Guild Wars 2

Heya guys o/,
Just a few attempts of mine to bring Piece to my kingdom

Hope you enjoy (=
Critique, as always, is greatly appreciated.

Roaming #7:
https://youtu.be/30pl2Tuj2Zo

Roaming #8:
https://youtu.be/DNWuGZuGVfw

Build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATBjEqQDL2yCmsYhTwgbpz0eazwqvFAcCcDgDXJPLN-T1CHABqt/wTKBR4CAMwhAAIlV9p6TRKVgUXA/PAgAVDAgjAApAMTrF-w

I’m craving Ranger videos. Thank you for your contribution Cayline/Hepatolith !

Only thing I noticed, is that 3/4 of the video you have the Outnumbered buff. Overall, good fights and rotations.

Don’t you think you will be better with Marksmanship or Beastmastery over Nature Magic ? Marksmanship for LB trait and unblockable pet on Swap ?

Wilderness Knowledge already covers your condi clear, so Evasive Purity can become redundant. Instinctive Reaction can be replaced by a more reliable Zephyr’s Speed and Protective Ward by Wilting Strike (minus Protection). At the end, I do understand it’s a personal choice.

I see you want to have a higher boon duration of Regeneration and Protection, with all the synergies coming from other traits.

Krispera.5087:

I’m craving Ranger videos. Thank you for your contribution Cayline/Hepatolith !

Only thing I noticed, is that 3/4 of the video you have the Outnumbered buff. Overall, good fights and rotations.

Don’t you think you will be better with Marksmanship or Beastmastery over Nature Magic ? Marksmanship for LB trait and unblockable pet on Swap ?

Wilderness Knowledge already covers your condi clear, so Evasive Purity can become redundant. Instinctive Reaction can be replaced by a more reliable Zephyr’s Speed and Protective Ward by Wilting Strike (minus Protection). At the end, I do understand it’s a personal choice.

I see you want to have a higher boon duration of Regeneration and Protection, with all the synergies coming from other traits.

Well, as the outnumbered “Buff” doesn’t offer any benefits in a fight, I don’t really see a Problem with that

And yes. Dmg-wise MM or BM would definetly give me a boost, but often i’ll find myself in situations where i value the (passive) defensive boost of NM more, simply because
a) in the group we run i am the target most of the time and
b) it complements a more reckless style of play in even numbered Situations
So as you said, personal preference. x)

Hepatolith.6389:

Well, as the outnumbered “Buff” doesn’t offer any benefits in a fight, I don’t really see a Problem with that

You’re absolutely right ! Shows my lack of knowledge about WvW mechanics. My bad !

Hepatolith.6389:

And yes. Dmg-wise MM or BM would definetly give me a boost, but often i’ll find myself in situations where i value the (passive) defensive boost of NM more, simply because
a) in the group we run i am the target most of the time and
b) it complements a more reckless style of play in even numbered Situations
So as you said, personal preference. x)

I totally understand the thoughts behind your build. It’s a well balanced one. It reminds be of the old Regen Ranger tank/bunker before HoT.

At the same time, Troll Unguent and passive Regeneration you get from traits are enough to cover your CA generation without using Staff. Which is refreshing to see in the sea of people making videos of them camping staff with a Bristleback doing the job.

Awesome job as usual!

Krispera.5087:

You’re absolutely right ! Shows my lack of knowledge about WvW mechanics. My bad !

No offence taken (=

Krispera.5087:

I totally understand the thoughts behind your build. It’s a well balanced one. It reminds be of the old Regen Ranger tank/bunker before HoT.

At the same time, Troll Unguent and passive Regeneration you get from traits are enough to cover your CA generation without using Staff. Which is refreshing to see in the sea of people making videos of them camping staff with a Bristleback doing the job.

I played staff for 2 years straight and eventually got sick of it so no more Staff for me.

Zera.8907:

Awesome job as usual!

Thank you very much (=

Your Ranger vids are the best! I subscribed to your channel as well.

Nice vid and play, do you still use the LB/axe swd build with healing power? If so can you repost the build because the thread that had that build seemed to disappear.

Appologies if it wasn’t you that posted that build.

Keep up the good work.

SeranusGaming.7362:

Your Ranger vids are the best! I subscribed to your channel as well.

Thanks a lot <3

Colly.4073:

Nice vid and play, do you still use the LB/axe swd build with healing power? If so can you repost the build because the thread that had that build seemed to disappear.

Appologies if it wasn’t you that posted that build.

Keep up the good work.

Yeah they used to move the Threads to Community Creations.

