I fail to see how auto fire makes up for dps nerfs? :what: If anything make a good case as to why rng dps should go up, like the amount of work it takes to make that dps happen and the cost of it. It has been stated but not in the favor of rng dps going up but in the favor of auto fire(I will assume the case was made ages ago during that rng vs rog thread and staff found it meaningless..I still say rng should be the best melee dps but it's just my opinion.) As it stands, this just sounds like an argument about boxed rangers being left alone so you can concentrate on the other box without having to hit range attack every 2 seconds, hence being a lot closer to your old dps output pre nerfs than you are currently boxing post nerf.
I guess in a sense that would make up for the nerfs, but then again I don't think it's right for any class to have the ability to be played afk(aside from the spell casting.) This would help boxed rangers, but it's certainly pointless for non boxed rangers.
I remember when rangers were nerfed hard in a different game. They had to spend money on their arrows as do rangers here. There, there is no returning shot. It's a money sink on every single arrow they fire, and they were the bucks of dps. People whined, and they were nerfed because you could just throw more rangers(also wizards, who was also nerfed awhile later) at any ole encounter to pull off the victory, leaving other classes sol for the fight. The problem there was every class that was any good over the rest got nerfed, so people moved on the new best class, repeat process. Ranger wise they made them pretty worthless. After the nerfs, rangers were as rare to find as a bard(the constant champion of least played class for years now) People were angry. Basically the nerf was taking distance from target into account for dps output. The closer you were, the less dps you did. Pre nerf you could melee and use bow at same time for max dps. In the end, it was not the rangers who quit over it. It was their guilds saying we no longer want your ranger because it "sucks" now. Find a different class to play or you can go elsewhere. Therefore, the ranger class died off. Even after nerfs they were still a dps machine, but because of the distance nerf, it made them useless on many different raids.
The point of this little story is, rangers here could have it a lot worse. You already have many nice perks of the class. Staff has enforced a limit of 3 per class for raids. You aren't going out of business. Someone has to be the best dps'er. Someone has got to be the worst dps'er. Things really could be worse. Of course, that doesn't mean you should sit down, shut up and not fight for something you want. I just think auto fire is more of a perk for boxers than making up for dps nerfs and spending any more time trying to fight this battle is a waste of time.
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