Ranger Archive
Thread: I need your help and opinions
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Cango
Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:03 am
#92
Owen-Lars wrote:Ok i hate to say this, but i need to make a poll heh. Yes i know, i know but honestly its important. I need to show the devs exactly how much negative impact the CU is going to have on ranger and why ranger needs their revamp asap.Its going to be part of my report that im writing atm explaining why so many of us are pissed, upset that we didnt get any attention and how concerned we are about what is geing to happen to ranger between the end of the CU up until the ranger revamp hits.So i put it to you:In regards to the CU and the information that has come out (or lack thereof), will you be dropping ranger?Why are/arn't you dropping it?Is it only temporary until the revamp?Please answer truthfully about your current plans.cheers, owen
I am dropping ranger, atleast until we get a Ranger revamp. Ranger costs the most skill points of ANY profession, and gets the least out of it. The TN above 50 is of arguable use. It IS useless unless your a Rifleman. Camps are still useless. Our best traps come from the scout tree. Oh, Commandos are getting state effects with their grenades now, which do damage...
Yeah, but, hey, theres tracking! Thats like, almost as good as TAB, or the radar... in a..well, no, I guess its not.
All those skill points ARENT worth the extra harvesting.
AragornSoS
Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:34 am
#93
In regards tothe CU and the information that has come out(or lack thereof),will you be dropping ranger?
Not immediately, no. I'll probably give the CU at least a month on live to see if playing a Ranger is still a viable option. Always in motion, the future is. Things can and do change, and I'm going to see if there is any acknowledgement from SOE about the role of Rangers, or a Ranger Revamp, or anything, prior to dropping Ranger.
Why are/arn'tyou dropping it?
Definitely trying to "keep an open mind" and I want to see what the end result is once the CU actually goes live. No hasty, rash decisions here... Besides, the only thing I've ever REALLY wanted to do here is play a Ranger. I started knowing I wanted to be a Scout, when I saw what Ranger was (and could be, the potential is just HUGE)... that was the way I wanted to go. I have little desire to be pure "uber combat" guy, nor does crafting hold much interest to me. I like being an explorer, a wanderer, a hunter. The guy who can walk off into the woods of Yavin or Endor, live for a month with nothing but his cat and his rifle, and come back with some great stories.
Is it only temporary until the revamp?
Well, I'm not dropping it immediately, I'm going to give the CU a chance to work out the bugs with all the testing then give myself some time to "burn it in" on Live to see how viable my Ranger / Rifleman really is. If I can't take part in 2/3 to 3/4 of the game content, and if there isn't some kind of communication about a Ranger Revamp or SOMETHING along those lines, I'll more likely play out whatever time remains prepaid on my account, and then just leave the game. If I can't play a Ranger as a fun character and be useful to my guild, or have fun with my friends, I doubt I'll continue to play SWG unfortunately. 
WornTraveler
Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:49 am
#94
In regards tothe CU and the information that has come out(or lack thereof),will you be dropping ranger?
No, I am keeping ranger. I will have to drop master and a few top boxesbecuase I want to keep my medic skills and master ranger isnt that great anyways, but I will keep ranger and remaster it if the ranger revamp pulls through.
Why are/arn'tyou dropping it?
Thats the profession I aimed for since the beginning and I am keeping it, no matter what. Dropping ranger is the same as quiting the game for me.
Is it only temporary until the revamp?
Well, I'm not dropping it, but I may quit the game if the Ranger Revamp doesn't deliver combat efficiency and a much needed touch up to the profession in general.
Fintan429
Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:16 am
#95
I have been in the CU since it went up and it looks like I will have to drop Master Ranger down to 0000or 1111 Novice Ranger.
The reason for this is that I have not yet mastered my combat profession of TK and cannot advance it with Master Ranger raising my CL to 70.
I tested my current live stats - 2042TK / Master Ranger with a CL or 69-70 depending on a few extra brawler boxes.
At this combat level with an unfinished TK I have no chance in combat of defeating any critter in game that will give me TK experience.
Anything that isn't grey incap's me.
Tested 2042TK / 0000 Novice Ranger ... CL35 - had no problem getting experience fighting CL34 blue mobs.
Next test will be 2042TK / 1111 Novice Ranger .....CL40 - have it set but needed to quit before I could try it.
I will update info as I learn more.
As it stands now I get scouting experience from all critters killed and harvested whereas I only get TK experience from green/blue/white mobs.
Looks like the way to advance is master TK... THEN master Ranger ... the reverse appears impossible.
SeanBlader
Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:04 pm
#96
Owen-Lars wrote:
Tiggs is helping me with this so hopefully we will have something to post soon but on the other hand the devs can simply so no, we are not answering the questions or no this is not community feedback material etc.
This is the only good news I've heard in here regarding the profession since... Well since they added tracking. I don't consider the health changes or the harvesting bonus changes because those HAD to happen or Rangers would've as a group organized to overthrow the jedi forum or something equally extreme.
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