Ranger Archive
Thread: I'm curious...what is the ranger good for?
poser00002
Mon May 31, 2004 3:10 am
#14
Well ranger/master ranger has right now no point. Ranger just is uber scout. The field has alot that can be done with it but yet to hit the game. It cost about what 150 skill points to get to master ranger and if u just get a few trees in scout u have just about the same as a master ranger and can get a few combat skills. So for harvesting u are better off jsut getting 4040 i think it is in scout going brawler,tk,fencer or something and u will harvest mroe faster as u can kill them faster then a ranger can. Even if u get something like rifle,pistol or something still takes us a bit longer to kill then a brawler master of a few skills. Traps suck in the game as they are tehre is no point to them at all. Camps u dont need any more as u can call everything now with out camps. Tracking really does no goo as it is buged majorly. Maybe they will get around to a revamp soon......
Nemo0
Mon May 31, 2004 6:56 am
#15
Ranger Rifleman works nicely. As for being on Eclipse, there are plenty of us (well, by plenty, I mean a few--I know more Jedi than I do Rangers). Try typing "/chat join RIN" when you log in to see if anyone is around (the chat channel isn't always up but it is there a decent amount of the time, just use "/rin [message]" to chat in it but remember to change your chat window to the RIN window).
Nemo0
Mon May 31, 2004 6:57 am
#16
Jenky wrote:
Ohh mates, this is a great thread! Was just about to ask the same question!
I wanna be a Ranger too
Crafting traps... sitting in the camp telling storiesSounds like me^_^
My other passion is Swordsman/TKA..... I guss i can only be one of them! Any suggestions of what I should take with Ranger?? Swordsman or TKA... Both are so cool!
Agredline - Yeah.. Ranger + Rifleman is very good! A rifleman can go in a cover state where he is hiding... noone can see him(if he succesfully go into cover)! later in rifleman tree he gets the sneak skill, so he can crawl while being in cover..... But with ranger, you will be able to crawl very very fast.. Rifleman is one of the most powerful proffesions in the game!
BH might sound more appealing, but dont hold your breathe! BH jedi missions is bugged and BH is not very good, im affraid... At least considering its the proffesion that takes the most skill points in the game!
But you cool ranger mates! Please tellme if Swordsman or TKA is better with RangerI cant decide between them.. love them both! Just not got much love for powerhammer... and i guss i wanna tank more than running around offensive with comp armor on, but then again, stuff like scytche and curved sword looks so cool
-Jenky
-Jenky
Both are fun. Choose what you think suits you better. I personally like TKA because it is more self sufficient (you can heal your own wounds quite quickly with the meditate tree). But TKA has a very limited range of damage types. All of this is subject to change in the Combat Balance, though (which should happen reasonably soon).
Nemo0
Mon May 31, 2004 7:00 am
#17
agredline wrote:
So now I've heard what rangers can't do...now I want to know what they are capable of.
What do you people do for money? Just hunt stuff down? It might be fun taking down huge creatures that give a bunch of xp, but then what do you do? Just kill creatures?
With BH, you are able to hunt Jedi. This seems a lot more appealing than hunting creatures.
I don't really use traps now, and I'm only a 3,2,2,2 scout. My rifle is much more effective, and I can kill the creatures before they even attack me. Why would you want to throw a trap at an animal then wait for it to come up to you to attack it? Why not just attack it from far away?
I understand that Ranger is a very rare and honorable profession, but I don't understand what makes this profession is so desirable. I really wanted to be one, but now I'm having my doubts. It seems like the amount of time put in to getting the title of MR is too much for the little it offers.
Just my two cents.
Rangers don't really get much for the skill points. That is the problem with the class. Taking 2 combat professions will make you a better killer than taking Ranger will. And, with the messed up spawns combined with speeders, the hunting skills of Ranger are not as useful as they could be. But I just like Ranger. I like being able to /areatrack even if it isn't the most useful skill. I like seeing the extra information on a creature even though I know most of it. I like this stuff enough that I am willing to sacrifice combat power for it (currently leaving me with about 0). Whether or not you will like it depends on the type of person you are. But don't expect most of the skills to be useful most of the time.
agredline
Mon May 31, 2004 6:39 pm
#18
Ok. All of thoes complaints do suck. Are the developers going to fix them or are these just hopes that people have?
I decided to go Ranger, just to see how I like it. If I don't like it, I'll surrender it. Could be worse...right?
Another question...what do you guys generally do? Just look for doctors to get missions from or go to the mission terminals or what? I want to know what to expect when I become a ranger.
