Guild Wars 2

I can play no other profession than ranger in PvP. It’s the only profession where I can “shine”, that amuses me, that allows me to (not easily) win a 1v1 with most of professions. When I deleted my ranger to make myself an ele for PvE, I was forced to buy a slot and make another ranger because in PvP there is nothing else than ranger for me.

Prysin.8542:

Rentapest.6503:

It’s about time that Rangers got sorted out and buffed BIG time with some SERIOUS dps improvements to BOW!

Ranger is meant to be a RANGED class, not melee. Yet we’re forced into melee coz it’s the only viable DPS.

sorry but you are WRONG. Because the whole “unparrallelled archers” thing IS A BUNCH OF BOGUS. Because the WHOLE GAME is revolving around melee doing the MOST damage, and ranged being an OPTION.

Ranger ranged DPS is end of the highest single target ranged DPS you can get. Ele holds the highest multi target DPS in the game.

What rangers need is group utility that does not go at the expense of the ranger itself. Rangers need a major spring cleaning of the trait trees. Merging and or implementation of traits as “basic default functions” of old redundant and irrelevant traits. last but not least, rangers need a overhaul of the F2 system (before the F# functions are revised entirely too), current pet F2’s have far too high CD’s in comparison to effect and their hit percentage.

Before we get off track here let’s point out something important that you mentioned, melee being the center point and ranged being an option. I have to admit that ranger feels a lot like this since pure ranged pressure is more a trade off than a reality. You need to trade off something for every single ranger build in order to stay alive, and the biggest loser of this trade off tends to be #1 DPS and #2 survival. This is exactly why so many ranger players feel confused towards which way their build should go towards, the ones who are not confused have either mastered the profession (like yours truly here) and have found ways to excel with the trade offs. Also there are those who have not mastered the ranger and instead have accepted the short comings and are satisfied with a build despite the trade offs.

I believe the gap needs to be better defined here, as of right now I can only compare with other professions in the gvg aspect. You have your melee train, which rangers should not need to be a part of, you have your ranged group which suits rangers quite well, and you have your pick team which focuses on target-kills. Just by analyzing the dynamic that occurs here, you can understand what rangers need in order to better define their role in the battle field. Let’s be honest people, once you reach level 80 you can run whatever build you like, but there is no player out there who will not wonder ‘what is the best way to do this or that’ and the response to many rangers is ‘well….’ rather than ‘this right here or something similar’.

Just about one year ago, one of the biggest and longest-running jokes on the PvP forum was this:

“Which is stronger: a warrior or a ranger pet?”

…the joke was that everyone said “A ranger pet, obviously.”

NevirSayDie.6235:

Just about one year ago, one of the biggest and longest-running jokes on the PvP forum was this:

“Which is stronger: a warrior or a ranger pet?”

…the joke was that everyone said “A ranger pet, obviously.”

Old bm ranger’s days i remember, thanks god they eventually solved that problem…they were even worse than warriors atm..