Guild Wars 2

My ranger is level 34 and I am doing very minimal damage, I use runes of the Ranger, Thief, and of Rage (minor 2 of each) I use a short bow and greatsword (Mainly shortbow)I’m doing like 50 damage per shot with a level 33 bow. Since i have been doing so little damage I decided to go with a build that lets my pet like kitten everything, any advice to increase my damage output? Thanks all!

What are your trait points set in? That alone will tell us why you’re doing so little…and try using a Jaguar pet if you can, those things hit hard enough to make up for your small damage.

^ That and consider your choice of weapons. Using Axe/Torch and condition damage literally burns through mobs. I also loved traps while leveling, especially the fire trap and to throw projectile finishers through that.

Armor, traits, rune, jewelry, and weapons make up your total stats. If these things are mostly healing or toughness heavy you will hit like a wet noodle. At lower levels focus on two stats. Then once you hit higher lvl pick the 3 stats that are most important to you.

Also keep in mind that rangers don’t hit as hard as other classes because damage is spread between the Ranger and his pet.

if you want damage, reroll.

Keep in mind that ranger can do quite some dmg over time by using conditions.. So my shortbow attack will crit on my target for 650 dmg or so, but 10 bleeding stacks of 112 dmg each will do 1,120 dmg/second..
If you want to see the HP bar of the monsters diminish by heaps, roll thief or ele I’d say..