I decided to go Ranger, just to see how I like it. If I don't like it, I'll surrender it. Could be worse...right?
Another question...what do you guys generally do? Just look for doctors to get missions from or go to the mission terminals or what? I want to know what to expect when I become a ranger.
Ehope
Mon May 31, 2004 7:46 pm
#19
Doctors? I'm confused. I'll take a mission or two but once I'm out in the field, anything goes. I wander. Lost and daydreaming, tracking a meat I am collecting and going where the herds do.
/whisper This is your local romantic Ranger typing. Might want to get a few opinions from others that arn't as easily distracted. 
TakO_Paleae
Mon May 31, 2004 8:23 pm
#20
sad to see nothing has changed since i dropped ranger
you can get a contract from a doctor (he tells you he needs 5k of this meat)
you can find the best hide/meat out there farm it and sell it in theed or coronet
you can join a hunting party and gather lots of grinding hide/meat
you can get missions from terminals and hunt that animal
basicaly get lots meat and or hide and sell
agredline wrote:
Ok. All of thoes complaints do suck. Are the developers going to fix them or are these just hopes that people have?
I decided to go Ranger, just to see how I like it. If I don't like it, I'll surrender it. Could be worse...right?
Another question...what do you guys generally do? Just look for doctors to get missions from or go to the mission terminals or what? I want to know what to expect when I become a ranger.
you can get a contract from a doctor (he tells you he needs 5k of this meat)
you can find the best hide/meat out there farm it and sell it in theed or coronet
you can join a hunting party and gather lots of grinding hide/meat
you can get missions from terminals and hunt that animal
basicaly get lots meat and or hide and sell
The_Strider_Family
Mon May 31, 2004 8:46 pm
#21
agredline wrote:
What do you people do for money? Just hunt stuff down? It might be fun taking down huge creatures that give a bunch of xp, but then what do you do? Just kill creatures?
I'll give you an example for what I do for money sometimes (I don't need it a lot but sometimes it helps). I ran around on my home planet today (Dantooine) harvesting Herb Meat (currently on Naritus it's over 900 OQ and great stuff).
The Doctors on our server are currently paying between 25 and 50 cpu for this meat. I did two sets of buffs today (3 hours each) and hunted for 6 hours total. I was hunting solo and am a TKM so I was killing somewhat quickly and managed to harvest 33K units of Herb Meat today (mostly from Pikets).
So if you do the math, from 6 hours of gametime today I pulled enough of this meat to make anywhere from 700K to 1.5 Million depending on who I sell to. So if good spawns of meat or hide are out there (usually at least one at all times) you can make a killing by concentrating on that resource type. To find out what drops a certain type just hit up swgcreatures.com and do an Advanced Search. Hope that helps.
ratlif
Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:41 am
#22
So much can be done for this class, i really see them redoing it in the near future.
I wish the tracking was more detailed
Trapping is kinda of not worth it imho.
Camps are nice to look at but how often are you in the wild with out a droid in the group for the stations?
azimaith
Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:33 pm
#23
Nothing can aggro kreetles like master rangers. If you like getting kreetles to attack you, pick ranger.
Nuckman
Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:04 pm
#24
agredline wrote:
So now I've heard what rangers can't do...now I want to know what they are capable of.
What do you people do for money? Just hunt stuff down? It might be fun taking down huge creatures that give a bunch of xp, but then what do you do? Just kill creatures?
With BH, you are able to hunt Jedi. This seems a lot more appealing than hunting creatures.
I don't really use traps now, and I'm only a 3,2,2,2 scout. My rifle is much more effective, and I can kill the creatures before they even attack me. Why would you want to throw a trap at an animal then wait for it to come up to you to attack it? Why not just attack it from far away?
I understand that Ranger is a very rare and honorable profession, but I don't understand what makes this profession is so desirable. I really wanted to be one, but now I'm having my doubts. It seems like the amount of time put in to getting the title of MR is too much for the little it offers.
Just my two cents.
2 main things that i can think of
tracking for krayt hunts and being able to harvest large amounts of organics to sell to doc
meat doesnt grow on trees =)
lager256
Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:18 pm
#25
The main reason I decided to stick with, or rather finish and keep, ranger is simply because for the most part these are the only forums in SWG where ppl are not constantly complaining about everything. This is by far the most positive community I have seen of all the professions and I believea profession withthe most potential. (whenever the devs get around to it)
You will not become uber, you will not become a mega millionaire, but you will gain a sense of pride by saying "No its not a hologrind"
GoldMemberBria
Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:35 pm
#26
WAR...ugh... what are we good for?... absolutely nothing play it again...