Guild Wars 2

Anet, IF, you are going to plan for next ranger specialization in upcoming months.
Take a Mordrem guard sniper as an example. Sick single shot dmg. Love it!

No thanks. We already have two bows as single target ranged damage, and staff now as well. If Ranger gets a rifle, it should be a shotgun and do AoE damage. I’d prefer it if Ranger got another magic based spec with Scepter or offhand sword or mainhand dagger though.

Mid range 2h melee Spear with Stances.

infantrydiv.1620:

No thanks. We already have two bows as single target ranged damage, and staff now as well. If Ranger gets a rifle, it should be a shotgun and do AoE damage. I’d prefer it if Ranger got another magic based spec with Scepter or offhand sword or mainhand dagger though.

Well that’s my opinion, the sniper idea is very good and strong.
Ranger lacks of good single-target-pet-in-depended damage, after all ranger is assassin type of class same as thief. I would rather see new type of weapons then having i rifle, rifle doesn’t fit ranger at all. And even then, it would suit main hand dagger even better. Ranger lacks of long range weapons, since the only dps weapon on long range is longbow, SB needs rework before we can count it as a “long range”

The next weapon needs to be a main hand melee weapon to settle the sword argument. I would prefer a dagger.

I vote Shaman, with mace as the new weapon.

Auto could be a chain attack with the third strike doing a chain lightning strike.

Second skill could be a purge skill which removes boons from enemies and conditions from allies.

Third skill could be some kinda wind skill that pulls in people beyond 600 range, or pushes them away if they’re close.

For elite mechanic they could temporarily transform into a spirt wolf

For utilities they could have the spirit weapon category, which calls in ancestral spirits to fight for you. (but they would actually be good, unlike the guardian ones)

I just want them to start now, that way if they scrap something or run out of ideas we don’t leave ourselves in the situation we did with the half-finished-lacking-of-ideas-Druid.

Anything useful and user-friendly …
… Like … Really.

I agree with Hiemskarl, I would love to see a mid range spear with stances, like a tribal or primitive ranger.

Mainhand shield warden, with 3rd skill based on offhand equipped, initiative system for first 3 shield skills.

Double chainsaws. Nuff said.

Call the next ranger elite spec the ‘warden’ and focus on high dps.

True beast master with bigger, stronger pets (ofc the rangers forgive a bit of personal damage potential to compensate), one ranger own autoattack skill, one ranger skill to actively control the pets that depends on the pet family (felines, birds…) and three ranger skills to actively control the pet that depend on the pet function (damage vs support vs control vs …). Elite allows to summon of pet as well, temporaly granting two pets at once.

is it matter what kind of next spec we will get?
its going to be nerf any way along with ranger core

Gilgalas.7860:

True beast master with bigger, stronger pets (ofc the rangers forgive a bit of personal damage potential to compensate), one ranger own autoattack skill, one ranger skill to actively control the pets that depends on the pet family (felines, birds…) and three ranger skills to actively control the pet that depend on the pet function (damage vs support vs control vs …). Elite allows to summon of pet as well, temporaly granting two pets at once.

My only worry is that we’d see the “If you want pets to be good / work, you should play Beast Master (or whatever name of said elite)”

I’d like a base fix to pets before the implementation of such an elite.

Our next specialization will be the Remover.

Upon login, it deletes all rangers on your account.

In keeping with the functionality most of the community uses rangers for – store clerks!

A whole trait line dedicated to inventory management and trading post sales, reduced crafting times and auto crafting of consumables used by the classes the devs actually play! Grandmaster trait automatically deposits these item in your bank so they will be ready for use at a moments notice. Never run out of sharpening stones again.

I see rangers functionality increasing 100 fold with that elite. Closest we will ever be to meta.

Personally, I would prefer a stealthy spec and/or for Ranger to be made more of a stealth class, in general and for the new weapon to be another bow (crossbow?); or even just improvements of the two bows we already have.

oshilator.4681:

Our next specialization will be the Remover.

Upon login, it deletes all rangers on your account.

they will nerf it

50% reduction in the amount of rangers deleted

Guys, there will not be new specs for the upcoming yearS. They still have t fix all the bug s that HoT has, plus keep nerfing the druid to render it utterly useless. Nerfing takes a lot of workforce…