Guild Wars 2

Why does it seem a Warrior with a longbow does more damage and has no ill effects for shooting close range like a ranger does? I don’t understand. Also, they shoot 2 arrows with their basic attack, and seem to have more control abilities with a bow then a ranger ( a class supposed to be specialized in range. ) I also continue to see every class getting buffs and skill adjustments, and the only thing I’ve seen so far happen to rangers is the out of combat pet nerf. Did I pick the wrong class?

Mistake #1 A ranger doesn’t specialize in ranged combat, that’s a misnomer generated by the name. The ranger is someone who ranges far and wide, essentially meaning someone who travels great distances.

Mistake #2 ANet has limited resources and can’t work on everything at once, if you stop being impatient and just play the game, things will get resolved… hell, go play another profession if you are dissatisfied with the ranger, it’s not like your ranger is going to get deleted if you stop playing it.

Opinions are like kitten. Everyone has them and they usually stink. I can tell you from an 80 warrior and ranger, Longbow on warrior is garbage. It only has 900 range unless traited for and just because the auto attack sits 2 arrows doesn’t mean they drop more damage. There is no single target dps option for it and it’s aoe is mediocre at best. Should do some research before you whine about something you have zero clue about.

But shooting 2 arrows at a time is cooler

Coffeebot.3921

Mistake #1 A ranger doesn’t specialize in ranged combat, that’s a misnomer generated by the name. The ranger is someone who ranges far and wide, essentially meaning someone who travels great distances.

Have you read the class description?

“Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows”

It isn’t a misnomer. If you want to argue that, Warriors are better (a lot better) with melee weapons, too.

Valk.4013:

Opinions are like kitten. Everyone has them and they usually stink. I can tell you from an 80 warrior and ranger, Longbow on warrior is garbage. It only has 900 range unless traited for and just because the auto attack sits 2 arrows doesn’t mean they drop more damage. There is no single target dps option for it and it’s aoe is mediocre at best. Should do some research before you whine about something you have zero clue about.

/agree
I have a lvl 80 ranger and a warrior as well. The longbow on the warrior doesn’t hold a candle to the longbow on a ranger. For my warrior, I ended up using a rifle for long range over the bow.

tclark.8956:

Coffeebot.3921

Mistake #1 A ranger doesn’t specialize in ranged combat, that’s a misnomer generated by the name. The ranger is someone who ranges far and wide, essentially meaning someone who travels great distances.

Have you read the class description?

“Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows”

It isn’t a misnomer. If you want to argue that, Warriors are better (a lot better) with melee weapons, too.

What’s up with that anyway?
I was so happy in the beta weekends when we were awsome in melee and now everyone is using bows.
For me, rangers have been synonymous with lightly armored, outdoorsy, survavalist warriors like Aragon, Minsc etc… fantasy Bear Grylls basicly.
How did rangers=robin hood?

Anyway, i have a warrior and a ranger that i’m leveling evenly and the longbow is purely for aoe and utility(only combofield,blind and root) and rangers haven’t been “outbowed”.
Rifle on the other hand…..

And if you picked the wrong class? Well, if you’re only ambition is to deal alot of ranged damage i dunno, we rely heavily on out pets and if they can’t get into melee or we don’t use a dps pet, our damage isn’t all that great.
If you like playing a versetile pet class with alot of ranged weapon options and like the utilies, i’d say no, stick around and things will be tweaked eventually.

“I was so happy in the beta weekends when we were awesome in melee and now everyone is using bows.”

I hope you don’t suggest going melee in Orr or a dungeon.

Honestly, I’m a little jealous of a Thief’s shortbow abilities. If we could have something like that for our longbows I’d be happier. Unless we trap (or use 1 of 2 specific pets) we can’t lay our own combo fields with our bows. And trap-fields are only useful if traited into ground-targeted traps. I’d rather our longbow’s #2 skill was something more aoe driven, like laying down a fiery combo field or something.

Petrol.9086:

tclark.8956:

Coffeebot.3921

Mistake #1 A ranger doesn’t specialize in ranged combat, that’s a misnomer generated by the name. The ranger is someone who ranges far and wide, essentially meaning someone who travels great distances.

Have you read the class description?

“Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows”

It isn’t a misnomer. If you want to argue that, Warriors are better (a lot better) with melee weapons, too.

What’s up with that anyway?
I was so happy in the beta weekends when we were awsome in melee and now everyone is using bows.
For me, rangers have been synonymous with lightly armored, outdoorsy, survavalist warriors like Aragon, Minsc etc… fantasy Bear Grylls basicly.
How did rangers=robin hood?

Anyway, i have a warrior and a ranger that i’m leveling evenly and the longbow is purely for aoe and utility(only combofield,blind and root) and rangers haven’t been “outbowed”.
Rifle on the other hand…..

And if you picked the wrong class? Well, if you’re only ambition is to deal alot of ranged damage i dunno, we rely heavily on out pets and if they can’t get into melee or we don’t use a dps pet, our damage isn’t all that great.
If you like playing a versetile pet class with alot of ranged weapon options and like the utilies, i’d say no, stick around and things will be tweaked eventually.

Greatsword damage got nerfed>bye bye>do not want

Longbow barrage is so strong and Rapid Fire is probably the best burst skill in the ranger arsenal, Hunter Shot is a 10% dps increase basicly and point black shot is fun has hell, the Longshot is the only bad thing about the longbow but my longshot is hitting 5k on WvWvW and 3k in sPvP, its “okay” for a crit

Shortbow is the best single target close combat skirmish weapon with a amazing DPS only beaten by the Rapid Fire on the Longbow

Axe/any is the best setup to have has a weapon swap no mather how u build u character and a very good AoE auto attack

Sword can’t be looped on skill 1 unless you like be rooted