Ranger Archive

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Calculus_Entropy wrote:
Is this the Prima guide? If so, they are an affiliated with SWG.

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The guide has a forward where SOE in general and some by name are given thanks for their input. Also, if the title is allowed to state "Official" guide then I would expect it to have been reviewed by SOE to ensure it is not giving out bad information or false info. But I was more pointing out the humor at how Ranger in nearly every capacity by the devs, SOE, game guides, and game sites is describe to ave abilities it has never had,

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Almagill wrote:
Answer ID 15610
Products Star Wars Galaxies
In-Game General
Date Created 04/25/2005 06:45 PM
Last Updated 08/01/2005 01:42 PM

[Ranger]
Primary Role: Stealth, Tracking, Creature Combat
Secondary Role: Camping, Creature Trapping, Creature Harvesting

The Ranger profession is not a particularly strong Combat profession, it receives no inherent combat abilities. The profession is a supplemental in regards to combat, meant to enhance the combat abilities of another combat profession by adding the abilities of Stealth, and Tracking, as well as bonuses when combating Creatures. Additionally, their mastery of camping allows them to build extravagant campgrounds in the wilds, rivaling even permanent structures in complexity.

[Combat Profession Ratings]
Offense: Minimal (1)
Defense: Weak (2)
Crowd Control: Minimal (1) versus NPC's - Moderate (3) versus Creatures

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Isn't it supposed to be a nine point scale? How come our points total only 6 vs creatures (where we supposedly shine) and a pathectic 4 vs everything else?

Yeah, that's real balanced. Tower of Pisa on crack balanced.

al-djinn'i

Master Ranger

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Temujin23 wrote:
Isn't it supposed to be a nine point scale? How come our points total only 6 vs creatures (where we supposedly shine) and a pathectic 4 vs everything else?

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The answer is simple. Before the CU other combat professions did not stack, while ranger did. So ranger could not be overly powerful. Now every combat profession stacks, but ranger was not updated to match the CU.