General Discussion

MMORPG.com Age of Conan Correspondent Mike DeHart writes this introductory overview of the Ranger class in Funcom's Age of Conan.

The Ranger class in AoC is a pure archer akin to the scout or ranger classes in Dark Age of Camelot. That means no pets and very few nature themed spells. Rangers rely on stealth and distance to deal damage with bows and crossbows. They are also adept with a sword and shield, for close combat fights. The ranger is a ranged DPS class with medium armor, stealth, and considerable crowd control; these abilities can make the ranger formidable in both PvP and PvE.

Read it all here.

An educational class review, but I would be more interested in seeing a performance review across different hardware specs.  There were many of these during launch, but hopefully they have done some optimizing?

In general most of the classes I played were fun, but post tortage my fps kept dropping, with the worst in cities being 5 fps.  In the wild I was getting 10 to 20 if I am recalling correctly.

My launch spec:

3.6 ghz gpu

3 gb ram

10k rpm raptor drive

ati 1950 pro 256 mb

Since launch I have upgraded to:

ati 4850 512 mb

Originally posted by Terranah

An educational class review, but I would be more interested in seeing a performance review across different hardware specs.  There were many of these during launch, but hopefully they have done some optimizing?

 

In general most of the classes I played were fun, but post tortage my fps kept dropping, with the worst in cities being 5 fps.  In the wild I was getting 10 to 20 if I am recalling correctly.

 

My launch spec:

3.6 ghz gpu

3 gb ram

10k rpm raptor drive

ati 1950 pro 256 mb

Since launch I have upgraded to:

ati 4850 512 mb

 

Yep, I change my GFX card last week but I went up between 5-20 FPS from launch to last week with the same hardware. The game floats a lot better now.

But your old GFX card was not that great, AoCs textures really need a 512 megs memory. I don't see any problems for you to run the game at medium now.

And Ranger is my favorite class BTW, not so easy to play as many other classes but really fun and dangerous in PvP :D

Originally posted by Terranah

An educational class review, but I would be more interested in seeing a performance review across different hardware specs.  There were many of these during launch, but hopefully they have done some optimizing?

 

In general most of the classes I played were fun, but post tortage my fps kept dropping, with the worst in cities being 5 fps.  In the wild I was getting 10 to 20 if I am recalling correctly.

 

My launch spec:

3.6 ghz gpu

3 gb ram

10k rpm raptor drive

ati 1950 pro 256 mb

Since launch I have upgraded to:

ati 4850 512 mb

 

I have the 4870 model, and play with everything on with 40-60 fps, and spiking to the 30s for cities...normal actually.

Turn off shadows (which 90% of people do anyways) and the game will run awesome

There is no doubt the game requires a hefty system. But, after seeing how it performs, I cannot downgrade to games like Vanguard, WAR or LOTRO anymore...as AoC just looks and plays gorgeous.

Cheers

How does any of these replies refer to the OP?

For the OP.  Listing your max level would be good as it will build more credibility to your "article".

Also, the time frame you are talking about.  The game has underwent a number of changes the last few months, especially with Rangers.

Your comment on elevation... You are certain this is for AoC?  I know DAOC it was a good thing, but I have not noticed a change in range with elevation, neither have I noticed a decrease in damage using my bow in melee...

You may need to double check things. 

So the OP is one of the 5 people who still play this game?

There is no increase in range with elevation. It´s really not a great dps:er for single targets compared to OTHER CLASSES, my HoX out-dps my ranger with ease, he did so even when he was ten levels lower than my capped ranger.

This is the 3rd "correspondant" crap you guys have published... I wish ya'll would double check what is written before publishing.

Age of Conan: Ranger Class Overview.   <--------- See that word?

Good.

Great article BTW.