Guild Wars 2

Are people forgetting that one of the big things about this game was that every class could do Ranged and Melee?

Ranger currently can’t do either, I don’t care were the word Ranger originated from. I was promised a class that can do ranged and melee and I want a class that can do ranged and melee.

People dont consider that the bleeds are
A) 3 seconds bleeds, meaning without a torrent of arrows, they fall off very quickly
B) have a positioning requirement

Warrior Rifle by contrast has 6 second bleeds without a positioning requirement and their 2-4 abilities are fantastic dps

When a warrior gets melee’s the same weapon allows him to knock back, or he can go to his amazing melee dps weapons (ranger melee weapons are a joke that are mostly defensive and do less dps than SB. Effectively why switch to them if you can just try to kite with your SB?)

OP is obviously new to this class and done nothing but low lvl pve. SB is the supreme weapon atm, GS while not being as weak as every1 says could use a few small tweaks, longbow blows plain and simple, damage is mediocre, arrows arc and far too slowly, its a trick pony with only 1 way to do competent damage, sure there is barrage but lol only bads stand in that, even pve mobs move out of it unless in point blank range.

Traits are bugged, ranger is the only class who has to trait for its oh kitten button and its on a 120 sec cd, pet barely attacks moving targets, and rangers have no real survivability without giving up tons of damage.

There are many things wrong with ranger, Im sure anet will fix it so I agree, stop crying people and play with something else till they fix it or suck it up and keep your fingers crossed.

Aesseus.4596:

Remz.9083:

Ranger. Do you see the word Range in that? I don’t see sword and greatsword as a ranged weapon. Some people actually pick their class on the decision if it’s ranged or not. I don’t like up and close combat, I prefer fighting from a distance.

Longbow just doesn’t do enough damage because you can’t kite mob while you are in combat(mobs are faster than you). Shortbow was good untill they nerfed it.

And what about Ranger not being a damage class? What are they? They aren’t a tank, support class. Of course they have their pets, but these are useless right now. If you take anything else than a tank pet(bear) it will die within seconds. Your bear pet might be good enough to tank 1 or 2 mobs, but more than 2 is just impossible.

So yeah, I suppose ranger should be a damage class, as they do not have anything else to really focus on. It’s a really generic class.

Also the ranger should have a higher DPS because they don’t have real utility skills to break out of combat. Almost all classes get a skill to boost their movement speed to get away, rangers only have a 10% passive boost, which doesn’t help in combat.

As last I would like to say something about you. Please don’t flame people with “WoW Baby” or refer to that game. Many people don’t come from that game. Heck, I haven’t ever played it. So next time you start a topic, don’t start off with flaming people who enjoyed another game and compare it to Guild Wars 2.

Wrong, wrong and more wrong.

If anything we are top tier in avoiding damage, we have vigor regen coming out of all four orifices and again, welcome to the forums for if you weren’t new you would know that fifty thousand qualified Rangers, have shed light over little rangettes such as yourself THAT we infact do not MEAN ranged individuals.

A ranger does not mean one who excels at ranged weapons, google and increase your bran. If a ranger was another ranged close boring kitten class that allows easy moders to sit back and pew pew to their hearts delight I wouldn’t have chosen such a pathetic class. I’m so glad we are not purely Ranged pro’s so glad.

I’m going to leave you with this…

Informer.5213:

Informer.5213:

Rangers aren’t specifically range attackers. The term “Ranger” comes from the verb “range”, which means, generally, “to wander”.

Or, from Dictionary.com: To pass over or through (an area or region) in all directions, as in exploring or searching: “They ranged the entire countryside.”

So, thinking Rangers are specifically a ranged class is completely wrong. Thanks, try again.

How about we quote the Creators of the game?

Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/ranger/

yup… unparalleled… totally

oh and looking at the full blurb

Rangers rely on a keen eye, a steady hand, and the power of nature itself. Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows. With traps, nature spirits, and a stable of loyal pets at their command, rangers can adapt to any situation.

No where does it say melee or CQC. It emphasizes RANGED COMBAT via BOWS!

I kind of have to agree with the op. But i will admit that i haven’t tried pvp yet. Is all the whining about that? In pve I’m not having any problems and having alot of fun playing him. No issues with long or short bows. Probably one of the most fun classes i’ve played in any mmo. So i don’t get all QQ.