Talk:Ranger/@comment-98.223.53.2-20140725101001

These units were actually extremely powerful at the level you unlocked them pre-1.3 patch. They never missed, had infinite ammo, and did about 3/5 the damage of a commando.0, with about 2/3 the commando's health while being available 20 levels earlier and being much cheaper to heal. At the level you got these, a few of these put behind some riot troopers and you were practically invincible against any unfortunate lower level players you encountered. The 1.3 update completely nerfed them by killing their accuracy (troopers are more accurate) and not giving them any additional attacks that most other units were getting (machete, anyone?). In addition, the rise of armor made vehicles a much tougher option, and the ranger never rally got any dodge which it should have as a lower level commando-style unit. Had this unit been properly and faithfully preserved during the 1.3 transition p, it would have been very much a power-player around its time of unlock. Instead Z2 relegated the once-fearsome ranger to below a trooper (double shot is better than the ranger's attack).