Guild Wars 2

I love the GW1 rangers for their versatility and style, and I think ANet did a great job allowing them to maintain that flexibility, excepting that now every build I come up with myself has some crippling dependency on my little furry animal friends. Don’t get me wrong, the look old snuggles gives me tugs right there at the heart strings, but I do not like the pets in this game at all. It’s almost like their just another “tool” in your damage and less a separate entity. That’s a story for another time, though, so for now I’d appreciate some help with mitigating the need for pets while retaining good combat capabilities. Preferred Weapon of choice is the Longbow, but at this point I’m verging on deleting him altogether so I’ll take what I can get.

Warrior is the profession you are looking for. No crippling pet, good combat capabilities and a effective longbow.

Boomstin.3460:

Warrior is the profession you are looking for. No crippling pet, good combat capabilities and a effective longbow.

No shortbow though………………

Ye, but warriors got other long-distance weapon – riftle, which is way better that ranger’s shortbow in DMG matter.
If you’re ranger, then shortbow is quite much ’’must’’ in 99% cases (builds).

I’ve tried making the Rifle my primary weapon, but I seem to be falling back on my melee weapons so often that I may as well use those. Though honestly never tried a primary longbow. The only problem I have with that is the lack of Trait power behind them. Aside from a few traits that amplify CD and piercing, there aren’t any for say, might stacking or other procs. I’ll play with it a bit more, but Im still not certain.