Sure thing (=, here you go.

The following, is the one with skirmishing:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAT8XjEqQDL2yCmsAVLWYEM4m6UtryEuOaBgmx1GIEUi0PD-TlCGQBA8hAAgLAwBOCAuZ/hpoEsQqBQElVKRpCl0NEIVfIFgZatA-w

This one is with Naturemagic and Defender Rune:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAT8XjEqQDL2yCmsAVLWyEMnDXCox1ksCAHA4ZaPdoWy0OD-TFDGABFqGgTKDSSJC37PMlSQK1NcwRAAgLAQgq+E9BBgIlWF8AAIFgZatA-w

New Video up o/
I will just keep using this Thread, so i don’t spam topics here x)

https://youtu.be/DNWuGZuGVfw

@OP,

Well, thanks to you I’ve gone ahead and changed over to the dark side. I dumped some coin into rebuilding my stats for my Ranger and while she doesn’t have full ascended trinkets yet, it’s pretty amazing so far! I’m using the same build now for WvW, PvE, and a variant in PvP. In each game mode, the build excels and I have to admit, it’s really funny to watch how people will completely give up on you once you start using the stealth to your advantage.

As for PvP, it’s quite nice getting top damage as a Ranger while still pushing out some impressive healing. It’s even better in small WvW roaming groups were you can sit back and nuke people and then quickly heal up your team.

Thanks!

Hepatolith.6389:

New Video up o/
I will just keep using this Thread, so i don’t spam topics here x)

https://youtu.be/DNWuGZuGVfw

Hmm…I get “this video is unavailable”

SeranusGaming.7362:

@OP,

Well, thanks to you I’ve gone ahead and changed over to the dark side. I dumped some coin into rebuilding my stats for my Ranger and while she doesn’t have full ascended trinkets yet, it’s pretty amazing so far! I’m using the same build now for WvW, PvE, and a variant in PvP. In each game mode, the build excels and I have to admit, it’s really funny to watch how people will completely give up on you once you start using the stealth to your advantage.

As for PvP, it’s quite nice getting top damage as a Ranger while still pushing out some impressive healing. It’s even better in small WvW roaming groups were you can sit back and nuke people and then quickly heal up your team.

Thanks!

And there i thought i was deLIGHTful ha,haha, ha
I’m glad the build works for you (=, but i fear it won’t work once you get to some higher Elo in PvP, cause it’s neither fast enough to go and decap nor is it made to fight on point as alot of it’s potential comes from positioning with lb.

Yes, in a small roaming group this build can be a pain to deal with, especially when you are with people you know and trust (mind you, we barely ever Voice-com when we roam together), it has enough durability to survive some focus-fire, and enough dmg output to pin down your groups target once they stop focusing you.

Colly.4073:

Hmm…I get “this video is unavailable”

Yeah it may be, that it is unavailable on mobile devices, because of a song i put in a friend insisted on. x)

Hepatolith.6389:

… but i fear it won’t work once you get to some higher Elo in PvP, cause it’s neither fast enough to go and decap nor is it made to fight on point as alot of it’s potential comes from positioning with lb.

Yup, I’ve noticed that as well. For those larger area caps, it’s not much of a problem as you can still get enough CC + stealth to distract players long enough for the team to secure the point but otherwise, it’s not as effective. I do have an alternate condi/trapper/hybrid I use for PvP as it’s much better suited for point holding. Outside of PvP, that build is boring and just not much fun to play. As I’m not as crazy into PvP as I once was (focusing on getting a legendary now), it’s still nice to play something not really expected by the other players. That, and not having to change out gear for other aspects of the game is just a huge bonus.

One thing in WvW that it reminded me of was back in the days when I played a P/D hybrid thief and would hide in the shadows to regen and then reset the fight. Playing a bit more cautious than I probably should, I found myself doing that a few times last night in order to get others to change targets and/or forget about me. When the did, they died rather quickly.

Oh, and I don’t know what you think about the blue dragon pet you can get with HoT but I use him as my primary pet now. His damage + massive CC just comes in handy when I want to make sure my burst lands.

SeranusGaming.7362:

Oh, and I don’t know what you think about the blue dragon pet you can get with HoT but I use him as my primary pet now. His damage + massive CC just comes in handy when I want to make sure my burst lands.

I tried it, and i liked it, when it did what it should, but i figured there are 3 possibilities

1) some weird bug that make it charge in any direction it feels like, just not the target
2) i’m too stupid to use it
3) my E-Wyvern alone is mentally challenged and does this