Guild Wars 2

I’m wanting to roll a ranged character and can’t decide whether to go for a ranger and go longbow/any other weapon or a thief p/p and shortbow. I think both classes are really cool. I’m looking to do PvE dungeons only and I prefer direct dmg over condition damage. Thx

Pistol is heavy focus on condition damage and debuff stacking of invuln due to your auto-attack stacking bleed and the number 2 ability stacking invuln, the burst damage shot is not going to give you the direct damage you are looking for. Shotbow has some excellent AE abilities but is lacking high damage when single targeting.

If you are looking purely pve and want direct damage, longbow ranger will probably be more your style.

I played around with an unload build in the pvp area and thought it was alright, but I agree, the attacks from the other p/p skills aren’t my style.