Guild Wars 2

Harper.4173:

Ranger was broken the moment the class was anchored down with a companion pet AI that you cannot play without.
If rangers had stayed the same as they were in GW1 ( You could choose to run WITH or WITHOUT a pet and still be as effective) it would have been my second class to make and level up.
As it is now I’m not touching it and never will.
Not going to play a class where my effectiveness is determined by a poorly designed AI NPC that i’m forced to use.

This guy basically wins the entire ranger forum.

stale.9785:

LittleLepton.8915:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

LittleLepton.8915:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

LittleLepton.8915:

I would posit that encouraging a newbie to waste gold and time on gear and strategies that are not efficient or as good (I’m assuming that he does not want to spend hours in a single dungeon) is a terrible thing and you should get in trouble for griefing.

This implies that all people play for the same reasons you do… to do the content in the fastest, more efficient means possible. However, it’s downright foolish to assume such. Some people play simply to play, and therefore have just as much right to play how they please as you do. So what if it’s not the most efficient, or provides the most DPS. If the group as a whole is enjoying itself (after all, this is supposed to be a game about the ‘journey’ not the ‘destination’ as I keep being told), then what is the issue?

He’s asking for people to accept rangers into their groups.

But most people automatically assume the ranger is terrible without giving them a chance. That’s the issue here, and he’s simply pointing out that while yes some do suck, not all do and not all should be automatically rejected based on the failings of others.

Because the majority of people do not want to spend more time than they need to in a dungeon (sure you can say that not everyone wants to play that way, but the majority DO)

Ah yes… the whole ‘must get the cookie noooooooooow’ mentality that has infected so many. Gods forbid you take 5 or even 10 more minutes. You might miss a shiny you could have gotten because you had time for ‘just 1 more run.’ Such mentality is a disease.

You know what mentality is a disease? One that doesn’t get having a run last 10 minutes longer can actually be too much for a player like myself, with a family, house, job, etc. so stop telling me that that time doesn’t matter, because it matters to me, and other people who don’t have all the time in the world.

Also, it isn’t usually 10 minutes. If I run with an optimized group versus a free for all, on average, it’s about an hour longer.

Stop telling me false information. Stop spreading the real disease.

Based on this post, and the assertion that you don’t have 10 minutes to spare, I’d venture to say you probably shouldn’t be playing a MMO in the first place.

Using your personal time and patience limitations to justify being hostile to people? That’s uncouth.

Okay I’m sorry master I’ll stop playing a game I love in the way I like because people don’t want me to play that way.

I’m never hostile to people in game. I dont expect pugs to be good. But I’d rather have any other class with 50 AP and sub 80 than a bow bear.