tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post9193243024899586997..comments2024-03-28T10:31:45.644-07:00Comments on Vigaroe: War of the Chosen Class Analysis: RangerVigaroehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405424233776571308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-86623738022976743162021-03-01T23:54:41.289-08:002021-03-01T23:54:41.289-08:00I did a run of War of the Chosen where I used noth...I did a run of War of the Chosen where I used nothing but Rangers, and took Conceal and/or Phantom on multiple of them because I was refusing to use resistance classes and wanted a replacement scout, with the Training Center meaning I didn't have to sacrifice access to Run And Gun or Blademaster...<br /><br />... and it just highlighted how *bad* Rangers are at scouting duties. Even just blue-moving, it's really easy to stumble into a pod, and on timed missions you often can't afford to move that cautiously anyway. I only found their access to Concealment consistently useful in Retaliation missions, where it let me do the initial movement without unavoidably triggering a just-out-of-sight pod. (Which is prone to being from a bad angle where your first mover is flanked, thanks to Retaliation missions not doing the 'corridor' design of most missions)<br /><br />I've similarly experimented with using Concealed Rangers in support of a scouting Reaper, but I never felt it added anything of significance compared to the Reaper handling scouting duties alone. Target Preview already lets you do stuff like set your revealed squad in Overwatch just out of sight of enemies, 100% reliably if you're willing to do a bit of double-checking on LoS at each tile of movement, and Slash is usually preferred to shooting, making a Ranger circling around to one side where another class couldn't do so extremely low in value. (Particularly egregious is that Shadowstrike doesn't require Concealment to trigger on a Slash) When I was still learning the ropes of LoS and all, I found it useful to have a Ranger with Conceal just in case I screwed up and lost both of my Reaper's Shadows, but that's really about it, and t this point I basically never a Reaper break Shadow gratuitously twice.<br /><br />Glad you're enjoying the posts, though.Ghoul Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165232279081041131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-81851375196346014852021-03-01T17:25:30.240-08:002021-03-01T17:25:30.240-08:00*sigh* - point #1 should read "Often **Reaper...*sigh* - point #1 should read "Often **Reaper** initiates alpha strike #1, the rest of the squad mops up, and Ranger is still available Robin Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083189311658885711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-52332889419970812332021-03-01T17:23:42.903-08:002021-03-01T17:23:42.903-08:00Hey - I'm loving these guides, thanks so much....Hey - I'm loving these guides, thanks so much. I think you're missing some tactical options when you're shitting all over Ranger's Conceal ability. On virtually every mission, I use Ranger in one of two ways:<br /><br />1. Reaper is tip of the spear, Ranger is a barb to the side and behind. This enhances Reaper's ability to push ahead in timed-ish missions without accidentally leaving a pod behind a corner that someone else pops at the wrong time, or popping two pods at once. I'll probably also have a sniper slightly behind the ranger, as that will most likely open up flanking long watch shots. Often Ranger initiates alpha strike #1, the rest of the squad mops up, and Ranger is still available to assist with alpha strike #2 on the next pod, by flanking and/or shadowstrike. Having Ranger around also helps me avoid murdering Reaper by having them too far ahead of the rest of the squad when they get revealed.<br /><br />2. When I don't have Reaper available, a pair of Rangers is "almost" as good. They advance in parallel-ish, a blue move or so apart. Each turn, one or the other can safely advance a bit more, or find full cover Just In Case. This time sniper/boomsman is behind in the middle, so they can fire on whichever side sees ayes first. Alpha striking with two shadowstrikes is also decent.Robin Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083189311658885711noreply@blogger.com