Guild Wars 2

Glass build rangers aren’t THAT bad as you people make the look like…

Been playing with my ranger for weeks in WvW and recently tried a full glass build (using skills as the only tanky/defensive thing I have)

Longbow + GS.

Never saw such high crits (oftenly 10k+ crits and my #2 spell in LB hits for over 10-20k over the whole channeling which is huge damage)

I find ranger to be a lot better than most people think , I’ve thought about quitting ranger simply from the comments in this forum but after really testing its not that bad.

About survivability the ONLY time I die is when I do a mistake / get caught by a zerk.
AND even then I’ve survived in multiple times where I was in the middle of a zerg (Sm castle fights etc)

We may not have the utility but we have the damage needed to nuke single targets and wreck downed targets in NO TIME (its WAY more important to kill downed enemies than most people think.)

After this being said I’m completely happy with my ranger and I don’t even have my full build yet so I’m pretty sure my dmg and armor will increase further on as I finish my build/set.

PS: What I find that helps me the most to survive in both 1 v 1 situations where u cant win and in huge zergs is:

Signet of stone (with the trait) is amazing you simply take no damage for 6 seconds , amazing to finish people in 1 v 1’s or run from zergs so u dont get downed.

Lightning reflexes, still testing this out but its quite decent, breaks stuns , deals damage , pushes you back away from the enemy and gives u vigor for almost 11 seconds.

Signet of the hunt

This is for overall speed when travelling in WvW and helps to get away from opponents.

For elite I use Rampage As One eextra movement speed + critical chance and stability

Immune to stuns , easy to run away due to extreme movement speed and damage increased due to might to your pet (even tho useless in zers) and chance to crit increased.

And I ONLY use GS to either Chase or Sweep AWAY.

as for pets I like tank pets such as wolf and bear with CHILLING so the enemies get slowed down.

Just 30 minutes ago I fought a guardian and he didn’t even touch me with all the crowd control I had

Just like any other GC profession, if you can’t dodge, you’re going to go down. Personally, I never thought it was bad. I was tired of changing gear so I went with all celestial gear just so I don’t have to change gear and still do decent damage.

I really like the Ranger in GC form or not.. I want to make it my main again… but can’t. Not while we are handicapped by the pet. I want the Ranger to be better and I feel at this point the only real hinderance left is the pet.

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Just like any other GC profession, if you can’t dodge, you’re going to go down. Personally, I never thought it was bad. I was tired of changing gear so I went with all celestial gear just so I don’t have to change gear and still do decent damage.

I really like the Ranger in GC form or not.. I want to make it my main again… but can’t. Not while we are handicapped by the pet. I want the Ranger to be better and I feel at this point the only real hinderance left is the pet.

I agree the ranger is completely fine as it is we just need a better pet AI

Eh, deleted to correct error in statement.

Please, don’t let the forums make you not to play a Ranger.
The Ranger is really fun, and the concept of dodging and being built more towards an evasive gameplay is really fun.

I might not be 100% happy with the current state of the Ranger, but I love this profession nonetheless.

The posts that complain, or suggest stuff to be added/changed is just improvements we suggest for the little flaws of our profession.

I agree with Take. Except the pet is a huge flaw that we should be given the option to opt out of since it cannot be fixed. Take is definitely correct on the gameplay… Thats why I enjoy it.

If we could remove the pet, and have the 40% damage returned to our weapons, I’d make my ranger my main again in a heartbeat. As it is, each of my other classes is more welcome, and does far more damage, than my ranger.

The pet is a handicap, and has been one since release, and I honestly don’t see them fixing it.

hey im running a similar build with valk/knights/zerker gear and assassin weapons. i ditched offensive signets, just use SoH for mobility. LR, QZ and RaO. i use 1500 range for the LB and basically try not to get hit. keep range on everyone at all costs. range is your tank. whipping out 3.5k autoattacks from 1500 is amazing fun. just dont get caught… GS and reduced GS cd’s are necessary i find. with LB, either go all the way, or ditch it. PVT type stuff is really underwhelming, but i run that too at times.

Thanks but no thanks.