agent156
Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:56 am
#16
Awe come on now, haven't we all had "I've got how many skill points caught up in this?" days? Lets leave each other some room to vent, lest this turn in to the Merchant forums... no really go take a look.
When ever I get that "What the hell I'm a doing with my game time?" feeling. I vist my local doc, pull out the droid full of things I never use pop on the comp and run through the Jinda cave spaming Point Blank Area. If I don't come to in the cloner before thats boring, I dive head first into a Merek liar.
"Hmm I wonder how many Conceal Shots I can put into this GDK before he eats me? In my underware? Awe hell it'll make a great screen shot."
"/shout Squill Hunting Party forming in front of the Cantia" Bring lots of camo and a few HTFBs. Run amouk with the newbs. You have to leave all that tatics and stealth stuff at home though. Just try not to laugh to hard when three people get sent to the cloner by criters that don't DB. And you get to use /rescue a lot, lol.
Or pop a HTFB as close to the space port gate in Eisley as you can. Hand out heals, advice, craft fishing poles with cool names for the baby scouts. Next thing you now there's a novice medic over there learning how to use a crafting station, an artisan sampling in camp with people around to keep the sycks from jumping him, the medic gets to lay heals on his action pool, and there you are in the midle of it all "and then there was the time on Yavin IV..."
When ever I get that "What the hell I'm a doing with my game time?" feeling. I vist my local doc, pull out the droid full of things I never use pop on the comp and run through the Jinda cave spaming Point Blank Area. If I don't come to in the cloner before thats boring, I dive head first into a Merek liar.
"Hmm I wonder how many Conceal Shots I can put into this GDK before he eats me? In my underware? Awe hell it'll make a great screen shot."
"/shout Squill Hunting Party forming in front of the Cantia" Bring lots of camo and a few HTFBs. Run amouk with the newbs. You have to leave all that tatics and stealth stuff at home though. Just try not to laugh to hard when three people get sent to the cloner by criters that don't DB. And you get to use /rescue a lot, lol.
Or pop a HTFB as close to the space port gate in Eisley as you can. Hand out heals, advice, craft fishing poles with cool names for the baby scouts. Next thing you now there's a novice medic over there learning how to use a crafting station, an artisan sampling in camp with people around to keep the sycks from jumping him, the medic gets to lay heals on his action pool, and there you are in the midle of it all "and then there was the time on Yavin IV..."
JBMat
Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:29 am
#18
If you have been Ranger since launch, how is it you have had how many professions?
Unless they were all combat professions, something doesn't fit.
do tell
Tho I am glad to see you have found the uses for all the trees. I'd suggest dropping Ranger and just going with scout.
JB
HornedSandRanger
Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:15 am
#19
/areatrack
Sarlacc Pit 100m west
/say hey stile2112 come here.
/push stile2112
"You have sucessfully pushed stile2112 into 'Sarlacc Pit'"
/maskscent
/whistle
ShyGirl
Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:59 am
#20
Stile2112 wrote:
Uber Master Scouts.......that's all we are.
Camps are usless
Traps are useless
Tracking, Big whoop - I still find what i want without it.
Wayfaring is usless, Oh wait i can crawl faster - USELESS
Harvesting, Big deal.
Make this profession worth while to play!!! And don't try to explain the tiny benefits you think Rangers have because i've been a Ranger since about 3 months after release, and i've seen what little changes have come our way.
And what big changes do i hear about that might be coming????
Teir names?? Are you kidding me??? You are all worried about what little title you have above you head????? Sad, very sad.
DEV: Lets see, we've revamped several professions, added several new functions to them, and oh....for the Rangers, we gave them new tier names. And next year, we're gonna give them a camp that doesn't leak when it rains.......Oh they will still be useless, but at least we're giving them something.
Enjoy the little name changes, enjoy the little Ranger hat and enjoy having nothing added that is worth while to this profession.
Look, i love the ideas Owen-Lars has, they make for some interesting reading. But it isn't gonna happen, SOE is not going to spend the time and resources to revamp this profession. This profession will get a couple of minor things that will appease you for about 2 weeks and it will be back to the old same'ol same'ol.
But i would love to be proven wrong, one can only hope.
Well, even though you hate being a Ranger, you shouldn't have being one star'ed for expressing your frustration....
My advice to you is to change profession until the Ranger profession has been revamped to your lilking.
/bye
Take Care
ShyGirl
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:05 am
#22
Nope, we should just have ignored it and let it die by itself... good point Lira.
LiraDenetrus wrote:
um...was this thread really necessary?
fbishop
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:14 am
#23
Stile...well, at least you now know why this profession will never be revamped 
ShyGirl
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:21 am
#24
fbishop wrote:
Stile...well, at least you now know why this profession will never be revamped
And what exactly do you mean by that ?
Message Edited by ShyGirl on 02-13-2005 11:30 AM
LowbaTherf
Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:13 pm
#25
fbishop wrote:
Stile...well, at least you now know why this profession will never be revamped
....do we REALLY need a revamp? There are things that could be better, but there are far worse professions. At least we have fun!
....
And if any revamp changes camping...
And if any revamp changes camping...
Stile2112
Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:46 pm
#26
Ok, here we go.
First off, i've been Ranger 3 times. In betweenthese time, i mastered other professions. Plus i had and alt account which mastered several other professions. I got the 2nd account because i "DIDN"T" want to drop Ranger to master another profession in the beginning. (Did i clear that up for ya)
Second. For those who saw my post as a rant of fustration, i say thank you. I received about 24 email from players who understood my position. These players and myself would like to see changes made to this profession to make it what we believe would be even more fun to play. We want to see camps that provide a usefull function again. We want to see things added that are Ranger Spacific. Revamp the traps, make camps that have moduler sockets that can be upgraded. Add a cooking mod to the tents that allow you to create Ranger bonus foods.
There alot of great ideas out there, but i fear that there will never be any changes and that the DEVS will throw chincy little bones our way now and then. I might be asking for too much, but the one thing that would make play longer is a profession that is creative.
Area Track is ok, nothing big. Ya you can find things faster, but i have never had a problem finding what i wanted and unless your going after a spacific creature for it's resource, then again, Area Track is just OK.
Camps. Look i love the HTFB. It's the one camp i went crazy about the first time i saw it. But it's useless. I can pull out my Med droid and at Novice Medic, i can heal myself and anyone else with me.
Traps. After i made my last box, i haven't used them since. I kill most anything just fine without them. There a great idea, but need to be changed
Camo Kits. Used them only a few times. Again, there just ok. Mask sent works just fine for me. Ya it breaks now and then, but no biggie.
Wayfaring. Crawling fast might be good for others, but nothing i would want to spend skill points on.
Master Ranger. NADA!!!! we get nothing. Now that is just not fair.
I don't think you'll find a more deadicated group of player as you would in Rangers. It's just i'd like to see the happy wand waved our way and i don't have the heart to come back in 4,6 or 9 months and read about the same'ol things.
I love the Ranger title above my name, because i am a Ranger. I'm a former Army Ranger with the 75th, Alpha company. I'm a gulf war vet and feel passionately about the word Ranger and what it stands for. Yes i know this is a game and i know this profession is not modeled after an Army Ranger, but i've invested pleanty of time into in and would like it to see it get its due changes.
Just my thoughts
Message Edited by Stile2112 on 02-15-2005 08:46 PM