Guild Wars 2

These are just my opinions on how to change the ranger a bit. Instead of just complaining about how rangers are, I figure I would actually post some feedback about how I think the ranger should be. In my opinion, the ranger isn’t in a good state and needs some work. If anyone else wants to give their feedback please do so, but keep it clean and informative.
 
 
General

-Make pets F2 instant
-Fix pet tracking
-Pet drops aggro when he goes down
-Give pets a dodge that the player can control
-Reduce aoe damage to pets
-Reduce pet swap when your pet is fully down
 

Traits

-Swap Trapper’s Expertise(20;VIII) in Skirmishing with Martial Mastery(20;X) in Wilderness Survival.

-Swap Predator’s Instinct(20;V) in Marksmanship with Off-Hand Training(20;VII) in Wilderness Survival.

-Put Trap Potency(30;XI) from Skirmishing in Wilderness Survival.

I feel these changes fit with the stat upgrades that the trait lines give you, and that wilderness survival should be more focused on traps, while marksmanship and skirmishing be more focused on weapon damage.
 

Weapons
 
LongBow:

-Decrease Long Range Shot channel time slightly.

-Make Hunter’s Shot have a short cast time. If the Long Range Shot cast time is decreased, finding a spot to fire Hunter’s Shot will be a bit hard without interrupting your own cast.

-Remove the range at damage mechanic. This makes the weapon a bit too situational. It’s good at open world events, but in dungeons have little room at times.

-Fix barrage so that if you get interrupted the recharge is shorter. Or reduce the channel time/change the rate at which arrows fall so if you do get interrupted, you get more damage in. (Example video)
 
Shortbow:

-Possibly buff the auto attack damage.
-Chance the side/back bleed mechanic. Change it so it will apply a bleed every two attack. (Could prove to be overpowered)

I feel the shortbow need more verity to it. In most situations you’re spamming the auto attack and Poison Volley occasionally. The other abilities could serve purpose in open world events and dungeons, but I don’t find myself using them much.
 

Utilities

I hear the spirits need to be worked on, but I haven’t used them myself. If anyone has any feedback on some of the utilities, please reply.

Edit:

“Swap Predator’s Instinct(20;V) in Marksmanship with Off-Hand Training(20;VII) in Wilderness Survival.” is wrong, I forgot to edit that. I read Predator’s Instinct wrong, I thought for some reason it said it would apply cripple to a foe when you are below 25%. I meant to change this and find something else to possibly swap, but never did. I suggested Off-Hand Training be in marksman for the condition duration.