Guild Wars 2

hiya:
well i couldnt’ find anywhere for ‘new’ members, so i gave up and decided to inroduce my self!

Abraxix Storm – ranger with a ‘hawk’ i think or a ‘eagle’ not sure it does bleeding with F2 so that’s helpful..

few questions i suppose!
i’m only interested in using a bow…. (my choice no particular reason yes i understand swaords and a horn and stuff is probably better but i can’t help liking the bow)

so clearly: i want to use condition damage on my bow!
what i would like to know, armor: condition + vitality? or power + precision?
or what is a good combination?

what are peoples suggestions?

Well if you want your conditions to good amounts of damage you’re going to need condition damage, obviously. If you don’t want to be a glass cannon I would suggest trying to mix some survivability stats in there. Maybe you should provide some more information on what you’re planning to do on your ranger. Pvp, wvw, or pve; damage or support, stuff like that. All I can tell you is that you need condition damage if you want your conditions to do anything.

^ now THAT is probably a very good thought! didn’t even think of it..

personally i’m not all that keen on uhh vs’ing other real people, i’m interested in story line and the odd dungeon every now and then, mainly kill animals do quests exploration, and as i said the odd dungeon i believe they are called? or instances?

Si!!!

Well, I would recommend trying to mix some survivability in then. If you’re solo for whatever reason it’s not really a must have. Dungeons on the other hand can hurt you pretty bad. I haven’t looked too much into condition builds, hopefully someone can help you a bit more, but I will see what I can come up with to help you out as best I can.

I will post again in a bit.

Welcome.

Ranger, for me, was the easiest class to level to 80 (and I’ve done half of them and am currently finishing the others).

I didn’t even upgrade my armour often until level 80. I think I was wearing level 55-60 blues/greens when I dinged max level.

Just a heads up:

As it is now, ranger condition dmg is very much underpowered compared to power, prec, crit. Condition dmg doesn’t benefit from prec / crit sadly.

However, I have tons of fun playing a condition trapper :-)

ahhhhhh ^ sooo if condition damage is more the way to umm ‘not play’ a ranger, what are th other options? as form what i see the bows your first ‘skill’ is cause bleedign wich is condition damaged. i would have thought cond’ would be pushing out the most damage.

what are the other options to be using. ?
my trait skills are currently set in

Skirmish – the one at the top,
survive – the one that give toughness and cond damage?
and the one that give me + vitality – boon duration? i think it is…

what are the other obvious choices for ranger to be making? should i be going beast master like in WoW. all point to pets? so your pet is a tank and you try to do damage?

i suppose what i’m really after is a good damage build for a ranger only interested in using a bow? – build including procs on bows? and procs on armor?

The problem with using short bow with condition build is that you have to hit them in the sides or back. Yes, I know there is some angle or something you can hit them, but if you’re doing 1v1 and kiting someone, it’s not going to work out for you. If you want bleeds I suggest going with axe or greatsword.

I wanted to use the short bow with condition build, too. But after realizing I wont get bleeds on people often, I was a bit disappointed. It will work if you’re not getting focused by someone or you’re just sitting back shooting people from behind, but in other situations I feel it won’t work too good.

If you want to use bows, I think it’s best to go with a power build and not a condition build, in my opinion.