This is the reason why "glass" gear wins.
Durz, we've had this discussion before we know what both of us think, let's keep it at that
His post is ambiguous, I read it as, "you notice 3k armor, regardless of having 3k armor. Protection will help you survive almost everything"
I already "touched on" why they bring rangers. It's solely for the the "hard rez", while still bringing other things (which other classes can do better). Most teams run with ele, war, guard, mes +x. Where X can be anything that remotely buffs the other 4 meaning it isn't weird to bring the ranger, it simply is a "tad" harder than bringing another guard or a nec or a thief,...