As Bambula said, you won’t get maximum possible ranger damage using GS/LB. Maximum damage uses mainhand sword. Signet builds also aren’t very good for sustained DPS in PvE.
If you’re set on using GS as your primary weapon, you can do several things to improve your DPS. At a minimum,
- Take Spotter (Marks VII) instead of Beastmaster’s Might (Marks IX). This gives a partywide increase in damage and is one of the three saving graces that rangers have.
- Take 5 out of Skirm and 5 out of Wild Surv and put them into Nature Magic. Take Vigorous Spirits (NM IV) and bring Frost Spirit instead of Signet of the Wild. This also gives a partywide increase in damage and is another saving grace that rangers have.
At this point, you’ve got the ranger build I run (30/25/5/10/0). This is still not maximum DPS for greatsword but gives you some survivability in the form of Signet of Stone with Signet of the Beastmaster. You can still further increase your DPS by ditching the signet build entirely.
- Switch Signet Mastery (Marks IV) for Steady Focus (Marks I). Try not to dodge if you don’t have to.
- Take an additional out of 5 out of Marks, 5 out of Skirmishing, and 5 out of Wild Surv. Put that all into Nature Magic, so you have 20/25/0/25/0.The 25 point minor trait Bountiful Hunter increases your damage by 5% since in most group situations you’ll have a boon. Take Two-Handed Training (NM IX) for increased Greatsword damage.
This will be roughly the best you can do for GS/LB. Also consider taking Jungle Stalker, which gives your party Might from its F2 skill. Also, Healing Spring is much better than Heal as One, because it puts down a super long water field that other people can blast, and also cures conditions. (Another saving grace of rangers.)
