Is ranger required?

[Archaven]

was having this thought that ranger is really important in potd seeing that accuracy stacking is important. Is it really required to have a ranger class to match other class in potd? 

[omgFIREBALLS]

Dafuq. Never touched rangers in Deadfire, but I'm not a TCS player. As a PotD full merc nerd I can assure you it isn't.

 

(100% PETLESS RANGER KIT PLZ OBSIDIAN)

[gkathellar]

(100% PETLESS RANGER KIT PLZ OBSIDIAN)

 

(THATS ACTUALLY JUST A ROGUE )

[Incendax]

Since many non rangers have soloed POTD, the answer is “No.”

[Kohwalter]

 

(100% PETLESS RANGER KIT PLZ OBSIDIAN)

 

(THATS ACTUALLY JUST A ROGUE )

 

Ghost heart...

Or if you are into mods, you can download the ranger changes at https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/72

It adds a lot of new abilitites to it that are independent of the pet:

 

Ranger Rebalance Spells:

1. Lesser Insect Swarm: 3 Raw Damage / 3.0 Sec and Immunity to Concentration for 30 Sec. 1.5m Radius
2. Nature's Heal: 1.5m AoE 20 Health Points
3. Minor Moon's Light: 8.0 Health every 3.0 Sec for 12.0 Sec
4. Writhing Tentacles: Summon 3 Writhing Tentacles
5. Explosive Arrow: +5 Acc Ranged Primary Attack + 1.5m Burn AoE 25-40 Damage on Impact
6. Double Shot: Lesser version of Twinned Shot at Power Level 5 with -25% Damage
7. Added 5 new Hunter passives (+25% damage against enemy type): Beast, Primordial, Spirit, Vessel, Wilder
8. Added Armor Expertise (-25% Armor recovery, +1 Crush/Slash/Pierce armor)
9. Added Predator Strikes (Inflict Weaken on Crit)
10. Added Ranger's Recovery (Restore +1 Bond on Kill)
11. Added Ranger Stances: Swift Aim: -20% Weapon Recovery, -5 Weapon Accuracy, 10% chance to recover instantly on Hit / Vicious Aim: +10 Weapon Accuracy, +20% Weapon Damage, +1 Weapon Penetration, +20 Weapon Recovery

[Archaven]

i personally like ranger quite a big. yes i think the pet needs a buff. other than that, if you dont need much skill and a free pet, you can spend your skillpoints elsewhere (on your other class), ranger is pretty nice especially the driving flight.

[omgFIREBALLS]

Ghost heart does not fit the bill for me. I'd just feel I'm gimping myself because I'm avoiding to use an ability I have.

[Kohwalter]

Well, there is also a tweak that improves the pet and its talents in the same mod

[Archaven]

ranger has very little useful abilities. at the moment, i see that ranger and priest really need help.

[Dorftek]

ranger has very little useful abilities. at the moment, i see that ranger and priest really need help.

Singleclass ranger is super cool at lvl 16+.

 

Priest are only crappy because inspirations are crappy and most definitely not worth the cast times. They still have great stuff tho. Barring+salvation of time for example is very strong.