I made a Ranger few time ago mostly for dungeon running and general pve content, i wanted a medium armored profession but the thief felt too squishy for me, and the “agile and cunning warrior” archetype fascinated me more than the sneaky assassin, plus bows since strangely in this game i have a dependency on ranged weapons.
So i wanted to ask: how’ s the Ranger situation on Fractals and speedruns for dungeons? Has a particular place in wvw, one that really distincts him? Instead pvp ( hearing sounds of pewpewpew).
I don’ t expect to be an ace in everything, i will level him aniway
I would explore melee. GS/S ranger has access to many defensive/mobility skills and high burst. For leveling everyone usually rolls LB/GS with a cat/bear. I leveled with GS/A and an eagle/devourer, i’m not meta enough to care.
There’s also always running a condition build with dire/settlers prefix items, very hard to kill. You just whittle them down. edit: condition builds tend to suck for leveling in open world.
Luckily for you the ranger can build to be pretty tanky. The damage of the ranger is nerfed a little to offset for having a pet. I forget exactly how much it’s estimated at (~30%?) but that reduces the overall damage loss when using tankier builds, compared to say a thief. As your pet will always have the same stats and do the same damage, pet stats are not based on the rangers. Tanky beastmaster builds would obviously take advantage of this factor even more.
#Ranger is not an Archer.
#Guild Wars 2 system will always favor melee specs
#You can always play the style you want efficiently, there’s always a way and a particular build for that. Even GlassBow rangers are effective in WvW roaming groups.
Rangers currently have a meta spot in dungeons with the Sword+Axe (or Warhorn) and traits including Frost Spirit + Spotter.
What defines our role is … Hate.
You’ll be hated for playing it wrong by the people in your group, and you’ll be hated by people who’ll die pathetically in a fight against you.
Neither playing the role correct or wrong will bring you appreciation =D But you’ll get used to it. There’s already a nice family of us, the senior rangers, who do not give a kitten =)
