Concern about future of ranger
Sorry for grammars
To be honest, ranger are already picked as condi dps… At the moment the ranger can be both played as support and dps which is a lot better than most of the other professions in PvE.
I’m pretty sure that Anet won’t design e-specs around the “pure DPS” idea. They will most likely try to add a new feel to each spec while keeping the damage balance as it is. Perfect example of this is the Necromancer’s reaper that was and is still viewed as the “pure DPS spec that was supposed to save the necromancer in PvE” and end up better as a condi spec while still being not enough to give a seat in PvE to the necromancer.
The reason ranger’s “pue dps” is bad is because it’s damage are split between him and it’s pet. It’s sad but we can’t do anything about it, they chose this design. Truth be told, if they remove the pet and add a flat %age of stat or even damage balance things, this will inevitably open the door to toxic gimmicks is the game and be nerfed asap. From my point of view, the only way up for them is to add extra damage on hit (like weapon’s sigils) if they want to remove the pet. Like that it might allow the ranger to achieve the direct damage of a middle tier DPS (Just like the reaper’ spec)