Guild Wars 2

Full Archer BM Bunker

Special Thanks to Salt and Pepper….my Faithful Beasts, Steady my Raptors! Dark days are on the Horizon =(

http://youtu.be/Qfgr6m6XKOM

Kalo

Tag for tonight so i can watch you use LB, ill have a bottle of bleach ready.

Lol. Sylvari, ewww. But, Kaloria was the guy that made me wanna play a ranger, was not dissapointed, well done old friend.

Not long ago these forums were filled with nay sayers about Bow’s and especially LB…Then came along this guy and kept testing and retesting various builds and gear setups…I played one of his earlier Cleric Power builds and could tank any single target be it a player of Vet Kraka!

I love his setup though I gain much more out of GS in this build but that is the beauty of this build, you can pretty much use just about any weapon set up!

Nice. The way a ranger is supposed to be played…imo. I really like the way you time your barrage by getting it started and moving away before animation completes.

Your endurance regen looks like it is on steroids….and I like how your movements and evades. Like Cempa mentioned, I also would still likely need a GS.

Good work !

Glad you enjoyed, nice feedback thus far for the most part

…I know GS…but as I have said before, the title says it all!

“kitten but Determined” (determined to be an Archer)

Kalo

Sarlack.4096:

Glad you enjoyed, nice feedback thus far for the most part

…I know GS…but as I have said before, the title says it all!

“kitten but Determined” (determined to be an Archer)

Kalo

Just to clarify. I would prefer to run double bows. I don’t have the skill for it. I need the defense and movement of GS to buy time during some fights. (even S/D).

The things I really really really like about LB is it’s ability to kill thieves with a well timed rapid fire or barrage. When I was on my GC LB kick a couple of weeks ago I wouldn’t really engage vs zergs. I would stand back and wait for thieves to pop on someone. Then it was game on. Did I mention I hate that class ?

am i the only one tired of x/x/30/x/30 vids? I mean really, I get it, fotm, run super regen and never die. mad skill. That is about as interesting as bunker ele/guardian videos and its basically the non-thief equivalent of trolling. The trolling gets extra emphasis when you begin the video chasing someone who didn’t want to deal with your regen shenanigans halfway across the map, then spend half the video in the water dragging people through krait.

anyway, i still love your first video. like a good band, ill just wait around for an album to come out that was as good as your first.

Knock back, Barrage and Rapid fire for Thieves are the main reasons I had stayed with it.

One day they will buff my Long Bow but until then I will keep trudging away as is =D

@Raven…the opening clip they didnt start running away but ended up running. Found it funny that I had 2 people fleeing and after all that chasing I ended up about 20 meters from where the fight began hehehe =D

But I hear ya…the Regen bunker thing does get a bit stale but at least it’s a somewhat different spin on it. Waiting to see what the next patch brings and PRAYING they merge Bow traits to allow me to try something different without sacrificing too much survival.

Sarlack.4096:

Waiting to see what the next patch brings and PRAYING they merge Bow traits to allow me to try something different without sacrificing too much survival.

What excites me about the next patch is the variety it may bring to all fights. Necros with burning+mystery condition, warriors with better condi removal, thieves with less bp+hs abuse (they didnt say anything about this, but i can feel it), if any new ele spec becomes viable, they will flock to it because theyve been bunker for so long.

how rangers turn out really will have to be a result of key skill merges and the BM nerf. If they just nerf BM to hurt BM bunker, they basically screwed the whole trait line. What they should be doing is having pet stats scale a bit off of gear, and providing the ranger with a pet-specific bonus when he places his pet on passive (so that zergs/dungeons arent a horrid anti-ranger experience).

Raven.9603:

am i the only one tired of x/x/30/x/30 vids? I mean really, I get it, fotm, run super regen and never die. mad skill. That is about as interesting as bunker ele/guardian videos and its basically the non-thief equivalent of trolling. The trolling gets extra emphasis when you begin the video chasing someone who didn’t want to deal with your regen shenanigans halfway across the map, then spend half the video in the water dragging people through krait.

anyway, i still love your first video. like a good band, ill just wait around for an album to come out that was as good as your first.

lol @ calling this troll shenanigans.

Do you actually believe people would prefer to play a low damage sustain style ? When GW2 was released everyone, including Rangers all pursued damage builds. I mean who doesn’t like to do damage ? People quickly found out that GC builds = death.

You figure if you run with the zerg you would be fairly safe using a GC build ? Nope. The little Precise Strike buff is a red flag to every thief out there. They will come at you in waves and you die very very quickly.

