Guild Wars 2

Rangers could use something to make them more useful in a team setting. Currently Quickdraw Taunt bunker rangers are a problem because they are immortal but lack team support elements. It is annoying to fight but so unuseful it is annoying to have on a team.

Toning down a rangers ability to survive while increasing their ability to share boons/ adding ally condition removal would be nice. Or…, even better, fixing spirit ranger would be nice.

I think druid will be more team oriented (maybe)

And pretty curious about new pet mechanics.

Better nerf, nerf the condi aids spec. It is funny. No one plays ranger and yet it has maybe the easiest spec in the entire game. A condi ranger can melt a bunker guard.

Rangers are far from immortal.
Condi Ranger worked better pre-6/23/2015. As of today, it no longer works in competitive tiers.

The nail in the coffin was making them choose between sharpened edges or trapper’s expertise as well as taking away their extra free sharp stone proc.

In other words, Rangers need no nerfs. They don’t even need buffing, they need polishing in certain areas that makes them clunky and immobile compared to other classes.

style.6173:

Better nerf, nerf the condi aids spec. It is funny. No one plays ranger and yet it has maybe the easiest spec in the entire game. A condi ranger can melt a bunker guard.

Wut?

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Rangers are far from immortal.
Condi Ranger worked better pre-6/23/2015. As of today, it no longer works in competitive tiers.

The nail in the coffin was making them choose between sharpened edges or trapper’s expertise as well as taking away their extra free sharp stone proc.

In other words, Rangers need no nerfs. They don’t even need buffing, they need polishing in certain areas that makes them clunky and immobile compared to other classes.

I admit they need a fix to their clunky style. But saying they don’t need buffs or nerfs is saying ranger is perfect as it is right now. This is not true. They need plenty of Team based balance fixes.

I always thought rangers should have some sort of aoe shout support with of course proper cast-times (not instant). Maybe they could remodel spirits so that instead of getting AI, an active effect occurs?

My hope is that for the expansion, the druid relinquishes the pet. As much as I understand how pet control is the profession mechanic…it’s just too much passivity for my tastes.

Aeroxe.8140:

I always thought rangers should have some sort of aoe shout support with of course proper cast-times (not instant). Maybe they could remodel spirits so that instead of getting AI, an active effect occurs?

My hope is that for the expansion, the druid relinquishes the pet. As much as I understand how pet control is the profession mechanic…it’s just too much passivity for my tastes.

Nah they need T-Rex elite.
Where a dinosaur appears, and kill someone in 1 hit.

Zelulose.8695:

share boons/ adding ally condition removal would be nice

rangers can already do this.

6 shouts
traited shouts give regeneration and swiftness
soldier runes remove condition on shout

What is this QuickDraw taunt bunker you speak of? That could literally mean anything…

And “nerf condi aids spec”…l2p noob

Condi spec was nerfed on the 23rd and is still weaker than other condi spec classes.

Listen here, if you lose to a ranger YOU SUCK.

Sube Dai.8496:

What is this QuickDraw taunt bunker you speak of? That could literally mean anything…

And “nerf condi aids spec”…l2p noob

Condi spec was needed on the 23rd and is still weaker than other condi spec classes.

Listen here, if you lose to a ranger YOU SUCK.

Sooo… everyone I’m the game sucks.

Just by sharing boons is gonna make Rangers a poors man Guardian..

Rangers are supposed to bring support to the table with pets…
But unfortunately Anet had failed into making pets a solid mechanic.So the support Rangers bring is clunky and its make you thing “egh”.

A moa spreading wings healing for 3k the nothingness
A drake spinning his tale providing a powerfull aoe and a blast into nothingness
A pig charging to a wall
Etc etc

Yeah i know you can use F1-F3 to semi control these skills and eventually you may be able to control em but it will still feel a little clunky.It will ruin your combat flow, your rotations and your focus

Wouldn’t this defeat the whole point of a ranger class? Rangers traditionally are more about self survival than team survival.

I dont know what game you guys are playing, but im doing pretty swell on my bearbow!

I want to know in what kittening universe the OP is living in that has immortal bunker rangers in spvp lol

The closest I can think of is a settlers condi with evasion on weaponskills and survival utilities, which is quite strong 1v1 (it was stronger before patch, for example it no longer can outlast many things that it could before, such as d/d ele) but get more than 1 person on you and you’re instantly dead with that 16k health pool…so haha please tell me what build you’re talking about.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Aeroxe.8140:

I always thought rangers should have some sort of aoe shout support with of course proper cast-times (not instant). Maybe they could remodel spirits so that instead of getting AI, an active effect occurs?

My hope is that for the expansion, the druid relinquishes the pet. As much as I understand how pet control is the profession mechanic…it’s just too much passivity for my tastes.

Nah they need T-Rex elite.
Where a dinosaur appears, and kill someone in 1 hit.

Confirmed velociraptor pets in Heart of Thorns? Gurassic World 2?