Ranger Archive
Thread: Reasons why Ranger needs to be fixed
Over 8 months ago, we were told that a developer (GreenMarine) was working on some fixes for us and that they were almost ready. We have yet to see a large part of them (and we still have huge bugs in the ones that actually appeared).
There is nothing in our skill set to justify the skill point expenditure in any way. Getting Master Smuggler means that you will be in "tell he11" whenever you put up the title (from people wanting slicing). Getting Master Image Designer gives you a lot more changes that you can make to a character. Mastering any elite combat profession lets you kill stuff quite easily. Getting a Master Crafting profession gives you some items that people want (even the "broken" ones: pre-patch chefs had some VERY good selling foods, pre-patch DEs had their Med Droids, pre-patch BEs had clothing enhancements and 12k HAM gurrecks and rancors, ...). Getting Master Doctor gives you buffing and very nice stims. Getting Master Combat Medic gives you poison, disease andarea stims. Dancers and Musicians get mind buffing. Merchants get to advertise on the planetary map and get lots of vendors. Even Squad Leaders give their groups some nice melee/ranged defense and terrain negotiation.
Master Ranger gives nothing over a Master Scout. Camoing other players doesn't do anything. Camoing ourselves is barely better than maskscent and makes us collect resources to use. Ranger Terrain Negotiation lets us crawl fast. Even as a Master Rifleman I don't really need this. Normal Terrain Negotiation is almost entirely offset by speeders and mounts. Foraging gives us food that is worse than anything a Novice Chef can make. Camps have been nerfed almost to the point of uselessness. /areatrack works worse than riding around randomly in a speeder. The harvesting bonus is about 30% over a Master Scout at Master Ranger. Veghash does about that much. Creature to hit bonuses are negligible with a Master combat profession (which is almost required to do Ranger). Creature Knowledge is something most Rangers don't even need since they learn it all on the way to getting Master Ranger (at least most non-grinders do). And traps rarely work on anything a Master Ranger is trying to fight. We are not a broken profession only because there is nothing to break!
We have been patient. When so many other forums shout out and whine at the Devs commanding fixes, we sit here among ourselves discussing systems that would add to our profession. But the whiners are fixed first.
There are more JEDI than Rangers. Our profession is so unloved that more people have managed to obtain a Jedi character than bother to stay with Ranger.
The economies are ruined. Rangers are meant to supply the organic resources for the galaxies. Crafters are being forced to pay over 200 credits per unit of organic resources because they are so hard to come by. Someone taking Novice Scout along with a PvP template is much more effective at harvesting than any Master Ranger can be.
Lythender Nirou
Master Ranger/Master Rifleman
Eclipse Server
On a positive note, my PA has a new member, a novice Ranger who working towards Master Ranger, and not because a holo told him to.
He put me to shame lol, as I pulled out my speeder bike he pulled out a mount. Now that is keen.
Fred_Skinner wrote:
I'm known for my mounts
I usually walk.
Lythender Nirou
Master Ranger/Master Rifleman
Eclipse Server
once speeders came out I got fat and lazy, "what? 1.5k meters for a mission?" I just pull out my trusty speeder and zip there..
I had to visit a personal trainer to get back in shape and go on a low carb high protein diet just to make it over the hills again.
My carrion spat's legs bowed when I mounted it and eventually collapsed from exhaustion.
I have to join the AA meetings in Naboo from my dependance on brandy, on a positive note, they let me smoke all the death sticks i want
seriously...
I was venting to Rancorrider last night about the state of rangers, and I really hate the fact that I love this profession so much. I know that when I dropped all scout skills, I came running back to it as fast as I could.
I am displeased at the lack of attention we have been given in the past
I am annoyed about the continued lack of attention we will get.
I am distrustful about any changes that we will get.
I want to remain a ranger, and although i enjoy the RP aspect, there is not much that is really keeping me here other than the community and the fact that I will patiently remain (albeit not quietly) here until we get the attention that we deserve.
I hate being pessimistic about any future attention, but so far SOE has not given me much to go on.