Guild Wars 2

Why are the rangers arrows strafable but the thiefs aren’t?

leashmaygoss.2140:

Why are the rangers arrows strafable but the thiefs aren’t?

So many rangers ask this question, but the answer most of us came up with was “cuz thief”.

this is really a bad buzz for rangers. whats anets reasoning behind this? thief arrows do like 1300 critical dmg on me too, i would love to be able to strafe these. not to mention the fact that their arrows bounce targets

Don’t forget thieves can also leap small building with a single bound thanks to their bow!

I have been wondering why they can travel vertically with their port skill but Elementalist teleport can’t.

try to build 25/30/x/x/x with ranger, berserk amulet and scholar or ogre runes, and tell me how much you crit …don’t forget to remember you dps and quickness on comand with 5 in pet mastery…

I think it has to do with the nature of Trick Shot. Its bounce makes it different from a standard projectile. Also not sure how they managed to get up a small building unless you can walk up it. Shadowstep doesn’t jump gaps.

Thieves hit me for 900 tops on a crit from their bow.
Rangers hit me for 3.6k tops crit from their bow.

I’m a toughness built condition Mesmer.
Just sayin’

Thieves give up more damage for mobility while using a Shortbow than Rangers do.

- If it’s not a hard hitting weapon the arrows shouldn’t be strafe-able.

- If it’s a hard hitting weapon the arrows should be strafe-able.

K the answer is: cuz the ranger isn’t polished. Your shortbow does better damage than your long bow, your short sword does equal damage to your great sword. Your talents are bass ackwards and your pet abilities still don’t work on demand enough to be pvp viable.

anet just like… worked on the many ranger issues until BWE2 when GS/Spirit rangers ran around owning everyone, they nerfed both into the floor and never looked back at what a crippled mess they left behind them.

You are quite possiby the second most neglected class at launch, behind necromancers and their 100+ list of bugs.

But necromancers had bugs, not balancing issues, so they got worked on, and you didn’t.