Rangers are undoubtedly the profession that were most in need of a decent update, and I applaud Anet for finally listening and doing the right thing. These updates are undoubtedly going to be great.
Something I’m DYING to try out is the reworked Remorseless trait with stealth and Path of Scars on Attack of Opportunity for the +50% dmg.
However, how long before the elites start calling “OP!” for nerfs?
Edit: I’ve always run a longbow/axe+axe build so I’m glad Anet are actually sticking to what they said they’d do and attempt to make more builds viable. I think it’s a great start for the LB but more will need to be improved to make it truly viable. But for now, definitely no complaints.
Yeah, the stealth is gonna throw a lot of people off especially in wvw, I can see it now… “WTF I was fighting a ranger one on one and they were stealthing like every nine seconds I can’t even hit them while their pet is still hitting me?!?!??!!”
Its been going on for a while, first it was BM bunker rangers, then i read that spirits are OP and now thief crying because we got a 3 sec stealth lol
LOL, the thread in the thief forums regarding this has maybe one or two whines in it. The rest of the thread is merely mechanic discussion, specualtion and ways to counter it.
Longbow ranger will still be a free kill to thief anyways. A 3 sec stealth will change nothing when they can either stealth themselves more frequently and for 4 secs compared to our 3, and if they’re s/d they can just dodge/evade through the stealth spike and infiltrator’s strike right back to you.
^ tbh longbow rangers are easy to kill a thief with… I run full beserker, got 6 sec no damage, I can knockback, then down them with rapid fire which follows them in stealth. For a beserker ranger this is going to be great to help us dish out damage.
^ tbh longbow rangers are easy to kill a thief with… I run full beserker, got 6 sec no damage, I can knockback, then down them with rapid fire which follows them in stealth. For a beserker ranger this is going to be great to help us dish out damage.
They just need to get behind you to break your rapid fire channel. They stealth, steal to you, and move across you to break the channel or make it stop hitting them.
Or, with the amount of s/d thieves running around, they just need to daze you as soon as they enter stealth.
I’ve never had a problem with thieves in wvw, I’m in JQ so idk how it is with other servers and their matchups
I’ve been on T2 and T6, thieves are a much bigger deal as you go down in tiers. I never had to worry about one in T2. In T6 where the population is much thinner roaming groups of 3-4 thieves are all you see.
Anything I post is just the opinion of a very vocal minority of 1.
I for one, from the necro forums, want to come hail your supreme authority now in WvW. While thieves may still own you, I expect you have found our number with the stealth uptime and constant pet DPS from long range.
Rangers are undoubtedly the profession that were most in need of a decent update, and I applaud Anet for finally listening and doing the right thing. These updates are undoubtedly going to be great.
Something I’m DYING to try out is the reworked Remorseless trait with stealth and Path of Scars on Attack of Opportunity for the +50% dmg.
However, how long before the elites start calling “OP!” for nerfs?
Edit: I’ve always run a longbow/axe+axe build so I’m glad Anet are actually sticking to what they said they’d do and attempt to make more builds viable. I think it’s a great start for the LB but more will need to be improved to make it truly viable. But for now, definitely no complaints.
Interesting Post OP.
As I’m reading your post, I can say, you sound like me (it is something I would say as well).
Thats Hilarious!
I’ve already wrote a post in the Thief/Elitist forum and asuring them that they are not Entitiled to everything, yet Encouraged them to post in the Ranger Forum with concerns, discussions etc..
As already confirmed aleady, not too many thieves are complaining about us yes, but I’m ready.. always.. to passivlely counter their backlash arguments against Ranger class being “OP” and “to Nerf” us..
Also
Afterall
I will remind them of the story “The Ugly Duckling” and how Arena net eventually cared to give us Rangers’ a new life.
See Necro Rennoko? The community is already becoming chaotic! But fear not, this is common. The Elite Rangers and I will do our best to help restore their hope. That is what it means to be a Ranger >=(
If we can use skills or heal in stealth people will cry OP for sure. Go stealth hit heal that’s a game changer for sure. Kinda like mist form got nerfed, thieves won’t have to worry though. They can just still hit stealth and runaway like they always do.
You go out of stealth with direct damage attacks, but not things that cause conditions. So if your traps apply conditions, but do not have a small damage tick associated with them, then yes, you can stay in stealth.
