Guild Wars 2

Allow us to have a trait where the Longbow can deal full damage even at close range. This would be for the last tier of Power. It could replace Remorseless.

Yeah, with all the range-closer skills that other professions have which negate all advantage rangers get from range, it really feels like there should be something to help with those close range moments. The knockback shot is great, but the cool down is far too long for it to be a very effective counter to range-closers.

I seem to remember a kill in LOTRO where you stabbed a point-blank opponent with an arrow before you loaded it on your bow for extra damage. That worked well.

You want a major trait that only affects one weapon skill? That seems like a waste of a trait.

Complete waste of a trait. There’s far too many essential traits already on marksmanship. You can’t even run Eagle Eye, Piercing Arrow, and Beast Mastery on it currently.

It should be a weapon unnerf. There’s no reason to have that range penalty at all in the first place. And if they keep the penalty, they need to add a chance cripple on Longshot1. If you look at the rifle’s cripple vs barrage, the refresh is 3 times faster on the rifle. I don’t know why Anet expects people to take long shots that miss half the time and don’t give player the means to take subsequent shots.

I would not use this treat or the longbow still.