Melee Ranger???

[Vip]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking to play as a solely melee ranger but ranger melee powers don't unlock until Level 10, Comparing Ranger melee power damage vs Ranger ranged power damage, the melee powers look way underpowered compared to the ranged ones. I don't want to waste time grinding through 10 levels of play as a "Ranged" ranger to then find a purley melee ranger from level 10 onwards is poor. Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks.

[OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

Don't play a ranger. They're designed to utilize both. If you're using only one, you're intentionally handi-capping yourself. There aren't any good "Strictly melee" builds for them.

[TallestDavid]

i know what you mean. i Love rangers as well. melee and ranged balance ffor me. so far lord of the rings does it well. wish more games had it that waly

[Arngrim]

Melee Ranger are great fun, and they are excellent AoE damage dealers. I play one and with the new module that came out we can now be exclusvie melee if we want to, without having to swap stances to get the max out of our abilites.

[Vip]

Thanks for the replies. Arngrim, is the new module free? Would I have to still grind through the 10 levels of ranged before going all Melee?

Thanks.

[Baron Von Boom]

You will be lvl 10 before you blink, hell your lvl 5 by the time you finish the bridge/tutorial area.

Just go for it man, 10 lvls is nothing.

[Orion Magus]

Melee rangers are stupid OP atm. Great damage and rediculous amounts of survivability.

That being said there are a few thing to know up front. Rangers in general do more damage with their at wills than their encounter powers. Many of your encounter powers will be lackluster with regards to dps. Your daily powers are also more about utility than damage. Your capstone feat from the combat line WILL give you an insane damage boost, the downside is that untill you get it you won't feel amazing.

Not using the ranged portion of your powers will handicap you. There is no reason not to use these as switching stances is instantaneous with no cooldown. Of course you can do it and will be able to clear all of the content in the game. You just make it harder on yourself for no reason.

[Vip]

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go. Thanks :)