Guild Wars 2

The Ranger community expected shouts of “omfg OP ANET NEERRRFF!!@@” when this patch hit, and some of you haven’t surprised us.

After even just 1.5 hours roaming WvW, it’s easy to see the rapid fire speed increase is incredibly easy to counter. People are expecting it whenever they see a longbow ranger approach. As a result, I’ve had it reflected back in my face on numerous occasions (once when using QZ and consequently KO’d myself), and I’ve noticed that dodge management has become more of priority when people are fighting longbow rangers, especially since the bulk of rapid fire can now be negated in a single dodge.

This hype and everything coming along with it was 100% predicted. I expect it to die down eventually and hope that Anet don’t bow to the scrubs shouting “OP!!”

The damage and what not has always been in the game. The speed buff finally brought the bow almost up to par with the other classes burst skills. 1 dodge or a block/deflect and our damage is gone. People don’t complain with Warriors 15k 100b every 5 seconds or theif backstabs and all the other massive burst skills in the game. Rangers have always been at the bottom of the food chain and now that people actually have to use some brain when fighting LB rangers they get angry and QQ. Also If anyone tries to say we can get 15k every 8 seconds, you are an idiot it requires literally 7 CD’s popped at once to get anywhere near that. Thanks to all the CD’s we can only do that every few minutes if that. Without all the CD’s popped we only get around 8k on bunkers and 10k on light. Thats nothing special and nothing every other class can’t do. Not to mention if rangers what to hit that hard with the LB you have to go full zerk which means you go down faster than just about anything.

Just FYI, over-exaggerating stuff pretty much kills any of your credibility.

Rapid fire isnt OP.

[Retaliation]
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Wethospu.6437:

Just FYI, over-exaggerating stuff pretty much kills any of your credibility.

Who exactly is over exaggerating what?

well, it is a lot of fun in hotjoin at least.
i can kill others so fast so easily if i catch them off guard.
very fun in “team” fights.

in 1 vs 1 situation, not necessarily so, as the opponent is aware.
i went full zerk so i die easily if they know how to counter me.

but when i’m in a high ground, good camping spot, and saw someone fighting, then, pew pew pew, they just die like that.

or, someone passing by from afar, range 1500, pew pew pew pew pew, they cannot dodge, avoid, etc, they just die like that also.

but if someone sneaks up from behind, pew pew pew my back side, ow, ow, ow, ow, ok i dead. if i dun react in time, dun stealth or escape with greatsword quickly etc.

yeah it kinda feels like playing the team fortress sniper class.

New players, and all the bad warriors are going to fill buckets of tears for the next month.

I just came out of hotjoin and killed two rangers and an ele spamming the fiery greatsword skill.

Reflects on a mesmer + shatter is hilarious.