Ranger Archive
Thread: Is Ranger a fully fleshed out profession?
You can add me to the list of people that tested ranger in beta at least a little. Heres my take on it:
Wayfaring: This tree got nerfed before I got to it. Conceal went away for some unknown reason. As I understood it, it worked against NPCs, while Maskscent worked for creatures. No idea if it worked or not. The terrain negotiation here is only applied to PRONE position. Anything above 55 TN makes you crawl faster only.And in beta it was bugged making you actually crawl slower. Master scout is the end of the running bonus. Camo worked well, but most high creatures still break it.
Survival: I only got tothe novice camp, but I have seen the max camp. It is impressive, with all types of crafting stations and a city block size footprint. I have seen some effect on the defence aspect of these camps. In some cases,creatures will be scared of it and run further away. I have only seen this effect once. Extremly ferocious enemies, and all stalking AI will just attack you in the camp anyways, and some non aggressives will just stand there and look at you. As camps get better they heal quicker. It is in a multiple of the auto heal in hospitals. The basic camp heals once every 6 minutes, while the best camp heals once every 3 minutes. Foraging was extremly effective when it worked. Too effective, yeilding +400 buffs to pools until they nerfed it.
Bioscience: Got the first box in this skill as well. I believe it was also bugged yeilding LESS resources at high levels, although it seemed to work for me. Not much else to comment on, except that creature to hit doesnt work for unarmed at all.
Trapping: Never used them after scout, and never advanced in the branch
If they actually put some work into this class, it could be one of the coolest PvP and PvE support classes out there. Right now its a waste of skill points andxp. Personally I would like to see Rangers take on a combat role as well. They should be a neccesary part of a Squad right up there with medic. Right now they are just hide factories, and overgrown scouts. Many ideas have been brought up, but in the rush to fix everything at once, they forgot ranger.