Guild Wars 2

I would disagree with you Jazenn. I’ve tried to play a ranger, in fact is was my first character, but each and every time I play I’ve never felt so weak. I’m afraid the ranger is bad. Maybe that’s the broken class mechanic, or the lack of viable builds in general but when I run in WvW I get stomped all day. For example, I was running with a friend just causing trouble around the map and we would always get dropped by this 3 man gank squad we kept running into. Finally, fed up with it, I jumped on my guardian who is actually not in max gear yet, and I found those guys again. My guardian was able to tank and down all three of them whereas my maxed gear ranger plus another ranger, could not kill one of them. I’m out of options at this point I hate to put my ranger away because I love the class but I just feel like no matter what build I run, no matter what tactics I use, no matter how I play, I will always get wrecked by any competent player of any opposing class.

Absent Minded.5821:

I would disagree with you Jazenn. I’ve tried to play a ranger, in fact is was my first character, but each and every time I play I’ve never felt so weak. I’m afraid the ranger is bad. Maybe that’s the broken class mechanic, or the lack of viable builds in general but when I run in WvW I get stomped all day. For example, I was running with a friend just causing trouble around the map and we would always get dropped by this 3 man gank squad we kept running into. Finally, fed up with it, I jumped on my guardian who is actually not in max gear yet, and I found those guys again. My guardian was able to tank and down all three of them whereas my maxed gear ranger plus another ranger, could not kill one of them. I’m out of options at this point I hate to put my ranger away because I love the class but I just feel like no matter what build I run, no matter what tactics I use, no matter how I play, I will always get wrecked by any competent player of any opposing class.

I guess we can agree to disagree, just two players with different experiences. Sorry that you don’t like the class though, I love it.

Jazenn.7526:

Play how you want, but realize that you are playing the ranger class. If you don’t want to use pets don’t play ranger.

That’s not the point, I’m saying the pet isn’t everything to a ranger, I like ranger, the skills and animations feel right. I’m playing a ranger for how it’s played, not for its pets, you don’t need to focus on utilising your pet to be a good, or even an excellent ranger.

Rangers aren’t the ‘pet profession’ they are a ‘profession with pets,’ with indicates that it includes, not limits them to pets. If you want to go ahead, if not but you like the feel of a ranger, keep playing, the dps isn’t a great big set back until you get into PvP/WvW, purely due to players knowing how the pets work now.

I find it quite humorous how we/people complain about the ranger class being ‘bad,’ yet when my friends watch me play they say rangers are ‘OP.’ So maybe we’re just looking into minor details?

Jyenh.5739:

Jazenn.7526:

Play how you want, but realize that you are playing the ranger class. If you don’t want to use pets don’t play ranger.

That’s not the point, I’m saying the pet isn’t everything to a ranger, I like ranger, the skills and animations feel right. I’m playing a ranger for how it’s played, not for its pets, you don’t need to focus on utilising your pet to be a good, or even an excellent ranger.

Rangers aren’t the ‘pet profession’ they are a ‘profession with pets,’ with indicates that it includes, not limits them to pets. If you want to go ahead, if not but you like the feel of a ranger, keep playing, the dps isn’t a great big set back until you get into PvP/WvW, purely due to players knowing how the pets work now.

I find it quite humorous how we/people complain about the ranger class being ‘bad,’ yet when my friends watch me play they say rangers are ‘OP.’ So maybe we’re just looking into minor details?

Pets aren’t the entire picture, but they are arguably the most important, being the class mechanic. The ranger is THE pet class, no other class’ minions have the combined ability our pets have to survive, put out damage, and provide utility. If you find a way to succeed while ignoring the pet, you are a very skilled ranger and I applaud you, at the same time I will believe that you aren’t optimizing the class for what it is intended to be. I generally think that you don’t have to “focus” on the pet, but that you do have to pay attention to it.

On another note, I don’t believe the class is either bad or OP personally, but then again for everyone that is just their opinion. I think that we can do some impressive things but at the same time there are still some issues that need to be addressed. Taking all I know into account, I love the class, it is my favorite and I enjoy playing on it.

I see where you’re coming from now. Yes certainly, you need to pay attention to your pet, whether you focus on using them or not their skills and aggro they generate can really help you in a fight.

Ranger class is fun indeed. My fav class by far.