Guild Wars 2

Hello, I just made a brand new shiney Ranger, something I never thought I’d end up making honestly. I play my Engineer almost full time, but I’m leveling up with a buddy to keep my interest in the game since the spark is sort of slowly dying out. Her name is
P E T A and is a sylvari hehe. As an Engineer I was pretty used to the prejudice of not being wanted in a party. Do you guys experience the same thing?

Also, any tips and tricks would be helpful since I know nothing of the class

Ummm you got more Exp from engi.(Engi exp teach you how to fight how to make move how to keep distance from enemy.)
You got more Exp then..That’s not hard to play ranger I can give small tip for you.

-learn your weapon in your hand how to use and how that skill got effect with your pet or not?(You can get more nice combo if you know all of it.)
-learn how to control pet keep them alive or keep them help or get more useful to you.
-Name your pet and learn to know type of pet can use cat/dog/fish/bird/moa/spidy/bear/jellyfish/2tail.
-Umm think is last but not last for… ranger is handicap class we need more time to play(improve skill/traits and fix more bug.) for useful skill in any status we can do anything but not deep-high-end effect as another class.
-And now Have fun

People need to give Rangers & Engineers a chance- Earlier I saw a charr engi- take out a champion on his own hardly getting touched, he didn’t even have to ‘kite’ or run around like a headless chicken- I watched because he told me he could do it.
I instantly wanted to make an engineer after that haha

There is no such thing in GW2 as a tank/ support/ ect
Just remember that.

Kiting never solves anything. Unless your group sucks that bad because they are the traditional tank/healer/support roles that they shouldn’t be, kiting will get you killed more often than not-

ANY class can be a beast, you just have to know how to use them.
Remember, to always have DCS (Damage, Control, Support) skills.

Damage to get their health down, Control to stun, blind, freeze, confuse, ect- & support for yourself & allies.
If you can solo mobs your level or higher, then you’ve got it made. Just be an asset- not a liability!

Some people will say ‘oh, GS is the only way to go- you shouldnt use longbow’
Don’t listen to those morons; whatever weapon you like & gets the job done efficiently for you- is the weapon that works. But every weapon calls for a different situation. Ranger is NOT a handicap class. Not unless you’re a handicap player.

Every class is equally as awesome, if the player knows how to play them.

I had fun leveling my ranger, but doing wvw or dungeons will be a bit tedious if you’re alone or with pugs. For leveling you can go with longbow and greatsword I guess, at least for the early levels for sure. Later you’ll see how awesome shortbow is, and maybe try out sword+dagger/torch/warhorn. Use some tanky pets (bears, devourers, canines) until you feel confortable with them, and you can use felines/birds once you get the hang of ranger to get more damage.