Guild Wars 2

So like the rest of you i am eagerly awaiting the new patch and hopefully some nice fixes and changs for our class.

Now my friends who I chat too on ventrillo everynight know i am eager for the patch and have heard me moaning on countless occasions about a ranger/pet bug…and knowing that and teh fact that i can’t check facts from work during working hours, they sent me a nice email this morning with the following leaked patch notes…

Game Update Notes – November 16, 2012

Professions

Ranger

We have worked hard to keep updates going on all professions and while there is more to come in an upcoming update, we hope the following changes will go some way towards satiating the concern of Rangers. One problem with Rangers was the lack of build diversity created by a number of sub par utility skills. Many signets, a shout or two, and spirits were all a bit lacklustre. That is the first place we have begun to make improvements. Second is trying to improve the feel/ pacing on some weapons.
• Long Bow Range reduced to 1200.
• Long Range Shot now deals consistent damage across all ranges, approximately the same as the current mid-range value (500-100).
• Short Bow Range reduced to 900.
• Axe Range reduced to 600.
• Slash, Slice and Power Stab deal approximately 20% more damage.
• Swoop is now single target, rather than area of effect.
• Troll Unguent and Heal as One now heals players for approximately 30% less while healing your pet for an additional 30%.
• Signet of Renewal will now cure conditions on your pet in addition to the player.
• Signet of the Hunt will now grant 30% increased movement speed to your pet, in addition to 10% on the player.
• Signet of the Wild will now regenerate an additional 30% health per tick for your pet, while regenerating 30% less for the player.
• Entangle duration increased to 180 seconds.
• Spirits will now follow the Ranger, rather than remain stationary.
• Spirits no longer disappear when entering water.
• Fixed a bug with Lick Wounds. Your pet should now attempt to revive the player more reliably.
• Fixed a bug with pet naming. Your pet will now remember it’s own name!
• Agility Training now gives your pet the correct 30% movement speed increase.

now its my lunch hour and i’ve been able to confirm that my “ex-friends” have had me going all morning

Lets hope the real patch notes include fixes and make us all happy rangers.

Cheers

Jhaelen

lol if this was real, rangers would never be played again

Longbow range was higher than 1200? What!?

Heh, what Apophis said.

Those patch notes above should be called a Pet Update and not a Ranger Update. :P

Cant be real for one reason..They dont mention shouts
But they seem pretty Anetish changes and that makes me scratch my beard

I think they’re true friends. They don’t want you to get your hopes up and have your spirits severely crushed.

If this is true, then it’s no longer the pet supporting the ranger, but the ranger supporting the pet. Time to start warrior it seems.

Honestly I have not much hope at all considering since launch, there’s no real update addressing the real issues any classes face.
This time, it will be no difference too, there won’t be any miracle out there to save ranger. Other than the nerf in ranger’s range and healing, your friends’ points might as well be true to some degree.
It usually takes Anet several years before they come to their mind and figure out they just do it wrong and must have a major redesign. (That is according to GW1’s situation, but honestly, ranger is a very strong class in PVP in GW1 thanks to all the short CD, low cost interruption that we no longer have in GW2)

That is why I’m rolling other compatible classes right now because hoping miracles from Anet is just silly.

I hope to god that this is a friggin joke, because if it is not, and this is the real deal, then you may as well shelf your rangerand play the new FAIRY class… its the one thats pink and uses only wands and dresses in tutu’s… and ALSO hits harder than a ranger.. still…

“long bow range reduced to 1200”

I’ll have to go with calling fake with this.

Yea these arent real. They make no sense, some do but not all including lowering longbow range to 1200.

lol to those saying if these are real…… did you not read the op’s whole post? Or are you all that daft that you didn’t understand his friend were playing a prank on him…..

L2R folks… lol

“now its my lunch hour and i’ve been able to confirm that my “ex-friends” have had me going all morning

Lets hope the real patch notes include fixes and make us all happy rangers."

For those that clearly missed the part about these not being real.

LOL They lull you in with those last few cuz they’re actually things we want…oooh roaming spirits….lick wounds & pet names….and LB is what?…wait, 600 axe range?….Signet of the…Entan….wth???

Nice friends.

if they do something like OPs notes then i’d quit GW2, but i still have hope.

Because
“+1
Got to love friends”
gets infracted… lmfao, find a better use of your time mods.
Well, here it is again because a funny post like that deserves it;

Lol +1 for having good friends like yours^.^

Miyu.8137:

If this is true, then it’s no longer the pet supporting the ranger, but the ranger supporting the pet. Time to start warrior it seems.

well I must say that, sadly but true, this is the very best way to play a ranger on 1vs1.

True if it was real My ranger would be jumping of the highest cliff there is and left never to respawn and its back to the Xbox for good.