seasong
First Post
I've never really liked the ranger. It's got nothing to do with balance, either - although front-loaded, I think a ranger can do pretty well without overwhelming other folks.
But I have problems understanding why it is a core class. It's role appears to be woodsy dual-wielding enemy-hunter with spells. Which is a tad specific, I think, for a "core class". Yes, I know that the 3.5 ranger will offer the option to replace that with a woodsy archer enemy-killer with spells.
It's just got too many things in the pot, highly culture-specific things, to be a CORE class. You've got a bit of Jack the Giant Killer, a bit of Drizzt, a bit of Strider, and bit of Mountain Man... most of the alt.rangers seem to be built around focusing on one of these multitude of archetypal roles the ranger tries to split its attention between.
So I think I'm going to just drop it. Someone who wants to play a ranger will be encouraged to play a Druid with Tracking, or a Fighter or Rogue with a grudge against some species, or a dual-wielding Fighter, etc.
Hm. That Druid + Tracking idea looks particularly scrumptious.
Any thoughts?
But I have problems understanding why it is a core class. It's role appears to be woodsy dual-wielding enemy-hunter with spells. Which is a tad specific, I think, for a "core class". Yes, I know that the 3.5 ranger will offer the option to replace that with a woodsy archer enemy-killer with spells.
It's just got too many things in the pot, highly culture-specific things, to be a CORE class. You've got a bit of Jack the Giant Killer, a bit of Drizzt, a bit of Strider, and bit of Mountain Man... most of the alt.rangers seem to be built around focusing on one of these multitude of archetypal roles the ranger tries to split its attention between.
So I think I'm going to just drop it. Someone who wants to play a ranger will be encouraged to play a Druid with Tracking, or a Fighter or Rogue with a grudge against some species, or a dual-wielding Fighter, etc.
Hm. That Druid + Tracking idea looks particularly scrumptious.
Any thoughts?