Category:Ranger

[Celebrity]

Hum, i guess we will need to wait to see what will be the skills of rangers, usually it's a dd class, and pretty good.

[AznKenshin]

As I've said, hopefully Rangers will live up to its name and not be solely a DD-type class. It featured traps in one of the archer videos I saw, so hopefully it will be a prominent (if not required) feature.

[Shiner]

I think if there more dependent on groups and not as easy to solo like in l2, it would be better.

[AznKenshin]

Originally Posted by Shiner

I think if there more dependent on groups and not as easy to solo like in l2, it would be better.

No information has been released of that sort yet, so we cannot base our judgments.

I will tell you, however, that many Korean players have mentioned that soloing is very difficult in Aion -- hence the reason many videos involve a PvE party of some sort, rather than the solo trailers that the devs release.

[[PhiberOpticks]]

Uh oh. Sounds like we might have the same situation as in FFXI then. The ranger can go out and pull a monster and bring it back to the party to kill it.

[Szaman]

Err... Is that something unique? I mean, every single game I played used to have a class/classes that could do the pulling.
It's either a "damage reduction stationery" pulling (via "hate" skills of a tank), or "fast movement/evasion" pulling by rangers or dagers (via damage - mob is then taken by a tank, or if no tank in group mob is killed by the rest of the group, if the mob changes targets the new target start running; or via "lure" type of skills). Complex types are also available (heavy armor daggers/rangers etc., AoE rooters/debuffers ect.)

[Dirty]

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Not sure if this has been posted before but if you look at the exp gained it seems like a big chunk for a kill. Which usually means a higher level monster. Compare that to this person who kills 5 monsters for around the same exp in 1

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[AznKenshin]

Yeah, I've seen that -- thanks for bringing it up, though. Nevertheless, it's risky and it appears more difficult than other high-level kiting. The amount of HP lost was significantly large.

[Kyouraku]

Originally Posted by Yakuzan

In Lineage2 Ranger's were quite popular, good in solo and in pvp they were perfect for hard-core players and for people who enjoyed killing monsters alone without needing the help of others.

I like what I see in Aion so far, some kind of hybrid mix between melee and long range skills. Very cool, I will look great with duel swords and a bow in my back .

I am really hoping that rangers have not been moddled on hunters in WoW, i thought they might be when i read somewhere NCs mention of "traps" i loved archers in L2...even if they were stupidly easy to play.
I recon that if they are not based on hunters from WoW that their melee skill will only be limited and perhaps at a later level which CBT guys could not reach you take a class change quest, to "define" you character, at which point your skills will focus in on bows. After all its silly to have a ranger that deals good dmg using not only a bow but an assassins primary weapon too.

[AznKenshin]

Originally Posted by Kyouraku

I am really hoping that rangers have not been moddled on hunters in WoW, i thought they might be when i read somewhere NCs mention of "traps" i loved archers in L2...even if they were stupidly easy to play.
I recon that if they are not based on hunters from WoW that their melee skill will only be limited and perhaps at a later level which CBT guys could not reach you take a class change quest, to "define" you character, at which point your skills will focus in on bows. After all its silly to have a ranger that deals good dmg using not only a bow but an assassins primary weapon too.

That's what I thought, too. But, after considering the popularity of Rangers among Western players, it's a great way for Aion-Team to test how truly adept Ranger players are. For many MMOs that have archers and passive skills, players would obviously focus their skill points on the passive Bow mastery and never do the others. If the devs can cross this border, they would have officially revolutionized the word "Ranger."