There’s only four things I wish ANet would work on that I wholeheartedly believe would improve the class tremendously:
1. Fix Spirits
a. buff health and armor
b. either remove inner cooldown or reduce it to 5 sec
2. Let pets share AR with their masters
3. Reduce cooldown on some signets
a. right now some signets are just not worth activating because their cooldown is so long thats it’s not worth it.
b. reduce signet of stone and signet of the wild to 60-80.
4. Increase longbow damage
a. I’m not asking for amazing damage just a buff that would make this weapon at least on par with shortbow damage.
These four changes, excluding #2, would add so much build diversity to the ranger and make it sooooo much better. I believe ANet has the ability to make these changes with relative ease, with the exception of #2, and it wouldn’t shift game balance.