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No ranged class in Vanguard, right?
WoodenDummy
Member Posts: 208
Just wanted to check.
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The plan is for Rangers to be the best ranged class in Vanguard. They will excell equally at ranged combat and martial combat.
Here is a Ranger class preview.
http://vgrangers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168
Here is a quote from the preview that may answer your question.
Originally from Vanguard Rangers
We know the ranger is the most skilled archery class. But mechanically, how are they superior? Is it through general damage, abilities, or both? And will the archery skill play an important role if the ranger is assigned to pull?
They are superior in a few ways. One is simple skill. Rangers will gain more upfront archery skill than any other class. Because ranged weapons and ammunition require skill to use them, the Ranger can use long bow type weapons far earlier than any other class.
The second is the way ranged combat works for Rangers. Their shots are typically more powerful and take less time to aim. When they are required to aim for long periods of time (long being 8-12s) then they are greatly rewarded by extra damage or extraordinary effects. For most classes, aiming makes them very vulnerable to attacks and does not allow movement of any kind. Most of the Ranger’s bow attacks allow for him to move and he is far less vulnerable. Ranged combat for Rangers is night and day when comparing them to other classes.
Ranged attacks include lulling shots, AE shots, extreme damage sniper shots, cone shots (multi arrow shots), fast shots and stopping (rooting) shots. Again, there are lots of options.
For more Vanguard inofrmation including post E3 previews, E3 previews, videos, beta newsletters, Class previews and recent previews prior to E3 take a look at the folloing links that I have prepared. It should hopefully have an answer to all your questions.
http://www.vanguardsoh.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53263
I did read up on what a ranger has to offer, but there just not enough information to decide if a ranger will be anything different than the eq2/wow equivalent.
I do admit i miss the rangers of old (a la eq1 pre-AA).
Anyway, if they can make the Ranger feel like me when I'm shooting a bow then I'm gonna like it a lot.
-Naaz.
The only thing that's come close for me is the Ranger class in DDO, and that's because it draws from the D&D ruleset.
A specialty site for Vanguard Rangers is ... Vanguard Rangers
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I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor - pre-WW2 genocide.
What might help Rangers is the fact that MOST of the Ranger bowshots can be done while MOVING. As the Devs said, this will increase the Ranger's potential defense since their high-damage shots can pull a lot of aggro.
Hmmm, would like to do a double-flip over a mob and shoot it in the back. Yeah.
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