Guild Wars 2

nekochan.5391:

capuchinseven.8395:

nekochan.5391:

Thanks for the buff to greatsword (‘cause I’m going to play melee in medium armor, lol).

Comments like this really do show up who the bad rangers are. It wouldn’t matter so much if you didn’t then act like the problem isn’t with you.

A man is starving and has no shoes. He needs food, he needs shoes. You give him a pair of Adidas, ’cause he needs shoes. Then he dies of starvation. Ask yourself: what did he need most?

It’s freaking ridiculous, from ANY POINT OF VIEW, that a ranged class – probably THE ranged class – receives buff on melee skills when its prior mechanic (Pets) still lack of control/ways to survive. I may be a bad ranger, but if you miss to notice this simple thing you live in a world of fairies and unicorns for sure.

It’s ridiculous to you b/c you choose not to play melee. You don’t speak for everyone as some rangers do appreciate the melee playstyle. No one is saying that our ranged builds don’t need some help and that our pet AI is still atrocious, but do recognize that some of us actually want a buffed GS also.

Dahkeus.8243:

Robert Hrouda.1327:

While it isn’t mentioned in the Ranger info area specifically, we also added owner Agony Resistance to pets.

Robert, talk to us! What the hell happened? What is the rational behind the changes in this patch?

Was ANet not aware of how much this quickness change would affect rangers?

What happened to addressing the longbow and spirits?

I know you’re not in charge of balance, but can you please get SOMEONE from the company who knows what’s behind all this to open some communication? I mean, get Gaile Gray if you have to!

Robert vanished from Ranger thread. I think he has nothing to say and after all he is not to blame for all this crap. He told us that we AR to soften our aggression. I am sure he knew that rangers will be laid down once again. This is pathetic.

Simply look at the Engineer Changes, That was a huge update for them, that changed a lot of things..

Then look at what they did with our class which has been more nerfs then good over the past few months

~5 months ago … “We know Ranger is currently the class in most need of help” … Ranger receives nerfs patch after patch.

“Big” WvW Patch gets pushed back 1 month because it’s not ready … patch forces ArenaNet to disable World vs World …

I’m again forced to question quality assurance.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

While it isn’t mentioned in the Ranger info area specifically, we also added owner Agony Resistance to pets.

I use a Beast Master ranger build and I do fractals nearly every day… so for me this is actually a very helpful update, thanks!

Hey, what about pet swapping not refreshing pet cooldowns anymore? Doesn’t that kinda…y’know…suck?

Sebrent.3625:

~5 months ago … “We know Ranger is currently the class in most need of help” … Ranger receives nerfs patch after patch.

“Big” WvW Patch gets pushed back 1 month because it’s not ready … patch forces ArenaNet to disable World vs World …

I’m again forced to question quality assurance.

lol Anet doesn’t do QA.
Hell, the whole game industry doesn’t do QA anymore.

Much cheaper to put out a half done product and crowd-source the bugs rather than actually pay people to make sure the thing works properly.

If Anet made cars the streets would be filled with corpses.

Othayuni.7369:

Hey, what about pet swapping not refreshing pet cooldowns anymore? Doesn’t that kinda…y’know…suck?

Kind of a moot point now that quickness has been nerfed to hell.

I have all class at 80s.Before this patch my main was Ranger.
I need a suggestion, which class can i play for raise a WvW rank?

Zaon.4367:

I have all class at 80s.Before this patch my main was Ranger.
I need a suggestion, which class can i play for raise a WvW rank?

Can’t go wrong with the holy trinity of Warrior, Mesmer or Guardian.
Most love guardians in their zerg for the group swiftness and blast finisher on the hammer to trigger aoe might ect.
But honestly, it’s dealers choice if you can play them all well.

Nice, so now my ranger will do even less dps in dungeons with the nerf to QZ and weapon swap. Time to switch him to the ori node farming toon since that’s about all rangers are good for now.

Zaon.4367:

I have all class at 80s.Before this patch my main was Ranger.
I need a suggestion, which class can i play for raise a WvW rank?

Mesmer, guardian, warrior, ele.

But if you needed to ask this, then what you probably need the most is to spend more time reading forums, profession guides, or doing something in game other than leveling.

I played a level 80 Ranger with 2 Legendaries. (frostFang) (The Dreamer) after this patch. I quit the class and the game.

Thanks Anet. keep up the good work….

Zaon.4367:

I have all class at 80s.Before this patch my main was Ranger.
I need a suggestion, which class can i play for raise a WvW rank?

Necro or Staff guardian if all you want is run with the zerg and tag people.
Else play what is actually FUN for you and don’t go with all that 100% efficiency bullcrap.

@Quickening Zephyr nerf:
I have a simple question, which probably noone here can answer.
Why didn’t they give it more utility instead of making it more kittenty?

