Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31073066-20180616074303/@comment-26149161-20180616150651

Rangers should, imo, take on more of this role. In the book, we see them wearing helmets and mail, using spear and sword, so it's clear that they were no strangers to melee battle. So giving Rangers heavier armor and weapons, at the expense of their stealth, would serve this purpose.

Alternatively, a new unit could be added, an "elite ranger" that has the bow and heavy gear, but lacks stealth. The current Rangers (perhaps without the stealth, which everyone hates anyway) could still appear as a tracker-style unit.

It might also be interesting to fit a "hearth guard" unit into the picture--a kind of local militia for the Ranger towns, with medium armor and relatively random weaponry.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)