>Druids get track at 20. They get to put one practice point into it, and
>there it stays, never improving. Yet it IS useful, sometimes even more
>useful than high level ranger tracking. This is because the druid tracks
>what is nearby, the ranger tracks what is on the other side of the zone.
>Many times I've had rangers tell me high level tracking sucks. In this one
>instance, maybe bards got the best deal of all - mid range tracking. :)

YES! Ranger tracking at high levels is quite horrible.

Firstly, you can only track 20 things at a time. And those 20 things are
listed in order of spawn - newest on the top - within your range.

So a ranger in Oasis will have a range of nearly the whole zone (because
their skill level is so high) - which means that they can only see the
newest 20 things (which are usually the gators which are frequently
spawning). Thus, tracking a sand giant that has been around 5 minutes is
often impossible. Whereas a druid or bard would have a much better chance
(since they can move their tracking range around by running around, thus
breaking the zone down, and letting them see all the mobs).

Ranger tracking also sucks if you're in a big zone like Karanas... looking
for aviak advocats, say. One spawns, you track it... ends up that it is 20
minutes away! Now not only have you wasted 20 minutes getting there, but
someone else has already started fighting it. :(

Ranger tracking can't be beat if you're trying to watch for spawns in an
entire zone. But for the actual purpose of TRACKING something down, it is
often quite useless. :P

Daleia d'Allaney, 16 bard
Brin d'Allaney, 35 ranger