>Tame- seems rather interesting, and pretty cool just from
>the help file. But, there are alot of complaints about the
>skill hardly working on any mobs that are around the
>beastmasters level. Is this just RNG working, or is it not
>meant to tame creatures of the same level as the beastmaster
>to actually help him in fighting?

My last ranger could tame most aggro mobs I ranked on. They've tweaked it since then, but my understanding is that the changes were about mob type (sentient/non-sentient, etc) and not level.

>Serpent/Bear/Wolf kinship- The bear is the only one that
>works outside of battle? Is there a reason to this? Might be
>cool to walk around with a wolf, but just curious. Also, the
>bear is kind of weak, or much weaker than the wolf. Was this
>done on purpose to balance out the three?

Dunno.

>Bearcharge- Is it very reliable with a felar, or should you go
>for the bigger builds when trying to bearcharge?

Bearcharge, like most skills that involve a body slamming into another body, is primarily about size, specifically size difference. Obviously, giant's have an advantage here.

Sulye, a recent felar ranger with no bonuses to bearcharge from terrain/expertise (if I recall right) seemed to do just fine against most non-giants with enlarge.

As a newer player, I wouldn't worry about this too much. Being more defensive and survivable whilst still having pretty effective bearcharge is probably going to suite you more than being a one-trick bearcharge pwny.