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I have read alot of threads on ways to increase our Uniqueness from Scouts as well as adding to our group benefits.

Here is my proposal.

Allow the 2 higher level camps to give a Combat benefit. I.E. increase the To hit or Speed or Damage or +Defense modifiers when fighting from inside a Ranger Camp.

This would be similiar to Squad Leader abilities and would encourage the use of Camps as something besides Nap centers for injured players.

Maybe give us rangers NEW camps and call them "hunting blinds" or "Bunkers". Multiple rangers could create separate camps to attack from multiple angles.

The camps would have shorter durations possibly so as not to be too Powerful and would also give Rangers a reason to create more camps. Maybe lower the requirements for these "Hunting blinds" so that we could sell them to non rangers to use.

The camps are large enough to hold a small party of Combatants already and it should be easy to zone off a camps boundaries in regards to when someone is under the effects of the Camp. Quality components would increase the benefits of the camp to give us a reason to experiment with different components in making them.

This type of Addition to the Ranger line would increase many of our main beefs with the profession like Not enough separation from scouts, more usefulness, more diversity for us in making them, a good avenue for income besides the mind numbing explore(kill 45 of the same thing) missions etc etc.

I look forward to some good discussion on this idea since it Keeps sounding like a better idea the more I type.

(forgive me if this has been already discussed, Too many threads to little time)

Pretty good idea, but I don't feel they will go for it simply because it would appear to require a lot of work to accomplish. But I do not want to blow the idea off, this is something that may be refined into a potential expansion (or just future item) for Rangers.

A potential first step for Camps could be re-adjusting the regen rates of the current camps.
The Camps:

Basic Camp - Novice Scout
Multiperson Camp - Surv II (Scout)
Improved Camp - Surv IV (Scout)
High Quality Camp - Novice Ranger
Field Base Kit - Front II (Ranger)
High Tech - Front IV (Ranger)

The Changes:

Basic Camp - No regen bonus, allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc...

Multiperson - 25% Health Regen bonus, No wound regen bonus, allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc...

Improved - 50% Health Regen bonus, Regen 1 wound point every 30 seconds, allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc...

High Quality - 100% Health Regen bonus, Regen 2 wound points every 30 sec's, Slows negative effects by 33% (poison/bleed/etc), allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc... Allow battle fatigue treatment by entertainers.

Field Base - 200% Health Regen bonus, Regen 3 wound points every 30 Sec's. Slow neg effects by 66%, allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc... Make Medic/doctor skills 50% more effective in regards to Health and Wound treatment. Allow battle fatigue treatment by entertainers.

High Tech - 300% Health Regen Bonus, Regen 4 wound points every 30 sec's. Slow neg effects by 99%, allows you to call pets and lets medical types heal wounds, etc... Make Medic/doctor skills 100% more effective in regards to Health and Wound treatment. Allow battle fatigue treatment by entertainers.

Note: Regen (Health and Wound) bonuses apply to Pets (Animal and Bots)
Perhaps add Battle Fatigue regen to some of the higher Camps (Field Base/High Tech).

Good idea, but not a new one...

Mineras post:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=ranger&message.id=2189

One of mine:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=ranger&message.id=1976