Would an elvaan make a decent Ranger?

[Katra]

Any ideas for me?

[The Heretic]

Elvaan make the worst rangers because of their terrible agility. Elvaans can dish out the dmg, but they cant hit anything.

Then again (like all things), it can be done

[Sent]

It's no where near as bad as people make it sound. I barely miss and I'm level 40, just get the best equipment out there and you will be fine.

-Sent

[Kamotracker]

From everything I've read, it doesnt really matter what race you are....lowest AGI but you can make it up.

[Negorath]

A wise Lv 73 Mithra RNG once told me "the benefits outweight the disadvantages" (I asked him/her about disadvantages of playing an Elvaan RNG) so yeah, they can make decents RNGs. I cant really vote for this myself yet, or if this was ment for endgame only, but I'm convinced we do. But time will tell once I stop farming and start leveling RNG again, hehe. I'm having a hellova lot of fun no matter what

[TMPikachu]

the difference in agil is really really miniscule, elvaan make fine rangers.

and they hold crossbows/guns in one hand!

[Ripersnifle]

Just like there are some reasons that Taru can make good paladins (or at least some say so) there are reasons Elvaan can make good rangers (once again, or at least some say so). If by "good" you mean playable, well then no question Elvaan can be good. If by "good" you mean leveraging the strengths of your race/job combination and creating a character that does one thing REALLY well at the cost of other things, then Elvaan isn't the race for you. Any way you slice it, I think that a well-equipped ranger of any race won't have any trouble earning his keep.

[Cometgreen]

"Elvaan make the worst rangers because of their terrible agility. Elvaans can dish out the dmg, but they cant hit anything."

Uhhuh. And you know this....how?

Many people, myself included, believe that Elvaan make the best rangers. Sure, Mithra were built to be thieves and rangers, but Elvaan still work very well. There is so much equipment out there for ranged accuracy, that the difference in race is barely noticeable. The question is not about race, just how much money you're willing to put forth for the best equipment.

And this has been discussed a lot before. Scroll down a bit or go to page 2 to find some other topics about this.

Cometgreen

[tonka]

You're going to want +ranged accuracy over +AGI.

But more importantly they have the best ranged weapon animations.

[Ripersnifle]

NEWS FLASH:


Rangers have bad strength. Even with an Elvaan, it's bad. It's essentially a lost cause, as the best weapons are going to be guns when you can use them, and if you were to TRY to make your strength "high" then you would have to sacrifice equipment slots that would be better used increasing AGI and ranged accuracy.

Here's the real issue:

People LOVE being the "strong" race. You can't go wrong as an Elvaan, they're beloved in whatever they do because they have nice big PRETTY damage numbers when (though more accurately IF) they connect. You have to be blind, hypocritical, or BOTH to think that Elvaan make good rangers. They don't. Hell, if there were a race created to be a BAD ranger, it would be Elvaan. All the advantages that the race has are wasted, and you rely on your WORST racial stat for your most important job stat.

Be your Elvaan ranger, I don't care. I'll gladly play with you- I just don't want to hear anyone try to say that Elvaan are "Good" rangers, nor do I want to hear that Galka are "Good" summoners.

You don't have to defend your personal choices, but if you want to try to justify in-game why you would pick Elvaan for a ranger, you're just a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.

Before all you 13 year olds lay into me, remember your mom is probably watching over your shoulder for potty words.

[Cometgreen]

Well you obviously don't wanna consider, or even read, what other people say, so I shall leave you to wallow in your own crapulance.

Cometgreen

[Nameless]

The only thing I refuse to party with are:

Stupid job/subjob combos.
Galka mages.

Nothing else matters like they make it sound.

[Ripersnifle]

It's not that I don't want to consider what people say or think, or that I wouldn't party with an Elvaan RNG. I would also party with a Taru Monk. I actually LIKE people that try to break the molds, because even if they're not the *best* choice they make for memorable characters.

I just think that there's a strong pro-elvaan bias out there with a lot of people that doesn't stand up in this case. You can't tell me that it's a *good* idea to pick a race whose worse stat is the one your job considers most important. Workable? Hell yes, it is workable- I just think that it's not realistic to say it's a *good* idea to select a job that showcases your race's worst attribute.

I mean for cryin' out loud, Bards have superior strength progression.

[Cometgreen]

Except that, unlike a job such as thief, whose main functions depend on dex and agi, or a mage who depends on the race's mp pool, ranger does not benefit tremendously from a small agi increase, especially not when there are so many pieces of equipment which more than make up for a few points of agi.

Cometgreen

[TMPikachu]

hmmm,

elvaan still have great str progression though


at lvl 75, they have +12 more str than a mithra
but mithra got +15 more agil

from what I've been reading though (and AH browsing) there's alot of +ranged accuracy items and +agil items out there