I just started a DE ranger, picked up my starting quests and headed for the UD. Found a patch of morgia that I scummed for a while until I had enough to reach 25-ish To. I got through to the HMV, then went and killed keethrax. After that I went to kill Hotzenplotz. At this point I had 23 To (108hp) and poison resistance from eating spiders. Hotz killed me in 2 hits Now I know he hits fairly hard for a lowbie but I had 32/14 armour and not bad hp for level 9. Anyway my question is how are rangers supposed to be played ? Are they primarily melee fighters or ranged ? I mainly stuck to my sword, occasionally shooting a couple arrows if I had to but it feels like they're really weak in melee. Do they get more powerful at higher levels or am I using the wrong strategy ?