Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

1st time poster on Ranger forum ( I play a Necro )

My girlfriend is first time MMO player and has chosen Ranger. I havent ever played a ranger so can anyone recommend a build/equipment/stats/weapon/etc choices for general PVE/Easy dungeons/taking part in live story events?

Need something low skill as she has never played a MMO before!

Thanks guys n gals!

Just let her test things out… What I really mean is that you shouldn’t be into builds and such if you’re totally new to MMOs.

As a first timer, whatever you do is fun, even if it’s less effective than others.

While I agree with solrik, I’ll give you a pretty basic build that you can gradually modify once you get more comfortable with the game.

30/10/30/0/0

At the beginning, trait for signets for more survivability. Later, you can use the survival skills quickening zephyr and lightning reflexes. You can start with soldiers/knights gear at first and then switch in berserkers gear for more DPS later on. Use anything but feline/birds/wolves because they die too quickly.

I use this in pve because conditions are capped at 25, and when facing bosses like tequatl where you can’t crit, you can swap out the knights/berserker for solider gear for the same amount of damage and more survivability.

Thanks Fomby thats basically what i needed.
Many thanks

At the moment, she likes the spirits, so ive put 30 in to health so she can have spirits that move, and she uses ultimate with the chilling and protection spirit, with signet for speed as she said she moves too slow! But I see you suggest 30 in toughness? (Sorry I dont know the names of the trait lines)

For armour I was going to suggest PVT? Maybe mix it up with zerker?

She uses Longbow as its easy to use and keeps her out the way.

PVT is a nice baseline that you can customize around as you find a play style you want.

It might not be the best for a given situation, but it’s rarely the worst either.

Yeah like I say shes completely new to MMORPG (or gaming at all really!) so I thought PVT mixed with zerker for extra damage would be good.

Thanks for build ideas guys.