Guild Wars 2

i cant say it any nicer than that.

1. you completely missed the chance to add the AMMO SYSTEM to an entire PILE of useless offhands and utilities. why would you do this? Path of Scars, spirits, traps, torch, shortbow, and more.

2. not sure why you would do this, but you actually managed to make the signets worse. SoR is entirely useless. what’s with its irrelevant regen ticks? and we dont care about the pet. it’s probably better that it dies to the condis, or i’d swap it out anyway. SoW – why do we need another pbaoe immob? Brutish Seals…. why would I want more fury lol? and finally SoH, it still wont get slotted because it doesnt do enough to justify its place on the bar. a few seconds of being unblockable, and literally nothing else is pretty trash.

3. Empathic Bond, again entirely lost for words here… you actually managed to make this GM even worse. 20% less condi duration? dudes, im getting bombed for 20 stacks of bleeds, 10 stacks of burning – i dont care about the duration. i need to wipe these INSTANTLY or im dead in two ticks. rangers need more on-demand condi wipes that isnt Wilderness Knowledge.

4. Vicious Quarry…again, why are you shoving fury down my throat? i dont want it, i dont need it. we never did! it’s the most ubiquitous and least important boon that exists. that leaves me with some ferocity which i get from gear, and a measly +10% crit chance. this is not a GM, no sir.

Muddy Terrain might be worth slotting now, but that’s probably the only positive here.

overall im quite stunned at how bad this patch is for the core ranger. some of the changes are utterly silly. gonna shelf mine for now, still looking forward to the Soulbeast.

• SoR brings better synergy to Druids by generating astral force – the resistance on pet also gives more sustain to the pet

• Vicious Quarry – Rangers make excellent use of Fury with Remorseless builds – no more need to invest in critical chance with such builds

I do TOTALLY agree they missed the mark with introduction of ammo… AND the spirits are still extremely underperforming!

Still pretty happy with overall changes, but the signets, not super happy yet

• SotH could use much reduced CD (and duration in that effect) something like 25s CD but 3s Unblockable
• SotW is…crap now. Maybe add 2 vuln stacks per pulse and lower the CD? I doubt I’ll ever use that signet anymore
• The elite shout wasn’t touched… Still very underwhelming. Needs 60s base CD and a stun break effect to make it interesting, with all the boon hate in game now, you’ll rarely see actual use of it

I get your point about Remorseless builds, as I always tried to make them work. I love the mechanic. but they have never been viable, at least not in HoT. and are we suddenly gonna start using the Skirmishing line? dont think so. we need shouts from BM, we need Druid, we need NM.

mistsim.2748:

I get your point about Remorseless builds, as I always tried to make them work. I love the mechanic. but they have never been viable, at least not in HoT. and are we suddenly gonna start using the Skirmishing line? dont think so. we need shouts from BM, we need Druid, we need NM.

Yeah I have never been able to get a remorseless build to work as well. Might try again with the changes but its hard to make it work when your best damage attack is maul by a wide margin which is very inconsistent at least from a pvp perspective. Need a few more weapons to help us compete with GS maul for burst. OH axe path of scars is very underwhelming.