And about the inclusion of the 3 more attack skills: ranger skills do less damage than melee skills and the only real usefulness of ranged skills as opposed to melee skills is that they can hit a moving target consecutively for slightly longer due to their range. Kinda long winded... oh well maybe I'll reorganize it later or change wording.

2. A pure range may be support, but a ranger cross class can be support and damage. And a ranger xclass spec is super support and can deal damage at the same time.

Turret is useless in PvP.
Cloak is not even that useful in PvP but works well in PvE.

I know a few warrior who cross class to striker as well, as it benefit them more for leveling and PvPing. The key to it all is your playstyle, what may work for someone doesn't necessarily means that it will work for you. I know I am doing something right because I get called out by the other race constantly because of my potential dmg and crit lock in PvP.

Well, do you have any thread? Just comment! And dont forget to buy  RO Zeny and RO powerleveling for your characters. Good luck!