Guild Wars 2

This has been my go to class from the Betas, I have stuck by it from the good and bad times…. there are a couple of things that absolutely frustrate me when it comes to their short bow…. the lack of real use.

Suggestions:
Skill #2 Poison Volley
It is a very poor skill given the numerous other options that Ranger has at its disposal….
You are restricted to 900 range, the damage is 5x (405) with a very mild poison and a 7/14 second recharge…..

This weapon has no true natural aoe skill!! why not take advantage of this and juice it up a little?

Purposed change:
Shoots a volley of poisonous arrows within a targeted area.
Damage 5x (500)
Range: 900-950
Poison (2 1/2s): 800 Damage -33% Heal Effectiveness
30% Chance of inflicting one of the following on hit:
Torment: 2 stacks
Confusion: 1 stack
Blind: 1 stack
Bleed: 5 seconds

Mechanic: Target similar to marks/ Longbow Skill 5 “Barrage”
Physical damage hits up to 5 targets untraited
10 when traited? (would be a neat bonus to eagle eye to increase targets in aoe)

Crippling Shot:
Adding torment would be very appropriate for this skill, 2-3 stacks on hit?

Concussion Shot:
4 seconds of confusion (2 of those seconds would be void from daze and stun, keeping the 2 second theme with daze & stun).

I don’t think those changes are way to over powered…. if only one of those choices could be allowed I would hope that Skill 2 Poison Volley would be considered…..

I know this isn’t adding anything to this form but just saying Ranger was my first class(second being ELE) and stuck with it until the short bow speed nerf in meta after that D/D ele was much more of my playstyle. I’ve tried to go back to ranger but short bow is just terrible. In practically every fantasy MMO I play and Ranger/Ele and all of my ranger are shortbow fast attacking.