At this point I feel like it's prudent to mention that my guide was heavily coloured by the slog up of levels 1 through 3 - later on, I certainly began to find new ways of appreciating rangers, once I finally got decent gear. Got to agree on mages; mainly I just equip poison/fire wands for Lohse who dualwields them for that extra elemental effect damage. I really feel like this game needs a dedicated MA-destroyer-spell, though. Now I just spam CC and hope it's enough to whittle down MA.
Once you know the trick, it takes less than 20 minutes to go from level 1 to level 3.
