Guild Wars 2

I would like to make a few suggestions concerning the Ranger Longbow skills:

Long Range shot(1):
- attack speed increased
- projectile speed increased

This skill has a very slow feel to it. The attack speed needs to be increased.
The weapon still has a hard time hitting moving targets at max range. Which is strange, because this skill gets a damage penalty if you don’t shoot at max range. Currenly you can negate it still simply by moving and side-stepping. This skill should not miss if the target is simply moving around. Moving out of range, dodging, or using special skills should be the only way to avoid it. It may need some tracking ability or another increase in projectile speed, or both.

Rapid Fire(2):
- can now be stopped by using other skills.

The only way to stop using this chanelled skill is by pressing esc, which is very unhandy. I need to be able to stop it simply by using another skill. I think the same counts for Barrage(5), but you can stop using Barrage by moving.

Point Blank Shot(4):
- range increased to 1200 (1500 traited).
- causes a knockdown instead of knockback beyond the current max range.

It’s a shame how this skill on a long range weapon often goes unused because of its limited range. It would be great if it could do a knockdown instead of a knockback beyond the current max range.

Barrage(5):
- cooldown decreased by 10 seconds.

This is the Ranger’s only ranged AoE skill and the cooldown is too long if you’re in a situation where it’s the only thing you can use effectively. Even with the 20% reduction trait it’s far too long.

I’ll agree fully ont he auto attack being far too slow, if the damage had another half again added too it, than the speed would be fine for it’s damage though so either fix would do.

It wouldn’t really be a point blank shot if you could do it at far range though, it would need to be name changed (I suggest ramming shot myself).

10s on barrage cooldown is a bit much honestly. current cooldown is what?40-45s if memory serves? 15-20s cooldown would be fine…prefrence of 15 given that the ranger can’t move while it is going on. This weapon does need changed though, it is kinda sad when the WARRIOR out damages a ranger with a longbow in all situations.

The basic improvements sound fine for auto atack and barrage, though I doubt they’l do nything with barrage.

I have no interest in having rapid shot interrupted by me using another power.

Point Blank Shot is only really for pushing targets away. That said, the part where it knocks down a target past the current range sounds pretty cool.

Seeing that the range of point blank shot is the closest any ranger wants their opponent to be; better that point blank shot causes a knockdown on targets using block or retaliation. If they run out of range they’re no longer a threat and let your pet deal with them.