Guild Wars 2

Try one who doesn’t stealth, is as blantant as a kick to the groin (seriously, this person was trying to solo a tower… which almost succeeded, then came back like 3 more times attacking the gate), and should you manage to down they become even MORE of a threat cause then they can spam trail of knives, look at the attached picture. This thief was hitting me for 2 and a half thousand damage for most hits, and this thing can bounce as well. This thief trounced me and one other guy not by stealthing in and out and using stealth attacks and spamming heartseeker, this thief kicked our rear end in a tophat by going down then trail of knifing us till one of us got defeated so they could rally.

I mean, compare to what I could do: I could hit back for 130 damage. I mean, man I eat about 12 thousand off clusterbomb, and about 10 thousand off daggerstorm as I fuss around trying to stop attacking and get the hell away from them, but once downed they only need to hit me like 2 more times with trail of knife to down me, then throw more at me as I can retailiate by throwing dirt for significantly less damage, then rallies after I inevitably get downed.

Yeah, rangers are kitten awful and everyone knows it.

I love when Warrior’s blow haste and use Hundred Blades on me for 10k dmg in 1s.

Stop throwing dirt and start throwing punches?

Not all that impressive. Typical glass cannon thief. I’ve beat ’em, and lost to ’em,. Depends on how prepared I was for that incoming damage.

I’d also like to say, having a lv80 exotic ranger myself, that fighting a thief as a ranger is an impossible and hopeless cause. Actually, fighting anything is a pain.

I keep saying it : Downstate need the balance stick. Some class have it so easy.

I can see the problem – you’re playing a ranger.

Reroll a mesmer or glass cannon rifle spec warrior and own the thief downed or otherwise.

But I got the thief down, the issue isn’t me not being to down them. The issue is after being downed, I need to pull out a longbow and get some distance so they can’t hit me with a very easily spammable attack for a seventh of my health with each hit that also cripples who they hit and hope my longbow can outdamage and fires fast enough so they can’t bandage themselves up. I don’t really see what being a ranger has to do with it, would I of taken less then 2.5 thousand damage if I was any other class? I’m pretty sure my warrior compadre was taking that much damage as well when they started spamming him with the knives too, I mean when the knives bounced off me and hit him as well.

Ranger is a rather sub-par class in my opinion.

I assume both of you were rather squishy. High dps builds melt squishies. I’ve fought many a glass cannon thieves on my ele and guardian, both high toughness. I’ve had no problem ever finishing one off once down.

He was hitting for 130 damage with his downstate, I doubt he was a squishy.

By that I mean he wasn’t a glass cannon for sure.

Zomg, 2 and 1/2 THOUSAND damage? Get the nerf bat.

This post needs a “Ranger Down!” joke. Wonder if anyone will get that…..

Rangers are pretty much a free kill right now for most classes. Supposedly a bunch of changes are coming on the 15th though for them.

He is level 65, and I have no idea how well up-kept his gear is, so hitting low numbers and being squishy is entirely possible. At lv65, he should have just purchased the lv65 masterwork set.

WvW scales your stats. If you have the best stats you can at lv50, for a lv50, then you’ll have decent stats when scaled. But if you have crappy stats at lv50, for a lv50, then you’ll have proportionally crappy stats at lv80 after scaling. Tested on my ranger. Each level I gained actually lowered my stats in WvW, until I refreshed my gear for my level.

I refresh my gear at 15 level intervals starting at lv20. My rangers attack and armor, after scaling, was roughly 2800 and 2300, respectively, at lv50. At lv64, they were roughly 2200 and 1900.

I’d also like to point out that 5 out of 7 of the hits shown, were critical.

Rangers….lol free badges. Are you geared? Are you level 80? If not a full exotic level 80 thief will take your lunch, eat it in front of you, punch you in the face and then tell the teacher it was your fault. If you are a full 80 and geared he prolly won’t tell the teacher

My ranger hits 2.5k with max range longbow crits…

Rangers aren’t as bad as most people are making out. We’re so average its unreal. I find once a thief is downed state, he’s mine. Even if I’m down, my pet normally revives me nicely and I can just have a rock throwing contest with him ending either I kill him or I res up and slam him anyway :P. My problem lies in actually downing the thief in the first place.

On the topic of other classes, I can take a lot on in a 1v1 and come out on top, about the same as most other classes really, nothing spectacular but they’re not terrible either. On top of that your an upscale; all upscales are sub par to all 80 exotics.

And yes; Ranger update on the 15th! Cant wait going to be good hopefully

@florgknight So does my ranger, if not higher. I forget. But that is at max range. As soon as that distance is covered, which takes 2secs for any decently built toon, the game is over. Not to mention, walking back and forth will dodge everyone of my auto-attack arrows without exception at max range.

My guardian and ele have never once lost to a ranger in a 1v1, or even come close to losing. I’ve lost to every class at least once before, but never a ranger. They die easily, and their damage is mediocre.

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@florgknight So does my ranger, if not higher. I forget. But that is at max range. As soon as that distance is covered, which takes 2secs for any decently built toon, the game is over. Not to mention, walking back and forth will dodge everyone of my auto-attack arrows without exception at max range.

My guardian and ele have never once lost to a ranger in a 1v1, or even come close to losing. I’ve lost to every class at least once before, but never a ranger. They die easily, and their damage is mediocre.

Odd, because for me it’s vice versa, I’ve never lost 1v1 against a mesmer or guardian.