Guild Wars 2

…Stop knee-jerk over-nerfing new Ranger things? I mean, seriously, I’m sure that at some point things will get fixed, but if a mechanic is a little overtuned, I just don’t believe that the right way to go about fixing it (especially right on launch day of the shiny new expansion) is to flatten it into the ground in multiple ways at the same time with the nerf hammer.

• WHaO was too powerful — but then it got nerfed way too hard, and only just now was picked back up.
• Celestial Form was possibly a little too easily maintainable (although still only with just the right weapon/skills in the right situations — and I thought those were the situations it was made for) — but it’s been nerfed in so many ways, all at once, that now it’s frustrating, clunky, almost worthless, and very difficult to use.
• Smokescale did too much damage with Smoke Assault — but not only has that been nerfed by a whopping 50% (in one go), but it’s previously fantastic F2 skill (the smoke screen) has been switched with a rather boring move that does nothing but damage (and which could previously be soft-controlled anyway, since it was normally used by the pet immediately upon entering combat).

Why can’t we just try sticking to one nerf at a time, instead of slamming things so hard in so many ways at once (and right off the bat) that all of the Ranger players who were super excited about Heart of Thorns become incredibly disheartened, disappointed, and angry with having to play with clunky, broken, over-nerfed, difficult-to-use crap, instead of the shiny new toys they were promised and which other classes are enjoying? BWE3 and the Druid/new pet reveal were far better and much more fun than this.

+1. +1,000,000.

I am so happy. Player-owned minions will now take 95% reduced damage and condition duration from nonplayer attacks that do not specifically target them. When the attack specifically targets the minion, then it will deal full damage and condition duration.

This is making pets not useless anymore!

Kikidori.5916:

I am so happy. Player-owned minions will now take 95% reduced damage and condition duration from nonplayer attacks that do not specifically target them. When the attack specifically targets the minion, then it will deal full damage and condition duration.

This is making pets not useless anymore!

Did you even read the OP?

Kikidori.5916:

I am so happy. Player-owned minions will now take 95% reduced damage and condition duration from nonplayer attacks that do not specifically target them. When the attack specifically targets the minion, then it will deal full damage and condition duration.

This is making pets not useless anymore!

For now, until raids are released and they kneejerk and change this to only 50% or less damage reduction in the first hour of raids being live. Can’t let rangers be useful anywhere. (This is sarcasm…please don’t do this for real.)

So…. remind me again why rangers should be excited to play HoT?

No, really. Give me a reason?

While every other class is enjoying a new elite spec, ours is gutted.

And of course, there won’t be any explanation.

There never is.

ANet gets hard over buffing ranger with “bugs” then nerfing them to the dirt when people start to enjoy it. So glad I got HoT so I can be a dedicated healer in a game that doesn’t need a dedicated healer tho!!!

Norrath.5910:

You must be new heart, ANet gets hard over overbuffing ranger with “bugs” then nerfing them to the dirt when people start to enjoy it

Been here since Headstart.

Ranger has been my main.

Yes, I’m used to it. We all are.

And that’s the saddest part.

We have to deal with this..

and the unfounded hate in game. (ll game modes)

Being a Ranger is suffering.