Guild Wars 2

I will keep it short… replace the Rangers F key ability with three toggles.

Archer Toggle:
Ranger releases pet permanently and focus’ on ranged attacks receiving X% damage boost. The Ranger has X% chance to cripple while in this mode.

Scout Toggle:
The Ranger has access to X/X pet species and has an boost of X% to melee weapon damage.
(Dogs/Birds would be my suggestion)

Beastmaster Toggle:
The Ranger shares a bond with his animal allie increasing the pets damage by X% amd giving it a X% bonus to movement speed. The Ranger has X% bonus to movement speed.

Each toggle has it’s focus which is shared with the sections in the traits, Ranged, Melee and Pet. Most Rangers have hated the pets for their AI while others were attracted to it because of the pets. This has the potential to appease all major playstyles revolving around the class.

How to avoid abuse of toggles:
Apply a 1-2 sec cast time.
5 min cooldown on the toggle you were previously in.

Further Pet Suggestion:
Remove their F2 abilities and combine them with one of the pets standard abilities.
If the pet is active in the two other modes/toggles the pet controls would still need to be active and available.

Reminds me a bit too much of the aspect switching in WoW which was frustrating as it eventually became a case of “you are stupid if you aren’t in Hawk at all times”. I’m actually enjoying the ranger a bit more than my hunter in WoW because the pets have unique abilities and so far I am not required to play my characters in what is considered the “best” build.

Still, I enjoy reading suggestions as some ideas are pretty neat. Don’t give up on us.

Irijia.6073:

Reminds me a bit too much of the aspect switching in WoW which was frustrating as it eventually became a case of “you are stupid if you aren’t in Hawk at all times”. I’m actually enjoying the ranger a bit more than my hunter in WoW because the pets have unique abilities and so far I am not required to play my characters in what is considered the “best” build.

Still, I enjoy reading suggestions as some ideas are pretty neat. Don’t give up on us.

I wouldn’t know anything about that.

However saying one is better than the other is dependant on your build. If you prefer to melee more you would be in the Scout/Melee type toggle as it would enhance your build.

Ragnar.1546:

I wouldn’t know anything about that.

However saying one is better than the other is dependant on your build. If you prefer to melee more you would be in the Scout/Melee type toggle as it would enhance your build.

Seems to me, if a person prefers melee, then A-net should fix the available traits to enhance that play style similar to the way Marksmanship improves range and Beatsmastery improves pets. I tend to be leery of stances/aspects and the like as they run the risk of one becoming the “best” option and the go-to setting. People start expecting you to always run one over the other.

Now we just need that neat sound of constant Fox/Hawk switching
To be serious, leave pet. But make it more as a utility, reducing it’s current damage by 50-75% and giving it back to ranger.

Rym.1469:

Now we just need that neat sound of constant Fox/Hawk switching
To be serious, leave pet. But make it more as a utility, reducing it’s current damage by 50-75% and giving it back to ranger.

Oh lord, now I’m going to have nightmares about aspect dancing. Lol.

Rym.1469:

Now we just need that neat sound of constant Fox/Hawk switching
To be serious, leave pet. But make it more as a utility, reducing it’s current damage by 50-75% and giving it back to ranger.

100% yes.