Guild Wars 2

Just curious on why LB is not 1500yrd range with out traits? Where I’m coming from SB is faster & less range, but the concept of LB should be slower & farther range. If this is not the train of thought behind the design, then maybe LB attack should equal the speed of SB.

atm imo the LB #1 is pretty subpar, #2 standing alone is very subpar w/o #3+QZ&zephyr speed, #4 is fun but knock back should have the distance increased (600f is just not enough unless you use this solely to knock players off walls and cliffs), #5 we have a incoming nerf (unknown if the balance of LB will be adjusted for this yet) & is very subpar at a 1200 range base as you get locked down to execute this move.

“We want to bring up all the weak weapons/traits on par with strong weapons/builds/traits in addition to reduce AoE effectiveness.”

http://dulfy.net/2013/01/17/gw2-dev-livestream-jan-17-transcript/

What is your point? You simply state a bunch of opinions about the longbow and end. I could easily counter all of your points with my own and tell you why longbow is the ranger’s all around strongest weapon. Am I saying I don’t think it needs a buff? Nope. I think the other ranger weapons need even more buffs to be able to compete.

Not to mention, anet said that aoe nerfs will not blanket to all aoe. In other words, only certain aoe abilities are going to be nerfed, and I severely doubt a field that forces the ranger to cc themselves and can only hit 5 targets while providing no field is going to be nerfed.

I think longbow should work the other way round, have a longer range but do less damage the further away you are, or more damage the closer you are depending on how you see it

Shortbow should have shorter range then longbow but I would like it to put up bleeds from all angles, I really don’t see why it’s not that way already.

There is 1 distance complaint about Longbow which I hope it gets looked at sooner than later.

Have a look at the following below, see if you notice anything? All stats are from the PvP Soldier’s amulet, no armor, pvp weapon with sigil of force with 0 trait points allocated.

Warrior speargun, Mariner’s Shot, 0.25s cd
0-400 range: 283
400-800 range: 424
800+ range: 566

Mesmer’s greatsword, Spatial Surge, 1.5s cd
0-300 range: 402
300-600 range: 501
600-900 range: 600
900-1200: 702

Ranger’s longbow, Long Range Shot, 0.75s cd
0-500 range: 354
500-1000 range: 460
1000+ range: 637

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What is your point? You simply state a bunch of opinions about the longbow and end. I could easily counter all of your points with my own and tell you why longbow is the ranger’s all around strongest weapon. Am I saying I don’t think it needs a buff? Nope. I think the other ranger weapons need even more buffs to be able to compete.

Not to mention, anet said that aoe nerfs will not blanket to all aoe. In other words, only certain aoe abilities are going to be nerfed, and I severely doubt a field that forces the ranger to cc themselves and can only hit 5 targets while providing no field is going to be nerfed.

I could counter you with facts as too why its not our overall strongest weapon. Infact shortbow or 1h sword are. GG.

I think longbow should work the other way round, have a longer range but do less damage the further away you are, or more damage the closer you are

Yes, excellent idea. Force the ranger into melee with his longbow, which has a 9000 sec cooldown on auto attack.
Hey, another idea, let’s completely destroy the rangers ranged combat! Oh wait, Anet already did that! HAHA.

1h Sword

lol. Nothing more to add.

Give the longbow a range of 1500 untraited, with traits, shortbow and longbow increase by 300. Pump up velocity and put piercing by default on a tier 2 trait, just like the o loved godtier class warrior.
Oh, and increase it’s overall utility by 300%, you know, stuff like bugged pets, spirits, downed skills not working etc.

May be then people will play Ranger again.