Solo roamer ? Same deal. As a GC you can do ok . It takes more skill with dodging and such. The problem again is Thieves. A GC Ranger is the #2 food group for them right behind up leveled.

So you play the hand Anet dealt us. Either A. Adapt B. Enjoy death over and over C. Quit

Right now many choose A ..= regen build.

Sorry if that “trolls” you or offends you in anyway.

Raven.9603:

Sarlack.4096:

Waiting to see what the next patch brings and PRAYING they merge Bow traits to allow me to try something different without sacrificing too much survival.

What excites me about the next patch is the variety it may bring to all fights. Necros with burning+mystery condition, warriors with better condi removal, thieves with less bp+hs abuse (they didnt say anything about this, but i can feel it), if any new ele spec becomes viable, they will flock to it because theyve been bunker for so long.

how rangers turn out really will have to be a result of key skill merges and the BM nerf. If they just nerf BM to hurt BM bunker, they basically screwed the whole trait line. What they should be doing is having pet stats scale a bit off of gear, and providing the ranger with a pet-specific bonus when he places his pet on passive (so that zergs/dungeons arent a horrid anti-ranger experience).

I don’t get too excited of any anticipated patch. I give Anet credit for their patience. They usually don’t overreact with their adjustments.

If the volume on your sound system had a range of 1-100, and Anet was in charge of the volume, and they figured it needed a boost, they would move the dial from 40 to 41, and wait for a month to see how the change worked out.

You will be very disappointed if you are expecting something major.

Forzani.2584:

So you play the hand Anet dealt us. Either A. Adapt B. Enjoy death over and over C. Quit

Right now many choose A ..= regen build.

Sorry if that “trolls” you or offends you in anyway.

I’m not offended, I just find the regen spec boring. And I dont think you can tell me that when the guardian/ele/rangers healthpool fills up for third time in one fight you dont feel trolled. You are probably thinking “oh, come ON.”

and it really isnt the only option. I am running cavalier/knights/valks/zerker mix this week because there are no small fights to be found, just DB’s huge zerg everywhere. im looking at 2800 armor, 17.8k hp, 3300 attack, 50%crit and 66% crit damage, and I have the green little kill-me-please first strikes arrow. thieves aren’t so bad, bash+maul= half dead. they either troll stealth until a better opportunity arises, leave, or stick around for a rapid fire through stealth and die.

before this matchup, i was running mostly carrion gear for high health/attack/condi, with traps. i won almost all of my 1v1’s for the weeks we played cd/sos, just because so few GC’s could handle my healthpool+damage, and so few bunkers could deal with all the poison. that spec just isn’t useful in a zerg this week though (600 range on traps an no piercing arrows is fail for big fights).

BM regen is not the only game in town, its the best when youre solo and arguably the worst when you’re with friends. As for Anets changes, skill mergers will allow 10trait point flexibility in various cases, which does create a large amount of build diversity (not to mention the stated pet nerf, necro and warrior buffs already being said flat out).

Raven.9603:

Forzani.2584:

So you play the hand Anet dealt us. Either A. Adapt B. Enjoy death over and over C. Quit

Right now many choose A ..= regen build.

Sorry if that “trolls” you or offends you in anyway.

I’m not offended, I just find the regen spec boring. And I dont think you can tell me that when the guardian/ele/rangers healthpool fills up for third time in one fight you dont feel trolled. You are probably thinking “oh, come ON.”

and it really isnt the only option. I am running cavalier/knights/valks/zerker mix this week because there are no small fights to be found, just DB’s huge zerg everywhere. im looking at 2800 armor, 17.8k hp, 3300 attack, 50%crit and 66% crit damage, and I have the green little kill-me-please first strikes arrow. thieves aren’t so bad, bash+maul= half dead. they either troll stealth until a better opportunity arises, leave, or stick around for a rapid fire through stealth and die.

before this matchup, i was running mostly carrion gear for high health/attack/condi, with traps. i won almost all of my 1v1’s for the weeks we played cd/sos, just because so few GC’s could handle my healthpool+damage, and so few bunkers could deal with all the poison. that spec just isn’t useful in a zerg this week though (600 range on traps an no piercing arrows is fail for big fights).

BM regen is not the only game in town, its the best when youre solo and arguably the worst when you’re with friends. As for Anets changes, skill mergers will allow 10trait point flexibility in various cases, which does create a large amount of build diversity (not to mention the stated pet nerf, necro and warrior buffs already being said flat out).

