So the thread IS working. Oh, how our dark magic works wonders.
Welcome back to
TG Halligan!
If you want some advice on playing the scout classes:
The assassin has a fairly steady level progression, but is fairly hard to run with in PvE because its a melee class with paper thin armor. However, it can be a goldmine in PvP.
The ranger is really rough once you get past about level 10-12 all the way up until you get to level 20+. You have 8 or 10 levels of hell. The damage output for rangers during this period of time is horrid, the skills are relatively lacking and you cant fight more than one mob at a time without resting to heal (god help you if you try and fight something tough). However, once you hit 25+, your skills really start to ramp up and the ranger quickly becomes one of the deadliest classes in the game (quite truely a PvP god in the right hands).
However, if you make either of these classes and have the opportunity to party up for some quick XP once you get upwards of 10, you can play fairly safe until you reach higher (ass-kicking) levels. Feel free to let me know if you want to test either of them out in open beta. I'm playing a Gladiator and would be more than happy to tank.