How to play Ranger effectively?
Oi.
So I picked Ranger. As much as I was unsure of the selection I made I'm going to stick with it, and it has been interesting thus far, my problem is that I have close to 0 past experience in being a Ranger of any form. I was never a Ranger class in PSU, or even PSO for that matter so I'm still getting used to the guns thing. I'm level 28 now and I feel like I've been totally cheesing my way through story mode.
I'm trying to figure out what the Absolute most effective style of play is for Ranger in both Solo and grouping. I'm not a pretty snowflake it doesn't bother me to run cookie cutter techniques and run the pallette that is sort of recommended for high tier runs and skilled class play.
I found a pretty helpful topic a couple pages back but it sort of devolved in to two people arguing about shotguns or something.
So, in short...
What are the most effective weapons for a Ranger, why, and what PA's should I be using to get the most out of my ranger in all forms of play in terms of both damage and my [given] support role?