1. I don’t beat legitimate Thieves very often 1v1. Especially when I was GC. Regen gives me more of a chance…….especially since I am solo 90% of the time. So maybe a better player like yourself can pull it off vs Thieves…I can’t

2. No idea what you are talking about when you mention skill mergers. Haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere and don’t know what it means

Forzani.2584:

1. I don’t beat legitimate Thieves very often 1v1. Especially when I was GC. Regen gives me more of a chance…….especially since I am solo 90% of the time. So maybe a better player like yourself can pull it off vs Thieves…I can’t

2. No idea what you are talking about when you mention skill mergers. Haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere and don’t know what it means

well i think at 2800 armor its hard to call it glass. with opening strikes, hilt bash will crit (3k) and moment of clarity will cause the next hit to do bonus damage (maul crit for 5-6.x). Considering most thieves are squishy, that usually makes most of them leave (or die to rapid fire). It also means you better not miss your hilt bash. The attrition thieves will laugh it off, but they dont run shortbow, so you can Greatsword3 away from them and just not bother. Try to do this after a canine knockdown so that you have time to get out of any increased steal range.

i should have said trait mergers. when they combined existing traits into a single trait to make room for new ones. they said each trait line for each class would be seeing 1-5 changes. probably many of those will be mergers to combine unappealing traits into a single more useful trait. if necros used to be forced to take mark cooldown and large marks and now they are combined into a single trait, they have 10 points to think about. if this happens to every class, lots of new builds could pop up. In rangers case, think about what merging spirit traits might do for viability (a whole lot of nothing unless they have some serious healthpools or dmg immunity, but its the thought that counts).

Bumpin’ for a DB Ranger I fought yesterday =)

The BM builds are fine for small man skirmishing and just trying to troll small groups.
It’s the real WvW big group utility we lack. We can’t front line it really, guardians and warriors just do that so much better with WAY more utility.
As a backline fighter we can do traps which are lackluster and our longbow 5 is decent but usually gets us killed and the damage is pretty subpar, necros got wells and eles got static field, water fields, etc, and if specced right using d/d can be great front liners.
My ranger is my favorite character right now, but my main mode of play doing Guild vs Guild and generally WvW combat so I ususally play Warrior or sometimes Guardian.

Shaojack.3871:

The BM builds are fine for small man skirmishing and just trying to troll small groups.
It’s the real WvW big group utility we lack. We can’t front line it really, guardians and warriors just do that so much better with WAY more utility.
As a backline fighter we can do traps which are lackluster and our longbow 5 is decent but usually gets us killed and the damage is pretty subpar, necros got wells and eles got static field, water fields, etc, and if specced right using d/d can be great front liners.
My ranger is my favorite character right now, but my main mode of play doing Guild vs Guild and generally WvW combat so I usually play Warrior or sometimes Guardian.

I find I’m quite capable in large WvW fights as a BM Bunker. Since everyone’s experiences differ I’ll share mine. I may not be in the front line but as a skirmisher on the flanks I cause havoc. I pop Troll Ungent, and send in the wolf, split up part of the group with F2 fear, then I move to another part and hit Grasping Vines and drop Bonfire. I’ll back out throwing axes all over the place spreading some burning. If I had to time to slot it, I’ll throw down Muddy Terrain just as they are regrouping. Also, if I have a drake, I send him in the middle of a group and let him tail swipe away – pet swap if health gets low. Marsh and River drakes are pretty tough and have great multi-target attacks. You can even throw in hyena, F2 and have both knocking people down.

So while the guardians and warriors are in front hammering, I’m jacking up the sides so the opponents can’t close in on them and focus fire. Large groups need to focus fire and break up the opponents center but they have a hard time doing that while trying to protect themselves from an annoying ranger and his pet who just won’t die.

Again just my experiences on Anvil Rock but I’ve witnessed many rangers attacking the flanks and making a difference.

I find I am able to contribute in the larger fights in various ways as described above though its not my preferred kind of action.

I tend to solo/small man with guildies for the most part. Killing of Sentry posts, Camps and Yaks. Participating in opportunistic takes or responding to calls for assistance. Cutting reinforcements from getting to the fight. Mostly react on what the current map offers.

When we small man our “strategy” leans toward me drawing attention and trying to get enemies to focus on me due to ridiculous survival while my teammates focus down the guys on me. For the most part is works quite well with a few exceptions =)