[vesselle]

greyed out skills do not improve, because they are not available to use.

have you played a straight ranger?
i play them right out of the box and find them extremely powerful from the get go, and totally rocking by lvl 12. at lvl 15, i just sit back and watch the chunks fly with all her instakills.
not to mention scouting ability, which btw, is essential in the monastery, when your party is absolutely starved for items.
oh yeah, and the improved camping. it's great being able to regen a whole group in 2 hours rather than 8. not that time is an issue, it's just that the longer you camp, the higher your chance of being disturbed by a roving pack of ranger-eaters.
my exp is that the ranger is designed to gain crits hot and heavy. her entire being is focussed around doing instakills asap and her stat design is arranged perfectly for that. (unlike many other classes where you have to alt point spreads each level up.) only 3 stats per level up to allocate your points each and every time. thru point placement and usage, those abilities scream as she levels.

[img]smile.gif[/img] just my thots.

[ 01-06-2002: Message edited by: vesselle ]