Guild Wars 2

As it was said in the state of the game shortbow range nerf was due to longbow not being ‘attractive’ got me thinking i had seen similar approach in problem solving somewhere but didn’t quite remember where it was until it hit me.

In the Looney Tunes cartoon Bugs Bunny puts some thumbtacks into Yosemite Sam’s shoes so Sam would forget about his aching tooth since his feets would be hurting much more than his tooth. Only a cartoon would think that breaking something that is working will make the already broken thing seem less so, right?

So my question is : Does Bugs Bunny work with the ranger currently and could he be persuaded to consider tuning eagle eye trait so it affects shortbow also for a range increase if i send him some carrots to his office?

That’s all folks!

lol when i heard the state of the game and they had said they Nerfed the SB because LB was an unattractive weapon i almost spit my energy drink on my monitor….this idea had been said as a joke for a week leading up to the SotG so to hear a dev say it out loud…..

you know when he got back in the office he got a huge ration of Hell for spillin the beans on their “Development thought process” lol

That reminds me of the famous scene from Major Payne where Damon Wayans breaks the enemy combatant’s finger to make him forget about his gunshot wound. It sounds horrific, but it’s a hilarious scene. You know, tragedy and comedy are two sides of the same coin, right?

Ah, so the culprit might be Major Payne and not Bugs Bunny? I’m still gonna have to go with Bugs Bunny since everyone has watched Looney Tunes one time or another so it’s still the more likely choice between the two.

Major Payne is a family movie. The guy goes on to teach a bunch of out of shape kids for a local JROTC program. It’s the kind of movie “The Rock” would do these days. PG-13

Also Tom and Jerry FTW

Is it possible to get Looney Tunes to do the next balance pass?

Tumult.2578:

Is it possible to get Looney Tunes to do the next balance pass?

Well they did the last one, look how that worked out for us!

Bugs Bunny is on top of rangers alright… :P

hyjaxxx.1584:

“Development thought process”

A somewhat oxymoronic statement in the context of ANet

After watching the Sotg i think i saw a pair of bunny ears in Jonathans aura. He might be Bugs Bunny. All the evidence points to it , although he uses some kind of device to mask his true identity and uses human form during interviews.

I thought he looks more like Elmer Fudd. Ooooo th th th that wiley wabbit! Or maybe the Mystery Machine is a better analogy: “I would have been OP if it wasn’t for you kids and your sandwhichmancer eating dog!”

jubskie.3152:

Bugs Bunny is on top of rangers alright… :P

I died a little when I saw that pic …

I think you guys took a statement way out of context, but this is hilariously funny. I believe the question asked referred to Shortbow and Longbows range and that many players wanted shortbows range back as well as Longbows being extended farther.

He essentially stated that would be a bit unbalanced, and that many feel the Longbow isn’t that attractive. They didn’t see a reason in to bump the shortbow to the LB because they fill the same role and then then many players would say the LB was unattractive.

The role of the LB is supposed be long range bomber, if you have two weapons doing the same thing they become redundant. I got to spend a few hours talking shop with Chaplan recently, and his explanation which is easily taken out of context if all you hear is Shortbow makes LB unattractive than you missed the context. He was saying that Longbow’s role is clearly defined as the Long Range attack for the Ranger, but that the Shortbow was filling that role, and rather than having two weapons do the same thing. They wanted to make sure the LB’s role was used and making it more attractive.

There is nothing wrong with this statement. It’s your understanding of his comment, and listening to Battosai’s actual question to realize what he was saying.

You got to spend time talking shop with Chaplan but didn’t write an SOAC piece / blog article on what you discussed! Bas! Please, please report out next time that happens. Please!!!

I managed to get few pictures from behind the scenes.
First one is after dev is done reading through the ranger bug thread and the second one is from patch day while reading the ranger feedback on the forums.

Bas.7406:

I think you guys took a statement way out of context, but this is hilariously funny. I believe the question asked referred to Shortbow and Longbows range and that many players wanted shortbows range back as well as Longbows being extended farther.

He essentially stated that would be a bit unbalanced, and that many feel the Longbow isn’t that attractive. They didn’t see a reason in to bump the shortbow to the LB because they fill the same role and then then many players would say the LB was unattractive.

The role of the LB is supposed be long range bomber, if you have two weapons doing the same thing they become redundant. I got to spend a few hours talking shop with Chaplan recently, and his explanation which is easily taken out of context if all you hear is Shortbow makes LB unattractive than you missed the context. He was saying that Longbow’s role is clearly defined as the Long Range attack for the Ranger, but that the Shortbow was filling that role, and rather than having two weapons do the same thing. They wanted to make sure the LB’s role was used and making it more attractive.

There is nothing wrong with this statement. It’s your understanding of his comment, and listening to Battosai’s actual question to realize what he was saying.

Actually, the very wrong thing with that statement is that it demands that the axe be nerfed next because it’s taking the place the shortbow was demoted to. I’m sure everyone will love their new 600 range axes. Actually swapping the names of the two bows would have achieved the stated desired result without forcing an entire class to change their builds to try and remain effective.