Guild Wars 2

just a question, i’m back from a 1 year break and everyone around me yells it’s useless in group, no damage, no useful utility, no speedrun…

I leveled a thief to 80 and i’m 75873921 times more useful for the team and i deal more than 20k damage every 2 sec with the number 3 of s/p

…

What’s the goal for them to take we (rangers) in team? and how can we join?

Just take traited Frost Spirit, Spotter trait, and sword while you’re in full seeker gear and you’ll be fine. Also take birds or cats for your pet.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Ranger_-_S/A_LB_Spotter

http://dulfy.net/2014/07/05/gw2-ranger-pve-class-guide-by-lorek-and-cell/

Smells like a trolling thread, but not quite sure.

Just search for a speedrunning guild like KING, rT, and DnT.

Eggyokeo.9705:

http://dulfy.net/2014/07/05/gw2-ranger-pve-class-guide-by-lorek-and-cell/

i knew that, and it explain a lot on how to use a ranger in dungeon, but it doesn’t explain how could it be more useful than an other class, even if i use LB 5+2 – swap – S/W 4-1 i will never do the dps the others does, i mean, by the time i use Barrage and Rapid fire the boss is usually already dead, even before i use the sword..

The utility “to be used” mentioned by dulfy shows that the only thing the party needs is a spirit.. (and maybe signet of the wild when you use the icebow)

I’m a little concerned to be honest, i can’t see rangers in groups, maybe because now everyone wants 2 eles , 1 place is reserved to guardian and 1 to Phalanx warrior… there’s only 1 slot left and i’m not sure people look for a ranger..

TheFantasticGman.9451:

Smells like a trolling thread, but not quite sure.

Just search for a speedrunning guild like KING, rT, and DnT.

the title was speedrun but i’m actually trying to understand if i can be more than just a “ice bow” user in dungeon compared to the other classes.
and no, it’s not a troll post

If you want to join a speedrun – play Frost Spotter and make sure you let them know you are one. Vast majority plays useless bearbows.

Your weapon should be a Longbow that you’ll almost never use apart from opening a fight with #5 followed by #2. Then you swap to Sword and keep attacking.

If the question was about letting you join them… Well… If they were informed that you are a Zerk Frost Spotter, and still refuse to have you – than it’s a mere bunch of idiots and it’s no SpeedRun whatsoever.
Frost Spotter ranger is in the meta. But I usually don’t risk searching for one since I feel bad kicking 6 rangers just to find 1 useful.

Vespero, there is only 5 place in a party so some choice need to be made. Ranger isn’t one of the top profession, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be in speed run. Seriously the difference between 2 Ele, 1 PS Warrior, 1 Guardian and 1 Thief is really small. At this point, if people really don’t want you to bring your Ranger, either they had bad experience with them or they are just ignorant.

Also, the Guardian isn’t that useful in several dungeon where you don’t need the defensive ability to keep the party alive and efficient. In dungeon like CoF 2 Ele, 1 Warr, 1 Thief and 1 Ranger will be more useful.

I wonder how people keep overseeing that Ranger has higher self-DPS than a DPS warrior and Guardian.
And once the Warr and Ele are occupied – Ranger is the right straightforward choice. Rangers bring unique 15% DPS increase to the party. And as I already mentioned – surpass Warrs and Guardians in DPS.

And while people constantly keep ignoring that – they won’t fool Maths. Ever.
“Rangers are useless” – is incorrect. They are meta.
“Ranger players are useless” – is mostly correct. They usually are. And we all know this difference.