Ranger or Assassin

[Postiez]

I really don't think rangers are gonna be that much like hunters from wow, not having a pet will make them a lot more fragile and nimble I'd imagion. Also first post from my phone... Hope it works ok.

[eVenom]

Your right Post, there's alot of change when you think about hunters and rangers. I just don't want to use a ranging class where I just point and shot, but it'll be more intense since you don't rely on a pet tanking for you. I'm also not fond of being an all-around good class; that is, unless they are as good as druids, which means they'd be OP

And your post from your phone is fine ^^

[Asundar]

Hmmm. The stealth in this game isn't going to be like stealth in most games. I THINK I read that it will be on a duration timer. So you can't ninja stealth for hours... I'm not certain, but I swear I read somewhere it's only a timer... I hope it is, will make assassin play a lot more how it should be, you don't get to hesitate or think of your strategy. You've got to get in there and do your job fast, that's an assassin.

As far as pvp goes. Ranger >> Assassin I'm sure. As it should be. Unless you gank the hunter from stealth. But hunter will and should always kill an assassin if he has enough room on the sin.

I'm going sin. And *sigh* more comparing to WoW pvp. Thanks, peeps.

[Dez]

So you're saying a Ranger should always smash a Assassin? that's abit off. It should be more balanced so that there's always some room for the Assa to get in close on the Ranger, even if he isn't in stealth. It's called balance.

Why shouldn't any class have a fair chance to beat any other class?

[Kyio]

As far as classes in MMOs go, if there is a hand-to-hand fighter of any type I would always go with them. Its the closest you can ever get to your opponent, even closer then an assasin type cass. But... when there is a lack of H2H, I always go for the exact opposite: Ranger.

As much as I love to fight head-on and close combat, I almost always have a calling back to the bow. Playing both warriors and hunters in WoW, and being a ranger for a while in GW, and some other mixes of close combat / long range combat in other games, I find classes that attack from long range who are not magic users (main dmg comes from "physical" atributes) are given a differen perspective of a battlefield. I feel like I am overseeing the battlefield and I can command a small group or judge what the conditions of a battle are alot better then I could a close-combat class. I enjoy playing the "squad leader" roll, a 2nd in command type of position alot when using a bow.

As a side note: Bows > Guns

[Asundar]

Originally Posted by Dez

So you're saying a Ranger should always smash a Assassin? that's abit off. It should be more balanced so that there's always some room for the Assa to get in close on the Ranger, even if he isn't in stealth. It's called balance.

Why shouldn't any class have a fair chance to beat any other class?

o_0 "As far as pvp goes. Ranger >> Assassin I'm sure. As it should be. Unless you gank the hunter from stealth. But hunter will and should always kill an assassin if he has enough room on the sin."

Unless you gank the hunter. Assassins just it to ASSASSINATE. We aren't in the middle of the field fighting off peeps in plate... Actually we are, and those are the ones that get rocked my ranger. That's my point >_> But you're a rogue standing on one side of the field, you see a hunter... your evasion CD is down(assuming we get one, and I'm sure we do)... than you get hit, hit, hit.. you're getting closer, knock back(we've saw many times they get one)... hit, hit hit, knock back... ALMOST TO HIM... hit, TRAP... hit hit... :P And so on.

In close quarter/ganking range than I'm sure assassin will rock ranger.


The balance is... Ranger can rock you from range(or he had better be able to)... and the assassin will rock your face if you're in melee range. Another thing to think about... if you get close to the ranger he can just knock you back, right? Or just run over his trap, you follow you get trapped. And then he also gets SOME melee skills, I'm sure they are the suxor... but he'll have them.

[granet]

Going Ranger cause everyone and their grandmother is going assassin ( and ive been playing a paladin in wow for too long, simply bored of healing) And I do think ranger will be a valuable source of damage if played right, maybe not the 3k+ hits but sustained dps which will put you on top of the damagemeter if played right. And pets are always a big plus!

[Kyio]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but Rangers in Aion are able to stealth like assasins are? Or can they not move while stealthed or what?

Trying to imagine how it will be to actually sneak behind enemy lines like an assasin, only you can attack from a "safer" distance. I am picturing a team of Assasins and Rangers cloaking and going on a pvp raid then disapearing ^_^

*edit* @granet

And dont forget our traps!

[granet]

yep, rangers can cloak, gonna be fun watching groups of assassins/rangers going into the big cities ganking people.

[Kyio]

Originally Posted by granet

yep, rangers can cloak, gonna be fun watching groups of assassins/rangers going into the big cities ganking people.

That sure will be alot of DPS @_@

This is something I will look forward to being apart of!

[Jaydawarlord]

Ranger, always have been, always will be.

[kang]

Played assassin and rogue for way too long , but still good to stealth and do it from back

[Duff]

Ranger
I enjoy the utility and the variety they usually offer. I hope they make a very difficult but rewarding class. I like to play with finesse rather than raw power. Speed > Strength.

[baybaykei]

This is the question I ask everyday to myself...I'm abit new to the mmorpg so dont have many games under my belt of that list..but I always stick to priest till I started playin WOW and now i love ranger xD but always always I can say that I been attracted to Assassins in any game i have seen..and Aion doesnt help at all! But one thing they are hard to lvl IMO for some reason. Maybe I'm just to nub to be an Assassin? But for now it's 50/50 on either, (2nd toon = chanter )I would need to see more from ranger..saw some vids not high dmg from them but the atk + moving + closeup attk pwn...From stuff I hear I'm guessing they are still working on dmg...
Now a question lol I havent seen Assassin doing any ranged battle so I'm guessin closebatle always? or did I miss some vid!?!

[DemonXaphan]

The reason assassins do close up battles is because of their skills, but they do have the ability to use the bow if they specialize in it.