Guild Wars 2

I just wanted to give some feedback on the ranger class.
First, let me tell you that I really really enjoy the game and the class. I have tons of fun and I’m only writing this, because I have some time with laying dead in a dungeon right now. There are some things that really confuse me and this might be due to lack of skill or just not enough experience, I wanted to share anyway.

The ranger pet, to me, is useful everywhere except for dungeons. It dies very very fast and especially in the Twilight Arbor Dungeon, when you need to shoot all these poison spreading flowers, it is very annoying to have to set pet to defensive, shoot flowers and when a group of 8 dogs attack, switch back fast enough or have him attack. If there s poison involved you re probably already dead.
So why is the pet so weak in dungeons? This might be related to another issue with dungeons being extremely extremely difficult. I dont see the point in making them lvl 30, 40 etc if the only way you can have a chance of surviving the first 20mins is when you re a fully equipped lvl 80.

Another thing is the 30 Skill Point skill that summons a spirit that revives fallen allies and heals conditions. I have never seen this skill function accordingly. Especially in dungeons it dies two or three hits later (even though I have the “spirits have twice as much health” trait on) and when activating it, he barely heals half of a dead player’s health bar without even reaching the point where he gets brought back to life. I don’t see the point in this skill.

Has anyone else made this experience?

Dies very fast ? Did you try a 30 beastmastery build ? I have to switch pets 1 or 2 times per boss and they rarely if ever die. And yes I am talking abotu Explorer Mode dungeons.

I am running exclusively Twilight Arbor, we did it with a party fo 4 Rangers and 1 Ele last night and had no issues with pets. Maybe you mean that pets there die too fast from traps or knights ? Those two deal insane damage so it’s only normal that they will kill pets in 2-6 hits/seconds depending on your pet and points in Beastmastery.

I am running the Elite Spirit in every single dungeon to counter wipes and it’s awesome. The range on the revive is very large so with good placement you can make it work. It always works for me, I never had any issues or bugs with it, but I TOTALLY AGREE with you that this spirit dies too fast, way too fast for an elite.