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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pickaxe" data-source="post: 903742" data-attributes="member: 10812">A few comments on the new ranger, as far as we know it:1) First, I just don't like this version; I like my rangers more "fightery" and less "roguey". This revision definitely shifts the ranger toward the rogue, and, personally, I just don't want to go in that direction.2) Considering that the biggest complaint about the ranger was not its power or even its abilities, but its "front-loadedness", I'm surprised that WotC made such a sweeping revision. Really, all that I thought was needed was a redistribution of existing abilities to give more reasons to stick with ranger past a certain level.3) A number of people have mentioned the concern that this revision makes fighter less attractive, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how this impacts perception of the rogue. In particular, giving 6 skill points per level to a class (at least two, in fact) diminishes the distinction of the rogue's 8 per level. A friend of mine suggested that, if some classes get 6, then rogues should be upped to 10. (This would actually help rogues customize a bit more.)4) Last, there's one ability missing from the new (and for that matter from the old) ranger that I can't believe has been overlooked still. How about Alertness? This seems like one feat common to all of the various ranger concepts.</blockquote>