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Thread: What are the positives and negitave about being a ranger?
Quarter pounder with cheese, large fries and a Dr Pepper please.
JB
Who is clueless (as usual) as to why this post is in the Ranger forum, but will play the silly game
"Who is clueless (as usual) as to why this post is in the Ranger forum"
Actually... I hadthe hardest time figuring out why this post had the [NT] mark on it.
- Until I noticed the piece of text I was seeing was EastSideStreetz' signature.
But I am with you JBMat, a little elaboration would go a long way with this query. 
1. Area Track : great for finding any thing you want to kill ... (as long as it has spawned)
2. Camps: sure the larger ones are a resource nughtmare but heck it sure beats travelling back to a city .
3. Terrain Negoation: ZoooooM ok maybe nit but beats the hell out of not having it.
4. Creature harvest bonus: we get more meat leather and hide
5.Potential: when the devs get around to adding some more fixes/features for us i think ranger will be awesome.
Now it makes sense, sorta.
Positives -
Areatrack means not having to move to see if there are spawned creatures in your area. Call me lazy (ok..Lazy) but on a recent hunt, people are flitting about to and fro, fro and to, and I stand there and tell em what's in the area. Yoohooo, nothing but some panthers east of us at 300m... ha!
Camo and Maskscent - hot dog... Wandering through crowds of reds aggros is fun. Tell a noob its safe and watch him get ate...ok seriously, I use this way more than I should, but I got kits galore and hotkeyed it all. Beats getting 90% to an objective and getting ate.
Bonuses - Harvesting is the most obvious - I get way more than novice scouts do. I few hides per animal add up, and when you start talking larger beasts, 15/20 more hides per is not uncommon. Also applies to meat and bone, but not real sure on the numbers, as I harvest mainly hides. The to-hit bonus are nice, sorry melee dudes, you are next (tee hee, I use a pistol).
Traps - Ok, a positive negative - they suck unless they work, but they seem to be working better. Had a Sonic give me 3 mesages, and 3 GSPs looked rather befuddled.
Terrain Negotiation - say what you will about mounts - I am saving my money for a swoop bike. And I beat a stupid boid up a hill last nite, and they are not that much faster. I kept pace with one for most of a run, so what's the advantage?
Negatives - People laff at me, til they need hides/meat/bone, then I price the stuff just for them. Harvesting is boring, and some planets only have certain hides on easy animals and you gotta kill a ton of them to get any hide...sigh
Oh yeah, we sorta suck in PvP, but get a combat profession for that. Way cool to recon an outpost from 300m, camo up, and wander in and give wedgies to an Imp Colonel. (I really want a /wedgie command, I really really do) Course, this is a positive, as if you are good in a combat role, it takes the others by surprise (dayum, that Ranger got me bleeding, nailed me with like 5 shots in a row, then hit me with some 700 dmg shot, what is he??
I like it, it's fun, and it sure beats being a chef
JB
"I like it, it's fun, and it sure beats being a chef"
From what I have seen of the changes coming down the pipefor Chef, you may have to get a new motto soon.
"camo kits work humanoid characters?"
They are supposed to...
- But as with everything there are several kinks that need to be worked out before they will work pefectly.
Blue_Jr wrote:
can rangers see what an NPC is carrying? I heard people were employing Rangers to find them Holocrons.
No, but you can use area track to find the NPC's that drop Holocrons
terrain and camo=really fun and necessary for advanced planet (endor and dathomir)
traps= to be honest i dont use them anymore, just not effective enough
tracking and harvesting= harvesting a must my main to make money, tracking excellent finding rarer creatures very nice, finding that little punk that shot at you and ran away priceless
camps= they lok cool and wow people and are nice at times, but i dont use them too much to be honest.
"camo kits work humanoid characters?"
I think they work great on NPC's as well as creatures. I've not really seen it break much. It's like being a Spec Force operative. I can hide in the woods, water or wherever (and with Rifleman Conceal Shot fixed) kill without EVER being detected.
Ok thanks
But just to make sure, camo kits work humanoid characters?