Guild Wars 2

I quit GW2 a few months back due to the pure neglect Ranger gets, after skimming over the last update notes I seen we got “some” love. Do these changes fix Ranger at all or is it still as crappy as it always was?

Short answer is.. depends who you ask.

Most of the replies you’ll get are going to tell you that we still suck and don’t bother. There was a nerf to quickness that made a portion of the more popular Ranger builds weaker and that has some people upset. It should be noted that this nerf wasn’t Ranger specific, it was a global change to the ability but it still has an effect on our class.

If you use Great Sword as one of your weapons, then you did get a buff since GS was given a boost for Rangers in the latest patch. If you don’t use GS then things are basically the same as when you left. While the GS boost is nice and a good start, there is still a long way to go before Ranger will be viable for Dungeon runs.

I personally enjoy playing my Ranger, but I limit my Ranger to open world PVE. The truth is, if you want to be well rounded and effective then you’re still better off choosing a different class.

In short if you like playing your ranger as melee then you may want to come back because gs did get buffed but if you like playing range as a ranger don’t because we lost our lb zerker build and sb condition build to nerfs Also its becoming harder to find groups that will take a ranger.

I expected as much, Maybe I’ll stick with TERA until ANet pull their thumb out of their kitten and buff the Longbow. Thanks for the information