Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone,

I’m having some struggles with the ranger class, I’m not really sure what gear to wear(armour, rings, back item, accesory’s, etc.) i wanted to do alot of dungeons so i can save up to get level 80 armour, sorry if i sound stupid for a level 80 but im pretty much confused.

If someone can recommend me some good ranger gear even weapons that would be great!

My Ranger wears Zerk all the way from top to bottom…

I use Sword/Dagger and Longbow for weapons

I went toughness through traits and zerk with armour and accessories. Get a lot of aggro lol, but I live. Weapons are longbow and double axes, used to hate the axes leveling but man they are good for multi-mob up close damage. Have a naked bear and devoureror for mixed melee and range. I do not have problems the dungeons I run, but I don’t run them often. Pets seem to be a very personal choice.

Okay thankyou guys for replying, it helps alot

Ah. Found Brasil’s guide. This inspired me to use Ranger again…

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/84268-the-perfect-dps-ranger-guide-for-real/

You might be better off asking in the ranger forum.

In PvE full bezerker stats (power, precision and critical damage) is definitely an option. You’d probably want to use axes or sword/warhorn to go with it. Alternatively you could add some condition damage and use a short bow or sword/dagger or sword/torch.

In dungeons you definitely don’t want to use a longbow because it’s very hard to get far enough back to get the full damage from it, and if you can’t do that then you’re better off using something else instead.

Danikat.8537:

You might be better off asking in the ranger forum.

In PvE full bezerker stats (power, precision and critical damage) is definitely an option. You’d probably want to use axes or sword/warhorn to go with it. Alternatively you could add some condition damage and use a short bow or sword/dagger or sword/torch.

In dungeons you definitely don’t want to use a longbow because it’s very hard to get far enough back to get the full damage from it, and if you can’t do that then you’re better off using something else instead.

And using LB+Bear will get you hated by the entire group. lol

knives.6345:

Danikat.8537:

You might be better off asking in the ranger forum.

In PvE full bezerker stats (power, precision and critical damage) is definitely an option. You’d probably want to use axes or sword/warhorn to go with it. Alternatively you could add some condition damage and use a short bow or sword/dagger or sword/torch.

In dungeons you definitely don’t want to use a longbow because it’s very hard to get far enough back to get the full damage from it, and if you can’t do that then you’re better off using something else instead.

And using LB+Bear will get you hated by the entire group. lol

Yeah probably. I use a longbow in general PvE and I sometimes forget to switch before entering the dungeon (I always switch before we start, but sometimes inside the instance). I always worry that one day someone is going to see the longbow and kick me before I have time to switch it. (Although I probably wouldn’t want to be in a group with someone like that anyway.)

I don’t think there’s actually anything wrong with using a bear in dungeons, other than they don’t fit the ‘everything DPS’ meta. But longbow/bear rangers just have a bad reputation at this point.

(Luckily I prefer cats and moas anyway.)

Danikat.8537:

knives.6345:

Danikat.8537:

You might be better off asking in the ranger forum.

In PvE full bezerker stats (power, precision and critical damage) is definitely an option. You’d probably want to use axes or sword/warhorn to go with it. Alternatively you could add some condition damage and use a short bow or sword/dagger or sword/torch.

In dungeons you definitely don’t want to use a longbow because it’s very hard to get far enough back to get the full damage from it, and if you can’t do that then you’re better off using something else instead.

And using LB+Bear will get you hated by the entire group. lol

Yeah probably. I use a longbow in general PvE and I sometimes forget to switch before entering the dungeon (I always switch before we start, but sometimes inside the instance). I always worry that one day someone is going to see the longbow and kick me before I have time to switch it. (Although I probably wouldn’t want to be in a group with someone like that anyway.)

I don’t think there’s actually anything wrong with using a bear in dungeons, other than they don’t fit the ‘everything DPS’ meta. But longbow/bear rangers just have a bad reputation at this point.

(Luckily I prefer cats and moas anyway.)

Yeah because as you mentioned, bears has bad dps. Felines on the other hand have great dps.

Using LB tends to be bad (as with any other ranged weapon, regardless of class) because it sometimes pulls boss away from a wall/corner – reducing the entire group’s dps as they would have to chase boss away again. That and most range weapons have lower dps compared to melee… so…

The main problems with a ranger using a longbow in a dungeon is that you need to be at max range to get the full damage and that’s very hard to do and it’s very rarely a good idea to use the 4th skill (knockback).

Shortbow isn’t too bad because it doesn’t matter how far away you are, it does most of it’s damage through conditions and it gets extra effects when you’re kiting, which you need to do a lot.

But it’s a good idea to have at least one melee set.

Thanks bro’s, any suggestions for pets?

what pet should i use for dungeons and what pet should i use for wvw?

thanks

Although the Ranger forum is rife with actual anger, mainly over the poor pet mechanic, you can find a lot of helpful information there.

Consider looking at Dungeons entirely differently than PvE. You can power through most anything in PvE eventually but that wont work in Dungeons. Ranger has to take a back seat SUPPORT role there. The severe Aoe damage in dungeons kills the pets fast and you not much later. Power isn’t the answer, support is. Plan on staying close to the group and bring skills and traits that buff or protect the group, not just you. There are many ways to give your group might, fury, precision, swiftness, stability etc… and they will need it and expect it.
As far as pets go, there is a good use for each pet in the game. The trick to being good with pets is knowing which to use when, and how to keep it alive. Sometimes you just have to reduce your total damage output and spend the time and effort to keep your pet alive. There are plenty of places in the open world where we can sacrifice our pets for misdirection. Dungeons don’t have many. Plan on keeping the pet alive if you can.

Some players don’t put any skill points into the Beastmaster line and spend them entirely on themselves. I don’t think that will work well in Dungeons. Experiment, track your results, and have fun learning what works best for you.