The jist of this thread is to simply post ideas that could be implemented to make the Ranger more friendly to play, and by friendly, i don’t mean easy, i mean things that ideally, the game should’ve had from release.
The 1 handed sword needs the animation locking on skill #1 either removed, or there needs to be a survival based mechanic implemented into this ability, as it stands, it’s just not feasible to have this ability auto casting, which, compared to other classes, is a huge loss in damage, merely because it can be dangerous to have this ability go off when you need a dodge, the animation lock prevents you from dodging, and this can cause a lot of problems.
The Pets UI, there’s a lot of information that would be helpful to show, that just isn’t being shown, such as conditions on the pet, the buffs the pet has, the actual percentage of HP the pet has, etc, the first 2 are only available by directly targeting your pet, and the latter isn’t available at all.
An ability to actually revive our pet during combat, even if it’s a long cooldown utility, it would still be nice to at least have the option to revive a pet without having to swap it out for another.
The positional requirement on Crossfire for the bleed effect to occur, to be removed, the only other class with an ability that does more damaged based on position is the Thief, but they have stealth to assist them with this which makes it a lot easier.
#Masters Bond – Having this remove when entering water and having a different aquatic pet for underwater combat is a real pain in the kitten either have the stacks move other to the aquatic pet, or don’t remove from the previous pet that had them at all.
What are some improvements/changes/Quality of life tweaks you would like to see implemented?
I think the pet’s health being near the Ranger’s would help. I know I moved the pet health next to my own in Guildwars 1 so I could see both at the same time.