Ranger Archive

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Owen-Lars wrote:

Hey, ive had this idea ive been tossing around for more gameplay varation. tell me what you think.

Master marksman 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/
Master scout 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/
Rifleman 3/3/0/3/
Ranger 4/ 0/ 4/ 0/
Bouty Hunter 4/ 0/ 0/ 0/

Or you could go 3/0/0/0 BH and rifleman 4/3/0/3

Im bored, been crunching out the all around hunter type of character. Animals, or man, no difference. Best thing i can see as so far, is you'll be using very SP and have zero left over.

What do you think?

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Could you run me up a list of pro's an cons for that mate? Just make sure you've tried the template first, we need to be able to give sound advice to people asking for it.

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Well, i was asking for advice, not giving it. Maybe i should have given my post a thread of it's own. *shrug*

Near as i can tell the big con is not having a weapon totaly mastered. Is this a hinderance? i honestly don't know.

The pro as near as i can tell, is being able to continue to harvest organics as a proffesion, maintain ability to camo yourself in both hunting citters, and NPCs in BH missions, and being able to be the all around hunter.

But then again, id be spread out all over the place, which might be a weakness in and of itself. I dunno, thats why im asking. For character, im split between being the outdoorsman, and being a Bounty killer, im a spagetti western fan, so if i managed to create my own Lee van clef or clint eastwood, id be grinning ear to ear.

This is currently my template

Ranger 0.3.4.0 (with enough xp to go back up to camping 4)
TKA 4004
Master Pikeman

Advantages:
excellent melee defense: +93
ranged defense in the 70's
tracking
good harvests
creature knowledge
terrain navigation
powerboost
force of will
Wound healing
Good damage with pikes
Great solo ability, buffed and unbuffed. (can take out a rancor with food buffs only)
Good "hunter template"
Pretty camps

Disadvantages
Lack of "master ranger" tag
(see pikeman weaknesses)
Limited damage types (kinetic/ electric/ energy)
+ to hit creature does not apply to melee
cannot heal damage, use stims

Thats what i have right now... and if need be, i can re-master ranger in 2 days

**Warning - Novice Ranger pointing something out**

Owen, you listed the Debuff Combat traps (glow-wire and wire mesh) under the melee profs, but not under the ranged profs (though obviously not wire mesh, but glow juice in this case). Any reason for that?

Granted it's probably easier for a Rifleman to conceal and snipe and just use snaring or rooting traps, but a carbineer is already about 40-50m in and a pistoleer is much closer to utlize their respective aiming bonuses, both could benefit from using the debuff traps.

-Kapp

Message Edited by Owen-Lars on 08-18-2004 08:15 PM