Guild Wars 2

When I saw the trait ((Protective Ward)) I wanted to cry for joy and say **** u theifs. And the trait ((Quick Draw)) switch to my great sword and use the leap skill (Swoop) then 5 seconds later (Swoop) AGAIN! I LOVE IT! Making it even easier to get away from enemy’s. Having traps not go off right when placed down is even BETTER! I LOVE IT ALL! So when using trapper runes even tho I use a dmging trap it still puts me in stealth because the trap doesn’t go off right away.

I don’t know what you other rangers are crying about but what I see is that we get more % dmg and a hell of a lot more serviceability. Keep in mind we will have more specialization points to spend and longbow skills base range will be set at 1500.

((Protective Ward)) CD 12 sec When you receive damage nearby foes are weakended and you gain protection. (weakness 6s protection 8s radius 240)

((Quick Draw)) When you swap weapons your next weapon skill used recharges faster (Recharge Reduced: 66%)

There are some problems but I see more pro’s then con’s. So my advice is to stop kittening :p

When I saw quickdraw, the first thing in my mind was:
DOUBLE MAUL!
The second thing in my mind was:
SCREW THIEF, IMMA PLAY RANGER IN THE EXPANSION!

I just absolutely LOVE the design of that trait. It’s simple yet powerful, basic yet flexible… And it hasn’t been done in this game before, so it’s unique and potentially class defining.

I was just sitting there with my mouth wide open, staring blankly at the screen. Quickdraw is the single best trait to be introduced by the changes and bound to be core for a lot of builds.

Don’t forget wrapping the weapon traits into nice little one-trait bundles?

How many longbow Rangers wanted Read the Wind, Eagle Eye, -20% cd, and Piercing Arrows? Now they’ve got it!

How many Shortbow Rangers wanted more than Piercing Arrows and -20%cd without having to go into two separate trees? Now they’ve got it plus some additional bonuses to the Shortbow!

How about combining Greatsword’s fury-on-crit with its -20% cd and its +%dmg … now we have it!

Combining all the trap traits into one trait so you can still invest in other aspects of the class? You’ve got it!

The list goes on and on.

When you see people complaining, just look at what it is they are complaining about. Many are not really valid … some are though. Just have to read and think about them. The ones that are are often those where the OP has actually thought about it before just typing/spewing.

I must admit, a double RF did capture my imagination at first, but then I thought of the fact we will be able to have two Bonfires overlapping, or how cool double Serpents Strike would look.