Guild Wars 2

Given that Reaper, Revenant, and Warrior can easily hit 100% critical chance without the need of Spotter, and most other classes can get very high critical chances without the need for Spotter; it, or its alternatives, need to be buffed to maintain Ranger’s presence in parties.

When one of our 2 major support options is becoming quite obsolete with nothing to replace it with, there is cause for concern.

Doubling Spotter’s effect, or adding 10% damage on sword to Strider’s Defense are two options.

Doubling Spotter’s effect would make it better worth taking just for the ranger, who needs the critical chance- Despite being a master marksman, the Ranger has among the lowest critical chance in combat potential among the professions.

10% damage to sword on Strider’s Defense would allow for an alternative to take other than Spotter, but still doesn’t make up for losing half of our support options.

And with no word of Druid yet, it’s hard to stay patient and wait while the profession becomes more and more sidelined.

EDIT: other options include buffing spirits more, other traits, etc.

While I do agree that spotter is starting to be somewhat redundant but do note that Sun spirit is a pretty decent party dmg boost now that burning stacks intensity especially considering that you can run multiple condi classes in a group now.

Funny, since they planned to have a 10% damage boost on Strider’s Defense, but later removed when the specialization revamp went live. Though, even a small damage modifier would be nice on the trait.

As Taku said, at least Sun Spirit is a viable option. It’s safe to say that any Ranger that does group content in PVE should have a set of Zerker and Sinister gear on hand for when there’s another Ranger in the group.

That way, one can carry Sun Spirit, the other Frost. Spotter can go to the Zerker and the Sinister can take Hidden Barbs. If both are Sinister, it won’t matter who gets what, as long as it’s split.

Yes, but Sun Spirit is a utility skill while Spotter is a trait. It doesn’t really make up for the fact that we’re rapidly losing an old support option as a result of power creep.

No clue then. All the bases seem to be covered and there’s not many unique group buffs available that one class or another already has. Guess it’s their subtle way of phasing out Ranger.