Guild Wars 2

Is there something wrong with my Ranger?

Hey all,

So I just recently started leveling up my ranger, and I was having a blast with it until ~mid 50’s. I am leveling up using Power and Precision gear, Longbow and Greatsword.

It has come to my attention recently that something seems extremely wrong/off. I use usually all green gear (including Trinkets) or better within 5 levels or so, and I always use a yellow weapon. What I am starting to notice is that my pet is Completely Blowing me away and outdamaging me… My average in Full Power Precision up to date gear on my Great sword auto attack is ~200-300 damage non crit, and ~400-500 Crit.

My Pet Jaguar is hitting upwards of 1600 Critical hits and 300-400 non crits…. There has to be something wrong…

If this is intended then it is the furthest thing from fun… I have almost all classes at 80 besides Ranger and Engie, and for my pet to be decimating me damage wise is kind of a disappointment.. I am fine with the pet being a part of my damage, but my pet being Stronger than me!?

I am working really hard in combat swapping pets in and out for buffs, using their F2’s, rocking signet of the wild and Troll Unguent to help my pet survive, but sometimes it still dies… When my pet is dead it takes an Extremely long time to kill anything, let alone multiple anythings.

I am specced 20 10 12 0 5 as of this instant, focusing on damage and some survivability, yet I am getting frustrated hitting for ~200 damage when my pet (If I use stalk there is no compettition he’s hitting for like 1,600!!). I like the feeling of myself becoming more powerful as I level, not an NPC….

Let me Re-iterate, I don’t mind having the pet, but this is starting to get disappointing.

Answer is GS, it is a lower end dmg weapon because it is more of a defensive weapon. Try using a SB.

1) Greatsword is not a high DPS weapon (that’s the main point)
2) While your weapon may be Rare it’s still 7 levels lower than your character level and it’s probable your armour isn’t at char level either
3) Your pet is essentially using a max level weapon so it’s better geared than you, due to the way pets scale; as you get higher level the pet will generally do a lower % of your total damage
4) Jaguar is a full-on DPS pet, especially when using Stalk (all crits from stealth)

Welcome to the world of the Ranger. (Very different than every other proffesion).

1) Greatsword is more of a defensive weapon, it has evades/knockback/block/stun (The stun also increases pets next hit by 50%) using a more offensive weapon (Shortbow/Sword) would help alleviate that damage difference.

2) Ranger weapons attack fast (Aside from Longbow) thus meaning they don’t do huge hits but rather a lot of small ones while pets attack much slower meaning their attacks hit harder

As others have said GS is more about defense than offense.

Your pet will always out damage you per hit, this is offset by us hitting much more often than our pet. The ranger itself is more about attrition. We aren’t going to put up crazy crit numbers but we are constantly ticking damage and CC.

Ranger is not the class for you if you are wanting to see big single hit numbers. Not trying to be insulting what so ever, its just the way we are now. Outside of LB barrage on QZ, we don’t burst much.

Greatsword is ok if you spam Maul as often as you can. But shortbow or sword on plain autoattack will still do better. Give those a shot.

I wouldn’t bother spending money on rares while you’re leveling up. Upgrading to a blue or green closer to your level will in many cases out-damage a yellow rare that’s 5+ levels behind. If the rare is free (i.e. quest reward) and at your current level, by all means take it. But as you level up, keep an eye on the stats for a green or blue replacement weapon and don’t be afraid to switch when they become better than the rare.

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My Pet Jaguar is hitting upwards of 1600 Critical hits and 300-400 non crits….

It should actually be criticaling for over 2k. There’s a bug right now where the cat’s highest damage skill isn’t criticaling for full damage.