Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

I’m planning to get the legendary shortbow “The Dreamer”, i’m 75% done in the process. But the thing is i don’t have a thief or ranger and i don’t wish to play both to lvl 80. I wish to get some opinions regarding shortbow for both classes. Because its a pain in the _ _ _ to get the bow, i want to use it on my character most of the time like a main weapon. Does ranger or thief use shortbow most of the time? Are longbow, axe (ranger) or dagger (thief) used more often?
And comparing thief and ranger’s shortbow skills, which is stronger and more useful? Hope someone can enlighten me on this, feel free to say more than what i have asked if you want. Thanks.

First off – why not just sell it and then buy a weapon you can use on your character?
Second – why are you crafting a legendary you can’t use?
Thirdly – Ranger uses short bow more than thief.

Thirdly – Thief shortbow is used A LOT. In fact it’s their only ranged AoE weapon, and their best AoE weapon. I know ranger uses shortbow a lot too, but it’s basically the best weapon in WvW and most dungeons for thief, when the ranger also has longbow and axe at his disposal for range. Thieves have a pistol, which is good mainly for midrange single-target fights.

I haven’t pulled out a dagger mainhand and used it for fighting in a long time. P/D is better for DPS than backstab, and twice as survivable.

Other than that, I would echo what moirweyn said.

I can’t speak to ranger as I don’t have one, but I wouldn’t dream of going anywhere on my thief without a Short Bow. It is their only access to 1200 range, and the best tool for AoE tagging / event farming. Short bow on the thief gives AoE + condition damage + mobility…. it’s just really that handy. I swap to DD for some specific types of encounter, but 80% of my time on the thief is spent with SB.

GL on the dreamer, hope you get a lot of joy out of whichever profession you play it with.

I play a shortbow Ranger (almost level 80!) and I like it very much. I run a condition damage build, and do pretty well. Unfortunately for me, I hate the look of the legendary SB… We have opposite problems. Also, legendaries are an obscene amount of work – are you sure you want to go through all of that? If you want one, I would suggest picking the one that you know you like to use.