Talk:Ranger/@comment-69.56.106.247-20120930215107

The main problem I've seen playing as a ranger is the utter lack of longbows in the game. After the point of killing the griffin, my bow was underpowered compared to my daggers. The only reliable way to get an even halfway decent bow at this point is to give the gold or silver idol to Caxton. So far I've been save farming the chest in Bluemoon Tower for an hour and still haven't found the Bespoke Longbow. The next longbow reliably found (for only 32 more base damage) is the Plain Longbow that can't be bought all the way until Stage 6 in the game. I'll admit that when enchanted the Tenfold Flurry skill still does a hefty amount of damage (especially when getting headshots) and Comet Shot is still great for sniping, but it's annoying to get all these wonderful new weapons for everyone and you're still stuck with an underpowered longbow (which is quite a large reason to become a Ranger in the first place). However, you can get a few amazing bows reliably at endgame and new game+. The longbow you get for killing the dragon is a great weapon. Personal advice: be assassin for a while until you can get a bow you'll be happy with, then switch to ranger.