Ranger Archive

I'm waiting to build up xp points before I give up on this (just in case they decide to fix it someday), but I don't plan on keeping more than a few of the Tracking boxes.

Tracking for the, well tracking, plus the harvests and creature-to-hit bonuses.

Currently I think this is the worthwhileRanger skill line.

-- YP

Been thinking of giveing up trapping.

I usually only use glow-wire and phen darts when hunting.

The traps just take up too much room when compared to thier effectiveness.

Every now and then a blinding trap, when there are lots of mobs on my pet.

Going to spend the points on CH and pistoleer.

Dropped two boxes in the traps line, will probably deplete it all before I'm through.(4-4-4-2)

I've taken up CH, and increased my medic skills.(CH=2-2-0-1, Med=0-0-0-2)

Along with my already started Pistoleer skills...(.0-0-4-1)

I could be a master ranger if I wanted, but my skill points are dear. So I have 3 boxes of wayfaring that I'm thinking about surrendering (even if its fixed, if it isn't significantly better than maskscent it isn't worth it) and 2 boxes of trapping that I am debating about, I've been hoping they will become useful someday. I never got any frontiering, and I don't think I ever will. Tracking is the line I'm keeping.

Now I feel quite mercenary, but there are a lot of fun boxes in other professions that I want...

The first thing I sold was the trapping line and I didn't miss it a bit. The only useful trap is P-dart anyways. The next line I sold was the wayfaring line, and again I didn't miss it. I will part with the frontiering next. The only line that's of any real use to me is the tracking line. The harvesting mods are not small, contrary to popular belief. I was out harvesting with my master doctor friend for herb meat and I was almost doubling his harvests since he only has hunting II from the scout tree.

As for my decision to drop master ranger, I have never been happier. If you like ranger for the role-play reasons, then by all means get master and enjoy. I was just tired of not really adding to the group of advanced players I hunted with. Yes the camps were nice, but I couldn't really compete in PvP with people who mastered other professions.

I split my master ranger points between CH, medic and pistoleer and my character is WAY stronger and more self sufficient than it ever was at master ranger.

I know the devs are working on rangers, and I havn't completely ruled out taking up ranger again in the future, but there are still too many issues to deal with. The straw that finally broke the camel's back for me was when I got all excited to use the new camo kits and found that not only could I not harvest some of the components, but some were so rare that surveyors I was with couldn't even find them for me on the advanced planets. Ten minutes after that I sold the first few boxes.

I'm still hanging onto Wayfaring and Hunting, I dropped Front and Trap though for Master Rifle. The one I will never get rid of is Way 4 for the camo kits/conceal bonuses, I'm in the minority though of those that like it/find it useful (yes I know its broken atm ). Once it gets fixed up it'll be very nice to have. The Hunting/Tracking line, the only reason I still have it is I have nothing to give it up for, so I'll keep the harvesting bonus. The harvest bonus is the only thing that line does though. Cret-to-hit doesnt apply to specials, so thats useless (unless you're a professional chuba hunter ), and areatrack like the HTFB is more novelty than skill. So with /conceal semi-broken, cret-to-hit not applying to specials, the HTFB disbanding for all the same reasons a basic camp kit does, ranger traps rather useless, and /rescue more resmebling /headshotself1 your best bet is either Wayfaring for the camo if it works for you, or Tracking for the harvest bonus. And before anyone jumps on me, I still love Ranger and all the lines, my points arent me bashing the profession I love, just being honest about the state in which it currently lies. I, like many, look forward to the upcoming improvements. I like getting the most bang for my buck and an uber camp that folds the second I open fire aint it.

I'm still at master trying to be patient with the class. That said, if I were to surrender master, I would give up trapping first (I never use traps and this would give me enough skill points to get novice CH + tame 1/train 1 for a CL 25 pet). I could then give up the frontiering line to get tame 3/train 2 so I could use a graul mauler and get a few extra medic boxes as well (I rarely camp anyway). At the moment, the utility of being a master ranger with those 2 lines is far less than having the extra CH and medic skills since I don't camp or use traps. The only thing I'd miss is the ability to make Dathomirian camo kits assuming they work in the near future.

I was a master Ranger master CH previously, but I dropped down to master scout, and am a BH with LLC IV. So now I can tank and dish out dmg. Never been more happy. I do miss tracking and the harvesting bonus, but the other 3 branches of the ranger tree were a huge waste of points. I just use mask scent, and it's already maxed at master scout. I'm pleased now

lol i'm another master ranger who dropped it for BH stuff. i'm always maxed on points so getting it again if it becomes worthwhile won't be a prob.

-- YP

While moving up the ranger trees I encountered so many rangers who felt the wayfairing was a waste, I never bothered. Judging from the posts, im glad i didn't. For a while I thought it would be a high demand service, but that demand never materialized.

I love my tracking and use it all the time. Yay hunting/tracking.

I like the camping, but only as far as the Field Base Kit. The 5 additional skill pts are best used elsewhere.

The trapping tree was a huge disappointment. The traps wear off beforeI coulddodecentweapons damage. I was safer not risking the potential trap failures and just using carbine specials to stun, KD, blind and all the other state effects. Those ones even last longer along side the damage they cause.

As for the rest, im a happy BH who doesn't waste time with the BH tree, only carbine and LLC. Medic is needed to keep me alive for using specials on the vampire guns (carbines).

Killing animals, rebels and anything else that moves suits me fine. Ain't nothing like stalking your overt reb prey from beyond his visibility range (areatrack). Then when they are in the middle of nowhere,you sick your pet on them from the edge of the horizon and swoop for some electrocution. Presto, one charred reb. Never knew what hit em.

-Vladi

Hunt Master and Rebellion Squelcher

Naritus

I'm currently a master ranger, ch 2/2/0/3 and pistoleer 3/0/0/1 and thinking of dropping master ranger for ranger 0/0/4/0, ch 4/4/0/0, pistoleer 0/0/0/4 and bh 0/0/4/0. It fit my style of play better. The camping (even the proposed hunting hole) and the trap I haven't used since I mastered Ranger and don't see myself using anytime in the near future.

Haven't made the decision yet, though, since I still love my master ranger title. My pistol xp, ch xp, and all ranger xp are capped, so I need to make up my mind soon.