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After reading the planned changes for Rangers, I'm ashamed to admit that I'm suddenly suffering from class envy. I've never liked the fact that I'm playing a so-called "Uber" template, but I decided against Ranger because it really didn't seem any different from Scout. I've always liked the idea of having pets and selling mounts. In all the other MMO's I've played, I've always had a Ranger. Even in DnD I played a Ranger (back in the day). I've got to admit though, the planned changes for Rangers brings them closest to my idea of what the class is capable of. Now I'm torn.

If you haven't seen the changes, head on over to the Ranger boards and check them out. Very cool.

Still, I may hold off for a bit. Just in case every body and their uncle decides to take up the Ranger class.

Xy,

I'll tell you how it looks from the greener side of the pastures.

In other, more shocking news, I was out hunting last night with a new recruit - he just happens to be a Master Creature Handler. Amazingly enough, we got along just fine. This isn't tempering my distaste for you all, but I now know a few more CHs (him, you and the others who post here regularly) who I don't to smack around.

I'm also the proud owner of a little Sentry Hermit Spider named "Pinchy" and a baby Kaadu named "Sanders". I hope Sanders grows up to be a large bucket of chicken.

B

I have to admit, when I started this game, I was heading towards CH and CH only. I'm now really looking into Ranger. When I first read about Rangers, I thought, "How friggin boring". But doing some research and playing wiith fellow Scout Brisc the other day, I thought, "you know being a ranger would be quite cool". then I read the developemental issues for Rangers and said "Holy sh!t, Ranger here I come!"

So, I am now focusing on completing my Master Scout to become a Ranger. Biggest complaint, Survival XP. My GOD! 20,000 XP for Survival 4!!! But that's another subject another thread.

>Well, enjoy it while it lasts....because its another 20k for the first Ranger camp skill, 40k for the second, 60k for the third, and 80k for the fourth >_< Sure the camps give you more xp, but not a whole heck of a lot more. Lets just say I'm happy other alternatives to getting Survival XP are being implemented

yuck. It doesn't seem to bad through master scout. Go beat things up get beat up camp(5-10min) earn 400-600 exp rinse and repeat. Seems to really help if you get some nice wounds from a nasty incap or two. Granted it's not something thats going to go extremely fast but if you avoid hospitals and fight range and melee the exp seems to come in pretty fast. Tend to need the time for a cig break and making new traps anyways. I couldn't do the 30 min marathon macro camps but the majority of exp generates on the front end quickly if you get yourself hit hard a few times.

Arys

Well try on my shoes...I was a Ranger - with field bases -and a Squad Leader, both useless professions so I went on to resign them and be a Master Smuggler. Now Ranger will wind up being everything I wanted it to be...and I'm hearing rumors that Squad Leader could turn out the same way.

Not that I'm in bad shape as a Master Smuggler mind you...it just would have been nice for this profession to be what it is going to wind up being from the start. I guess I could be ranting about launching this game with the broken/incomplete/untested professions, but that's been done enough.

So maybe after I get tired of smuggling I'll go back to my Ranger roots. Ranger winds up being a whole new profession now... It's interesting to see if the other professions get much needed overhauls like this one the Rangers are getting...gratz to all you guys, I'm paying for the fact that I didn't stick it out and stay Ranger.