Guild Wars 2

Hello! I’m looking into trying out a different build, and I have a conundrum I’m interested in some opinions on. This is primarily for PvE. Essentially, I’m putting together a pet/bow build with favored stats being healing pwr, vit, condition dmg. I have three possibilities I am undecided between:

Option 1:
20 Marksmanship – primarily to get Eagle Eye. Yes, I know the longbow does no condition dmg, but I really like the ridiculously long range this gives you.
20 Skirmishing – to get Agility Training to improve pet speed, and Quick Draw which would benefit both long bow and the more condition-oriented short bow
30 Beastmastery – Natural Healing + Signet of the Wild + high healing stat for lots of passive regen

Option 2:

20 Marksmanship w/Eagle Eye
20 Wilderness Survival – I am one crazy dodge-rolling mofo, and this gives me a 50% increase in endurance regen, so that’s a big deal to me, plus 2 secs of protection after dodging. That’s potentially a lot of dmg avoidance/mitigation for someone who is quick on the dodge. Also, this gives access to Soften the Fall, which is incredibly useful for exploration.
30 Beastmastery

Option 3:
20 Skirmishing w/Agility Training and Quick Draw
20 Wilderness Survival
30 Beastmastery

Long Bow is probably my favorite weapon, and option 1 gets the most out of the long bow, however, I’m leaning more towards option 3 since it would provide better survival and the Quick Draw trait can be applied to either bow.

Thoughts?

I’d go for the 0/0/30/10/30 cookie-cutter ‘bunker’ build. It goes well with pretty much every single weapon we’ve got.

It is a shame you find the longbow your favorite weapon. It is by far the worst one we have.

Longbow and condition damage is a bad mix. If you like condition damage, then go for shortbow. As for traits; the Rangers are a bit of a mess at the moment, so it’s hard to give any real sound advice. I went 20/20/20/0/10, using longbow and greatsword, and going for Piercing Arrows, Quickdraw, Shared Anguish+Hide in Plain Sight (combo), Zephyr’s Speed, and Compassion Training.