Rangers who don't heal themselves

[Chai]

Theres no reason to NOT build in self healing. This is one of the big reasons to build a ranger rather than a pure melee DPS with no blue bar, which is what should have been built if people are not healing themselves when needed.

[Kominalito]

My ranger runs around with a set of dt (10%/20% amp) and a 30% dream edge. Used in conjunction with some Tokala's and the other Amrath belt, I'm always able to heal myself (over a 100pts at a time).

yes. every ranger should be equipped with a set of DT and a 30% dream edge, or be cast out of a group like a hobo in the hilton.

BEGONE.



fwiw, i have a ranger with a superior dev shield when i need a cure. unfortunately, most people in my party are generally more concerned with resists/FOM/poison than if i heal myself. so my blue bar is more valuable to the party as buffs than to use it all on a few cmw. if there is a healer in the group it costs less for them to get me to max hp than it does for me.

[FrozenNova]

fwiw, i have a ranger with a superior dev shield when i need a cure. unfortunately, most people in my party are generally more concerned with resists/FOM/poison than if i heal myself. so my blue bar is more valuable to the party as buffs than to use it all on a few cmw. if there is a healer in the group it costs less for them to get me to max hp than it does for me.

Use ardor clickies.
Bigger boost, no slot waste.

[Bargol]

Huh...I like the responses here more then my actual in game experience. I seem to always see rangers go ding with an almost full blue bar and I could count on one hand the times I have seen a ranger use a wand. Wish all DDO players had to come to the forums and read up on what a class can actually do.

[QuantumFX]

fwiw, i have a ranger with a superior dev shield when i need a cure. unfortunately, most people in my party are generally more concerned with resists/FOM/poison than if i heal myself. so my blue bar is more valuable to the party as buffs than to use it all on a few cmw. if there is a healer in the group it costs less for them to get me to max hp than it does for me.

You’re actually ahead of a lot of rangers in that regard. I was always into defensive buffs and helping the party healer when I had the SP available. But, it was really brought home to me how much of a difference it can make when I rolled a cleric. (I had a level 11 ranger that wouldn’t back up my level 10 cleric when I asked him to do resists and I would DV him for the trouble.)

[Alanim]

You’re actually ahead of a lot of rangers in that regard. I was always into defensive buffs and helping the party healer when I had the SP available. But, it was really brought home to me how much of a difference it can make when I rolled a cleric. (I had a level 11 ranger that wouldn’t back up my level 10 cleric when I asked him to do resists and I would DV him for the trouble.)

On the buffing side of things I use a Archmagi Belt when I shrine, allowing me to buff myself fully with 40 extra SP to spare, without losing any of my actual SP, and I always buff anything that the healers ask me to, Normally that's FoM/Elemental Resistance. If I need to, I can and do expend all my mana on buffing, but some rangers won't do that.

[k1ngp1n]

my guess: it's "caster loot" you dirty, dirty person! shame on you for "taking" an item that will proc all the time for you from a class that can easily avoid getting hit 90% of the time and already has enough SP to last them through anything provided they don't throw it all away!

Especially since I handed off the torc I pulled early and waited til my 20th to take it for myself. Oh the horror!

[grodon9999]

I link my torc to my caster friends who don't have one yet, I'm so loved because of this