Guild Wars 2

I’m trying to come up with a good solid build that’ll let me solo most PvE events (obviously excluding group events & dungeons) while still being viable in group settings. I’m not a member of a large guild and don’t spend a lot of time working with groups, so being able to solo is absolutely essential to me.

I’ve seen a lot of really fun-looking glass cannon builds out there, my favorite of which have been crit-heavy Opening Strikes/longbow builds, but I’m not comfortable running one of those; I’ve done the builds online, and using a build of that sort with top-tier Lv80 armor actually lowers my durability as compared to my current sub-optimal Lv80 armor and generalized traits by 3.5k health and various impacts to other stats.
To clarify, I’m not saying that I will never run a glass cannon build. I’m just saying that I would need to be convinced that I would survive using one.

One thing that I’ve not liked about a lot of the builds I’ve seen is the fact that they completely ignore the pet. Come on, we’re playing rangers here; if I wanted to ignore the pet, I’d play something else. So preferably any build I chose would not do this.

Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?

Funny thing is, the build you’re looking for is in a different post. Try this link. I’d suggest looking at the Phantom Catmaster build or the hybrid beastmaster build.

The reason that power builds are really popular lately, is because BM builds dominated the ranger meta before (both in PvE and PvP). Since the pet damage was nerfed, people are moving to Power builds now, although BM/condition damage is still very much viable for rangers, just not as effective as it was before.

Well… there must be some builds somewhere.

That link only has ~four PvE builds, and none of them are particularly focused on pet … which is what OP specifically asked about. Try again.

OptimusPanda.6501:

That link only has ~four PvE builds, and none of them are particularly focused on pet … which is what OP specifically asked about. Try again.

This. And for the record, I have looked at that thread already.

Wordwyrm.2753:

OptimusPanda.6501:

That link only has ~four PvE builds, and none of them are particularly focused on pet … which is what OP specifically asked about. Try again.

This. And for the record, I have looked at that thread already.

Well based on what you wrote in your first post, I’m not sure there is a build like that. That focuses on soloing content, being viably in group setting (I presume you mean support) and focusing on pet as well. Its like saying I want a main hand weapon that scales really well with power, has good auto attack damage, has lots of evades, mobility and applies a lot of conditions as well. Try to be a bit more specific. Like what pets you want, what weapons you want, do you want condi damage, or power? What gear are you using that would result in 3.5k hp loss if you switched to full glass cannon.

This is what i use. I started with knight gear to gear assurance and learn dungeon. Now i dont really need survival gear, full berserk is better when you know what to dodge

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJATRnEVEYZiFWBxaZgo9QTW68sCH69oVqv9Z8TJyeA-j0xAYrARQgILAJviox2GKiGruGT5SEVLFQEjBA-w

I made this build for my guildies who want to start learning how to dps with sword. It is great survivability along with good dps while good supporting damage from pet.

http://intothemists.com/guides/320-i_can_dodge_sword_ranger

nagymbear.5280:

Try to be a bit more specific. Like what pets you want, what weapons you want, do you want condi damage, or power? What gear are you using that would result in 3.5k hp loss if you switched to full glass cannon.

Honestly I’m not really sure what I want in regards to cond. damage or power. In regards to pets, I am rather fond of drakes and birds.
I think the reason I’m losing so much health is that a lot of the gear I’ve picked up so far are types that carry vitality; it’s as simple as that. I don’t have a full set of any one spec.

I’ll take a closer look at the two builds and see what I think; thanks very much for suggesting them.

Funny how people like to do that; I’ve seen other games where something OP was nerfed to be at a reasonable level and everyone abandoned ship. Guess that just means I get to fly in the face of meta. :P
Actually, the Hybrid Beastmaster is really catching my eye; it’s similar to how I like to play right now (heck, the utility skills are nearly identical), and it looks like it’d work very nicely. I might just go with that one for a while and see how it works, maybe switch up the armor sets a little. Thanks much!