Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on August 27, 2000 at 11:33:49:
In Reply to: Forumrule 1: Always whine about powers when a rager manages to kill someone *nods wisely* (nt) posted by Cenatar on August 27, 2000 at 10:19:21:
1) Berserkers have strong powers that come at early levels, and aren't terribly difficult to use correctly.
2) You don't see the tremendous drawbacks they suffer in most logs. Few prep items, many enemies, strong duty to defend and raid, expected acts of courage, gear restrictions, groupmate restrictions, etc. When I see someone get tooled by Ragers at the higher levels, there's usually a point where I can say "Oh! They should have done this!". When I see Ragers get tooled, it is often in a situation where I say "Damn. He was screwed from the get-go."
I've always seen Ragers as automatically placed at around a "7" on a CF power scale of 1 to 10, 10 being high. Skilled players can take them to an 8 or 9, but it does seem like there's a ceiling of sorts. More importantly, a fairly unskilled Rager player is still dangerous, especially in the 25-35 level range.