I’d just like to see how rangers in general feel about some things, and maybe if you have some ideas on how to work around some of these problems.
Shortbow. Do you ever use this weapon since they changed the range from 1200 -> 900? I think 900 range is horrible, but I hate the longbow with a passion, so I’m sticking to it. I feel like I can’t place myself tactically with the shortbow any longer.
“Search And Rescue” – Does anyone really use this skill? I used to love it because it could resurrect a dead player while the rest kept fighting some boss. It made me feel unieue as a ranger. Reviving a downed player only, is too little to spend a skill slot on for me, and I might as well do it myself since it doesn’t take long.
Warhorn skill #5 – Is anyone else frustrated that using this skill makes your pet aggro the nearest enemy, unless set on passive? As a part PvE player I find it incredibly annoying when for example running to a boss, popping skill #5, that the pet gets me in combat with some random mob. (Since we run slower in combat).
Old classics – Pet. I’m decent at microing my pet but some encounters are just not made for it. Old news, not going to elaborate, but is there anyone who actually finds that microing is always possible?
Pet skill #2 – Too slow, doesn’t go off, you know this one as well. I’m aware that you can cancel a pets current actions to make the #F2 skill go off faster, but it still fails from time to time. Does any of you use a build that actually relies on a #F2 skill? How often does that work out for you?
Pet does not stay directly on the ranger – And it would look dumb. But you have all tried navigating through for example a huge field of AoE damages. Your pet won’t make it through, as it keeps running beside you.
Unable to stow pet in combat – Well, ok, this is not a must have. But there’s certainly fights that call for it, for example Risen Abominations. It can hit your pet even when it is on passive, making it much worse to take down. For example in the Eye of Zhaitan boss event, there’s a champion Risen Abomination. With skill it can be soloed, but as a Ranger I can’t, because the pet will take 6 hits before dying, and well, then the Risen Abomination hurts as soon as it manages to hit me. The Jade Maw fight is another example. The fight simply takes longer with rangers in the party because pets are targets as well. This is just a few examples, but is anyone able to actually play in a way that this is not annoying at the least? Can you work around it?
Shortbow #3 – Well. It makes you dodge, but often it still fails to push you backwards. More of a statement than a question, I really don’t think there is any solution here, is there?
Autoattacks does not work if nearing the range limit. Why? Is there any way to make this work? For example, you can hit the Golem Mk II boss from the edge of the platform, not risking the lethal energy fields. It is juuuust within range for the shortbow. But effectively I also have to spam the “1” button for the 8-10 minutes the boss is up. Is there any way of getting rid of this?
I was going to mention horrible trait descriptions, but I think that’s being worked on.
The pet is too dumb – Pathing- Ever tried standing on a plateau while hitting your enemy? We are rangers after all. For example you can outsmart the Dredge Commisar in Dredgehaunt Cliffs by using the tribulation jumping puzzle as a platform. It works excellent. Then there is the matter of the pet. Since you’re on the platform it does not know how to get down. It can’t do anything. It has to idle the entire fight because a pet can’t drop down like we can. Even if getting to that platform did not require a few jumps, the pet would run down to the ground, around the southern path and back up to the Dredge Commisar, a path of nearly 30 seconds before it reaches its target. (Extreme case, but just to explain the problem). Is there anyway we can work around this problem? Can we somehow stay on our elevated ground and still have our pet go right for the target? Or can you really outsmart any pet by being on a different platform?
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