[Stignos]

Either that or nerf casters to 20 meters

[fuzbaul]

bow range isn't accurate anyway

RL Bows can fire much more than 20 yards

[Gortz]

ok hehe dont start using the word "nerf" and secondly re RL bows i refer the honorable poster to my post with the words fantasy and explaining that.

[Nitram]

Originally Posted by fuzbaul bow range isn't accurate anyway RL Bows can fire much more than 20 yards

Yeah because were playing a realistic game.

[doofer]

Why is a Barbarian player coming to the Ranger Class boards and asking Funcom not to give the ranged class in the game..range?

Please Funcom, do not start the never ending cycle of caving in to forum lobbyists (whiners, QQers what ever you want to call them). If you give a buff to a class simply because the players of that class want it, the forums will explode from buff/nerf requests.

Practice what you preach.

[Lowenhertz]

I completely 100% agree with the original poster, the class seems set around the fantasy background and not the reference to weapon range. To all the people that are QQing that they want more range ect because its a ranged class i say this: It IS a ranged class and ranged damage IS your best form of damage and you can happily sit at the back and fire away when you do party content or play with a friend. However for solo play extending range would have to result in a drop in damage because this is such a pvp heavy game. This class is also in my opinion very well thought out and i welcome the diversity that it brings. And one more thing, do you think they wanted us to never enter melee if they let us equip a shield? have a think about that one.

[Kozuka]

Im level 44 atm and ranger is VERY strong 1 v 1 and has no issues with dealing with 3+ enemy mobs of the same level. from what I can tell a buff is certainly not needed, we will just have to see how ti plays out at end game.

[Nebel]

Originally Posted by TheLazzo I'm not sure if this is exactly the right forum to post this, but since it at the moment mostly concerns Rangers, I'm posting this here. Since open beta, many Ranger players have been lobbying for a bow range buff. Yes, a buff. As the range reduction was made in beta and has been as is from launch, it's a design decision, not a nerf. Please Funcom, do not start the never ending cycle of caving in to forum lobbyists (whiners, QQers what ever you want to call them). If you give a buff to a class simply because the players of that class want it, the forums will explode from buff/nerf requests. Then the game will not be about learning to play to become better, but about lobbying most relentlessly to have your class made better. If you ever dramatically adjust a class feature, please do it because your developers absolutely see it necessary. Not because the players of the class want it. I realize the flames of my funeral pyre will light up the sky for this, so I won't be reading this thread to avoid feeling bad. HA. :-) --edit Oh and for the people who mistakenly think that the word 'Ranger' has something to do with ranged combat, here's from the Dictionary: Noun Singular: ranger Plural: rangers a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law. ("range" meaning "travel around an area").

Funny, if everyone is complaining about one thing then there is obviously something wrong with it. Not that everyone wants longer range just because it would give them advantage. Sure it would, just 5m would be fine, and not a huge increase. In fact, I dont think that anyone here is complaining about range to have advantage over other classes, but because the range is feeling short.
And the most amusing thing is that a melee class comes and tells us that our range is fine.
Maybe I should go to barbarian forum and say that barbarian is too strong vs a conqueror and should be nerfed?

Unless you're a ranger, your opinion doesn't matter. You have not played the class. It doesn't count if you got owned by one and then think we're already too strong.

And I have no problems killing other players, or taking on few mobs of my level. However I just don't like the short range. Simple as that, you could nerf our damage if that means giving us more range. Or just take away 25% hp for 25% increased range. Fine by me.

[666sanedane]

The bow range is fine. You dump the feats and be done with it. You have ways of getting out of combat when stuff get close, and thats that. If there where a longer range for the bow i would feel seriously OP.
The crossbow range is short, and is more of a up-front-straight-in-teh-nutz style. There the range is short, and feels kind of weird. But after 30 everything feels right because people are flying left and right by the might of the shattering stance. It's fine and dandy.

Btw. the only argument right now for increasing range is the "does not feel right" thingy. Class balance and the whole cazzom we cannot really talk about before long into 80`s