55 Ranger

Happy Rain

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

REFR

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Has anyone seen a 55 Ranger?

any ideas?

malko050987

malko050987

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Arad, Romania

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting!

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55 ? What does that mean?

Chris

XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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It's been suggested.

It's been laughed at.

There is absolutely no advantage to making a 55 ranger. It's an even worse idea than making a 55 warrior.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

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perhaps not worse than warrior... heh but certainly not so good.

HalPlantagenet

HalPlantagenet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

too far from Conwy

The Chained Swan

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55 refers to the number of health points. Many months ago, some insightful person discovered that by reducing the health of necros and monks to 55 using all superior runes, boosting regen using mending and most importantly limiting damage with Protective Spirit it was possible to create a sometimes invulnerable character, except when faced with degen or skilled interuption.

They remain practical for farming hydra, minotaurs, etc.

A 55 ranger is not likely to be very successful because even with radiant attire he will probably have insufficient energy to maintain the healing spells.

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Before the advent of many other more practical builds... a 105hp Ranger was the only way to solo the FoW Forest. It's since been replaced by better builds (Remmeh's in particular).

Wolydarg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

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Lam3sk (sorry for mispelling name) had the sickest build I've ever seen, with like 4 different armor sets/tactics for different monsters, think itu sed prot spirit/prot bond or something like that.

But yeah, expertise doesn't reduce the cost of anything important to 55/105/605 builds, therefore there's no advantage to making a 55 ranger over a 55monk

achensherd

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2007

R/Mo

I've done a 55 ranger before (though before Nightfall and its upgrades came out... if that makes a difference), and energy was the main problem. The only monsters I could farm were the minotaurs at Elona's Reach, and only a few at a time lest I get overwhelmed. And, since a ranger doesn't have the energy reserves or the self-sustained energy regeneration of a caster, I was constantly teetering at the edge of depleting all of my energy. Once the mob starts dwindling, so does my energy regeneration (because I'm not getting hit enough), and if the last 1 or 2 don't drop in a few seconds, I'm dead.

Those minotaurs never gave me anything substantial either.