Guild Wars 2

I really wish I could point blank shot people/creatures/monsters off cliffs, that would be hilarious. The enemies can do it. Why not us?

simple reason.. pathing issues of npcs getting back to where they were.. leading to more bugged npc’s.. also would cause problems finding moved npcs

but we don’t kill npcs?

If you manage to leash a monster too far from its spawn point, it will simply teleport back to where it started. So I don’t think bugged NPCs is the whole issue. It’s more likely to prevent griefing. Pushing a nearly dead mob into an inaccessible area to prevent people from looting it, among other things.

Problem I have with point blank shot is: It doesn’t always work.

The first fight with subject alpha in CoE for instance: I run into range, most of the time right up into melee range, use point blank shot to push alpha into the far corner….and nothing happens. No damage, no knockback, no “out of range” or “obstructed” message. The arrow just disappears as it hits the boss.

The adds aren’t getting in the way, as none of them take damage or get knocked back. And I always make sure alpha is free of defiant stacks before trying to knock him back.

While it could be fun, it would enable easier farming. And can you imagine killing a boss so easily?

The other night in wvw i [Point Blank Shot] a thief off the cliff at hills i was laughing so hard my sides hurt, just being able to do it to players is enough for me, should the opportunity arise fellow rangers take it because there is no greater satisfaction as a ranger, just remember to keep your eyes on the game when laughing.

Rangers in WvW jumping puzzles are mean. Killed several players by knocking them off the cliff.

What’s even better is if a player jumps at you and then you use point blank shot. It knocks them right out of the air and on their butt.

What’s meaner is to put a frost and/or spike trap on the little points you have to jump on. They’ll trigger it while in the air and the movement reduction will make them fail the jump.

Necros do this with their staff’s chill and fear marks.

The difference is people can see hostile necro marks … they can’t see hostile Ranger traps.

Oh man, i remember when you could use Guard to put your pet on top of cliffs. I would always send my wolf and use fear. Once i killed like 5 people doing this in EB JP.

You can also wait by the chest in EB JP, and wait for the person to climb the stairs and point blank. Insta kill.

Taku.6352:

Rangers in WvW jumping puzzles are mean. Killed several players by knocking them off the cliff.

At least we’re good at something

I also use my wolf to fear people off when I’m bored

AlexRD.7914:

Oh man, i remember when you could use Guard to put your pet on top of cliffs. I would always send my wolf and use fear. Once i killed like 5 people doing this in EB JP.

You can also wait by the chest in EB JP, and wait for the person to climb the stairs and point blank. Insta kill.

Dude that was a blast, I used to do that too. And peg leg ping pong.