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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 8249283" data-attributes="member: 6777737">I was a power gamer when I started out, like a lot of my friends seemed to be when I first played the game.I liked 1e rangers because they were a Cuisinart against giants and evil humanoids and didn't have the mountain of onerous restrictions that Paladin did. If you got a high dex and a high strength -- and the way we rolled you usually did -- two weapon fighting with a 1e ranger against one of the affected classes of monsters was disgusting. I only played 1e a little, but this is what I remember.I liked 2e rangers because we had a ton of wilderness adventures at the time and they were amazing at that, two weapon fighting was even better, and IIRC the ability prerequisites were more favorable but I'm not sure about that without looking. More clear benefits to animal handling and tracking was nice, too. The armor restrictions hurt, but the thief skills were nice. In a bit of foreshadowing, I remember never having the right foe type selected no matter what you seemed to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 8249283, member: 6777737"] I was a power gamer when I started out, like a lot of my friends seemed to be when I first played the game. I liked 1e rangers because they were a Cuisinart against giants and evil humanoids and didn't have the mountain of onerous restrictions that Paladin did. If you got a high dex and a high strength -- and the way we rolled you usually did -- two weapon fighting with a 1e ranger against one of the affected classes of monsters was disgusting. I only played 1e a little, but this is what I remember. I liked 2e rangers because we had a ton of wilderness adventures at the time and they were amazing at that, two weapon fighting was even better, and IIRC the ability prerequisites were more favorable but I'm not sure about that without looking. More clear benefits to animal handling and tracking was nice, too. The armor restrictions hurt, but the thief skills were nice. In a bit of foreshadowing, I remember never having the right foe type selected no matter what you seemed to do. [/QUOTE]

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