Guild Wars 2

Hello Rangers,

I’m ~360 hours in on my Elementalist and I feel that it is time to move on. I first took Ele because I wanted some form of reliable ranged dps. Turns out I didn’t do my homework on the Ele.

Is top-tier ranged dps something I can expect from a Ranger or am I misinterpreting the class? Are the current meta builds focused on ranged combat? I’m looking for something solid and reliable. My hope is that I can find a ranged build that will allow me to play solo but also provide some support for groups, even if it is indirect support.

All advice is greatly appreciated!

There is a ranged aspect but it isn’t exactly top tier. Ranger is more of a skirmisher that constantly swaps between pets and weapons. With constant pet management and proper positioning rangers are great in 1v1 and 1v many. A lot of playing a ranger is just becoming accustomed to the class. The ranger isn’t for everyone and it takes some skill and fenece, knowing how mobile you can be with certain skills is also very important.
Hope this helps

Thanks so much for your response, the Ranger certainly seems like it has very unique gameplay mechanics. I’ll have to give it a try and see if it’s for me!