Please stop zerging "Spirit build"
I personally try as hard as i can to find a new build..
But im not dat good,im a casual,there are Rangers really good (Battosai) who are trying too and still cant find anything better.You can always go a hybrid condition build but still doesnt provide the support spirits do..
Rangers were always lacking in power builds.First was Traps,BM and now Spirits all of them are focused in Condition dmg..You want to know why?Cause Rangers are having less power multipliers cause they have pets and some of their dmg is split to their pets.But condition dmg cant be split,you do the same dmg as anyone else…So thats why Rangers are always forced to build for condition dmg,cause their 40% power dmg is an AI,thats randomly do skills whenever are on CD and misses…AND WE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT…
The good point was that when i get back to spirits i felt that i had increase my skill…
I personally try as hard as i can to find a new build..
But im not dat good,im a casual,there are Rangers really good (Battosai) who are trying too and still cant find anything better.You can always go a hybrid condition build but still doesnt provide the support spirits do..Rangers were always lacking in power builds.First was Traps,BM and now Spirits all of them are focused in Condition dmg..You want to know why?Cause Rangers are having less power multipliers cause they have pets and some of their dmg is split to their pets.But condition dmg cant be split,you do the same dmg as anyone else…So thats why Rangers are always forced to build for condition dmg,cause their 40% power dmg is an AI,thats randomly do skills whenever are on CD and misses…AND WE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT…
The good point was that when i get back to spirits i felt that i had increase my skill…
I am a ranger as well, and I know how that stupid AI can be a great pain to deal with. But still, I don’t think this will make spirit build as the only viable option for rangers. I agree that power builds are not quite applicable right now so I am running condition build as well. But other than going spirits there are still many other ways to go, both in traits and utilities. So those choices are right before you, and if you just simply choose to follow, if not copy that build, what would you do after this build is changed? Construct one youself? Honestly I don’t think many will do this over find another build to “follow”.
As I said, I encountered many spirit rangers in my pvp games and many of them aren’t playing well. Many of them are simply pressing every skills after summoning those spirits, does this make them better and happier? I don’t think so. If you think skills would come with a build then you are probably doing it wrongly. Maybe you think pets are limiting your performance and style, but if you chose to stay with ranger this is something you should deal with before arenaNet do something about it. Otherwise pets should not be the reason for you go spirit.
To be honest, I am not blaming those players who “digested” the build and play it probably, but those simply copy the build as I stated before. You can really see the differences and distinguish them when you play.
Why not suggest another build for them to try? The ranger will play the same regardless of build because it’s such a poorly designed class. You’ll either player spirits or you’ll play traps. Both will be condition bunker/regen builds.
Perhaps someday they’ll increase the effectiveness of Ranger power builds to the point they could be competetive. Maybe someday there will be some sort of synergy built within the weapons so they can actually provide burst/pressure to win a match instead of plinking away with auto attacks 24/7 stacking conditions. Perhaps some day the pets will actually land an F2 skill twice in a row and the pet will be improved so the player can control their secondary abilities. I’m personally not holding out much hope so I’m not sure what more you want? The players have done all they can do.