Rangers have been changed for a long time now.

Log request: some of the new ranger skills that I can't find by searching the log forum.


Brutal rush....most mobs are hand to hand, so I guess useless in ranking? is it worth it to wear a dagger and use against an axe wielding giant?ever useful?

savage blow....bearcharge + damage? damage more than serp? or pugil? useless on a ranger not a giant?

storm calling...how good is this?

spirit guardian/allies/howl. anyone see this in action? log? what are your impressions.

predator's stance and the 3 kinships...worth all the skills you lose out on?

prot metals > or < elf/drow metal vuln? is this one of the only ways one of the faerie races can cover this vuln? is it as good as it seems to me for those races? Or just mild dam redux that doesn't cover the vuln?


improvise weapon
mud
paint..... not seen any logs with those in them. Worth losing the use of metal weapons and armor? I gather from the forums that you should gear a savage like a druid....no metal....but go for full gear, unless you are using mud/paint....they worth losing lots of gear slots? under what conditions?


sand swirl
dervish dance
whirling simoon ............how good are these? worth the fact that you are pretty much limited to just south of scions?


rebounding strike
cavernfall
smokescreen
shadowstride.......



I've seen logs of the plainsrunner skills (the tiger-pounce is good) and the archery skills....

I'm just really surprised that rangers have been out for this long and I can't find any or significant logs of any of the others listed above.

so I'm asking if anyone has any logs of these, please post (both used against you, or you using them).

also, any AAR (after action reports) on what you think of the afore-mentioned ranger skills. what kind of things are obvious once you have them for 50 hours that aren't obvious from the helpfile?