thieves and warriors do more ranged damage
Rangers are balanced around always having a pet so their characters will do less damage personally than other professions.
Also this are the mesmer forum.
lol completely the wrong forum.
It is a common misconception that rangers are named so because they used “ranged” attacks. In reality, the term “ranger” comes from the definition of the word which means to cover a lot of ground. In other words, they “range” all over the place. It is also this definition that gives rise to the rangers of the US Army and the law enforcement group known as the Texas Rangers. So the answer to your question is, no, not necessarily.
It is a common misconception that rangers are named so because they used “ranged” attacks. In reality, the term “ranger” comes from the definition of the word which means to cover a lot of ground. In other words, they “range” all over the place. It is also this definition that gives rise to the rangers of the US Army and the law enforcement group known as the Texas Rangers. So the answer to your question is, no, not necessarily.
QFT. Rangers are indeed arguably the fastest travelling class in the game, ideal roaming class in WvW.
Wrong forums. And isn’t 10k crits from ranger’s long bow auto attack enough for you? Ranger’s long bow now also gives you amazing knockback from 900 range, stealth, vulnerability stacks…
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I see it more as a thief buff…cos now thieves have a long-ranged weapon, and pets.
I love how were having a productive discussion about this in the Mesmer forum.
I love how were having a productive discussion about this in the Mesmer forum.
That’s because we are that freakin’ awesome!
I love how were having a productive discussion about this in the Mesmer forum.
That’s because we are that freakin’ awesome!
true that, we have a constructive conversation about everything over here, tis’ an awesome community we mesmers have!
I main a thief and off-main mesmer, and yet I do feel I spend more time here. It is a slightly more pleasant area of discussion.
Now, I’ve never gotten a ranger over the 20 hump, so I can’t compare. But, if rangers plus their pet are really doing less damage than a thief shortbow… I’m grievously sorry for your loss. We generally only use that thing for spam-blasting combo fields, misc. utility, and the occasional game of tag you might call wvw zerg chasing
While I do think that it’s silly to think a ranger should specialize at ranged, I do think that weapons should be effective at their optimal ranges. In the mesmer’s case, the staff seems to be the best example. It is a 1200 weapon, but many find it more effective much closer to the fray. My thief is pistol/dagger, and loses a lot of potential when I wander too far from melee. The ranger shortbow is in a similar boat in that it says 900 on the tin, but that frontal “dead-zone” cone gets a lot easier to maneuver out of the closer you get to the target and poison volley hits much harder at point-blank.
The longbow would be easiest to compare to the mesmer greatsword, since their auto-attacks use identical mechanics. If it’s not performing up to par at 1200, I can imagine the discouragement. I don’t hear a lot of complaints about the mesmer greatsword. It seems to perform admirably and has gathered a sizable following. Is the ranger longbow all that behind the mesmer greatsword, or is it just a matter of a more disgruntled ranger community in general?
As for thieves, we don’t get a 1200 range option at all, other than Steal. So, any complaints about thief ranged damage does need to be taken with a grain of salt.
As for warriors… well, that’s just warriors…
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I don’t know if it’s just me, but LB Rangers seem to be coming out of the woodwork since the last patch.
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