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dhcpSilicon

Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:25 pm

KaiRaene wrote:
Granted /rescue isnt great but everytime I have used it it has worked. Especially once when my wookie guildie was getting eaten by some huurtons after they knocked him down. I laughed as he yelled "Get them off me!" Then I just waved my arms and they came a running. Rare occasion to use it but I still kinda like it.

The problem is when you're a Ranger *and* a Wookiee.

TeddyRuxpin

Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:55 pm

#28

Here's an idea that would fitthe hunter concept of ranger (which seems to me to be the idea behind the skill), and also make is more of a PvE asset. The concept is that we understand creatures very well, and therefore we should be able to pass that on to players within our group.

Two things I can think of that would arise from this, one is a creature harvesting bonus to the whole group - as the Ranger could tell everyone what to get. I would imagine that as a passive skill, and not something the ranger would need to be group leader for - leaving room for a squad leader too.

Second is a to-hit bonus, this I could see as a command. Sort of like volleyfire for the squad leader, but you direct them to hit a certain area of the creature that you know is vulnerable. I imagine a ranger shouting 'shoot it's head' or something similar, and the hit bonus goes up.

I can't see any issues with this, but I do understand that the squad leaders want volleyfire to taget specific pools, which would make it similar or identical to my proposal. I don't want tread on their toes, I'm a squad leader myself. So another form of creature hit bonus, maybe a passive one, might be a better idea.

What do you think?

WildBil2Me

Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:40 pm

#29

GreenDemon wrote:

Well according to the original SWG Adventure Manual(came with the game)a Ranger is an Adventurer well-suited to travel, tracking, and defending others in combat.

Waitaminute did i just type that out right...Combat????

Answer that one DEVs

Wait a sec... where'd you get that?

DANGER DANGER!!! SOMEONE IS READING THE MANUAL... QUICK NERF HIM... NERF HIM AND EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR!!!

What's that line ... something like "actual gameplay experience may differ?"

Don't worry though we're workin on it. All those Scout and Ranger Alpha testers are pretty on key folks.

I certainly wouldn't want to disagree with them!

Col. Wyndinn Maer
Antarian Rangers: Wanderhome
SWGRanger.com

Phenix1050

Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:46 pm

#30

Ranger Alpha people are definately trying their hardest. Bil has had some of the most logical and on-topic posts I've seen. Paks has been cool and calm and representative of everything we've come to expect of the Ranger community. Me? I've been loud...

PHE'NIX ANTARUS
BOTHAN ELDER RANGER
BEST LOOKINGSPY EVER--FOUNDER OF SATGWNIWNU
BURNING H*TPANTS SINCE 2003

This is horrible! I return to find my new title on the forum is "Jedi". What's up with that? If they wanted to confer that I'm rare and learned, they'd make my title RANGER. and then make it camo colored.

Nemo0

Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:47 pm

#31

WildBil2Me wrote:

GreenDemon wrote:
Well according to the original SWG Adventure Manual (came with the game) a Ranger is an Adventurer well-suited to travel, tracking, and defending others in combat.

Waitaminute did i just type that out right...Combat????

Answer that one DEVs

Wait a sec... where'd you get that?
DANGER DANGER!!! SOMEONE IS READING THE MANUAL... QUICK NERF HIM... NERF HIM AND EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR!!!
What's that line ... something like "actual gameplay experience may differ?"
Don't worry though we're workin on it. All those Scout and Ranger Alpha testers are pretty on key folks.
I certainly wouldn't want to disagree with them!

Now if only there was interaction with the Devs involved instead of just lecturing......

I'd also recommend you check out all the descriptions on the Ranger and Scout skill trees. And I think it might no longer be that Ranger is not a combat profession but that Ranger is outside the scope of the CU. Subtle difference (and not much help now) but it's a start.

Lythender Nirou
Crazy Bothan

Ellisia

Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:59 pm

#32

GreenDemon wrote:
Well according to the original SWG Adventure Manual (came with the game) a Ranger is an Adventurer well-suited to travel, tracking, and defending others in combat.

Waitaminute did i just type that out right...Combat????

Answer that one DEVs

Ranger = Totally ignored by Devs,
Totally ruined by CU Skill Point increases in combat elite requirements,
Totally mis-labelled as loners,
Totally mis-understood in their role,
Totally abused by BH who just want tracking (use the damn droid, thats what its for).

Basically... Totally (Insert Expletive Here)

JBMat

Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:10 am

#33

Reading the manual is dangerous.

It says that Camo is supposed to work on NPCs. It says that traps are supposed to apply states to creatures. And that is just two of the fallacies in there.

Calc said it best - he made a strong argument why Rangers are a combat class, and we were told flat out we were not within the scope of the CU.

I predict the next GRM will be held in a phone booth in Coro, as the Rangers will be near extinction and afraid to leave NPC cities.

Yes, we are being hosed. The alpha team is screaming, in their own ways, as is most of the Scout team. We are generally being ignored, to the point that Tiggs won't even comment on what Owen and I post in the Corr forum anymore, as she knows she can't defend the corporate position.

Oh well.

JB

agent156

Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:26 am

#34

Eh camo mostly works... Dizzy was doing something in the CU until they bugged it up...

sigh.

Just get them to ditch the level thing and I'll tough it out.

As if.

JascoSmlee

Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:31 am

#35

"What is a Ranger?"

Is this a Dev quote?

Jasco Smlee Antarian Ranger
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