Ranged Only Builds?
actually i like running a ranged only build in wvw. I run 20/30/20/0/0. with high crit and cond damage. i wear the armor that gives pric/ tough/ cond. rune of ranger. and sigil of earth. i have about a 60 % crit chance 50% crit damage and about 1k cond damage. for skills i use RAO and QZ as well as well has healing spring. also my bows have pow prec and cond dmg or crit chance. you want to have a certain amount of base power so your multiplier is still good. so with the sigil of earth my SB bleads wether im flanking or not and bleeds double when flanking. SB is great for sustained damage and ground engagements. also poping a QZ/RAO even just using sb auto atack can nearly insta kill newbs. especially if you stun/cripple them first. Long bow is great for keep battles and sieges with barrage. also if you take the trait that gives you quickness on weapon swap you are set up for a deadly combo: first QZ/RAO on your longbow and hit barrage/ rapid fire = huge burst damage, then switch to SB for another burst and sustained fire.
Glass cannon that is more glass than cannon sure, puts points mostly in the top 2 trait lines and hide inside a zerg and have fun.
Unfortunately Ranger is unable to get any kind of ‘ranged’ build that has +18xx Toughness with good condition removal while maintaing enough power, crit and crit damage that matters.
I’d drop 5 points from skirmishing to beastmastery. In WvW, you’re going to be switching your pets a lot, and having quickness increases your DPS by 10% if you use it every 20 seconds.