Prev zephyr:
4 sec no heal and -50% animation time, 60 sec cd

Current zephyr:
5 sec no heal and -25% animation time, breaks stuns, 60 sec cd

Why not:
for 4 seconds, heal effectiveness is reduced by 80%.
-25% animation time, breaks stun, 40(!) sec cd

Would be way more useful in its own right and would feel more “ranger like”.
I mean, the other classes with quickness all got exactly the same outline, shouldn’t rangers be more about having it at hand more often instead of having one big burst?

Daemon.4295:

Dojo.1867:

Grimvar.9185:

Wow, the quickness nerf really hurts berserker ranger builds a lot. So all in all this patch has nerfed ranger dps when it is already in a bad state. Great, this is just wonderful way to keep beating an already subpar class into the ground even more Anet. 1 second duration added? That is nothing compared to the nerf of 50% speed this really really cripples the berserker build a lot.

GS buff is a joke nobody worth their weight in dungeons playing a ranger uses GS and AR being shared with the pet doesn’t change that the pet is still useless and dies to non-agony boss skills.

This such a bad joke.

GS is viable in dungeons. Maybe try it before you complain.

Also berserker gear with quickness is NOT our only viable dps build. Sick of those kids…

I’ve been playing online RPGs since the ASCII based Island of Kesmai in 1992, and I play a berserker ranger. Why? Not because I think I can “pwn face” with it, but because to me it is the most challenging ranger build and offers high payout for high risk. Master the glass cannon, and you can rival other classes’ raw damage output in dungeons and other tougher meta. At least, that was the case until today…

Berserker glass cannon is by no means the only effective form of damage output, but some of us preferred the more challenging approach and we each have our own favored styles of play. The fact of the matter is that this particular play style took a big hit today, too big IMO to really remain competitive with other Ranger builds or the DPS builds of other classes.

For someone that has been playing games for such a long time, the up and down of MMO builds seems totally new to you.

nekochan.5391:

It’s freaking ridiculous, from ANY POINT OF VIEW, that a ranged class – probably THE ranged class – receives buff on melee skills when its prior mechanic (Pets) still lack of control/ways to survive. I may be a bad ranger, but if you miss to notice this simple thing you live in a world of fairies and unicorns for sure.

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

QUITTING THE 1000+ HOURS PLAYED RANGER. NUFF SAID.

Wow, it’s kittening nothing.

according to the patch note quicness recieved a 50% attack speed reduction. The tool tips say it increases attacks and actions by 50% instead of 100%.

I’m fine with the attack speed reduction but I am not ok with the action reduction.
Quickness res/rally is what i’m thinking about in particular.

So one of these things are incorrect or have been over looked. Either the patch notes or the tool tip.

Mesmer got knocked too for quickness … anyone notice anything to compensate for Time Warp (an elite!) getting a 50% nerf? Nope.

This constant lack of QA, the hush-hush policy ArenaNet has adopted, and apparent disconnect between the devs and the community is why I’m simply taking a break.

I’d rather go play in Firefall’s actual beta (completely different community policy there) than continue to play around in GW2.

Heck, we were promised there wouldn’t be a gear grind … I’m forced to do 10+ fractals, daily achievements, and/or guild missions if I want best-in-slot for back, accessory (x2), neck, and ring (x2).

Mesmer specific, but…
My clones still don’t show-offhand weapons.
Map completion star only shows up on the real Mesmer.

No or severely lacking QA …

… so I’m not a happy camper … even less so since I supported them with money for gems …

awe extender.1908:

You know what I really hate about the QZ nerf? You can’t no longer rez group as fast as before!

The healing (rez) with QZ was perhaps the only viable contribution from rangers in groups. We could rez fallen allies fast. But now, it’s awful!

The ranger got even more unwanted in groups! Let’s face it, the DPS bezerker use of QZ was never as good as other professions, but we had at least a decent rez skill combined with QZ. What do we contribute with now?!?!!?

LOL time to take my “Combat Healer” title off. I run a GC zerk ranger. Won’t be doing a lot of combating or healing with this QZ nerf.

Devs are totally clueless. Stop looking at your algos and actually play the game. How about you actually nerf the burst damage of broken classes like thieves and warriors instead of hitting every class across the board with this QZ nerf?

Thank god ESO and FF14 Beta is starting soon.

Why am i so Surprised, as i said in many threads, their plan is to cripple this profession into the ground and They Have Succeeded.
The weaker of The Weak is even Weaker..
No Sense of rolling out a Ranger, we already Dead.

capuchinseven.8395:

Daemon.4295:

Dojo.1867:

Grimvar.9185:

Wow, the quickness nerf really hurts berserker ranger builds a lot. So all in all this patch has nerfed ranger dps when it is already in a bad state. Great, this is just wonderful way to keep beating an already subpar class into the ground even more Anet. 1 second duration added? That is nothing compared to the nerf of 50% speed this really really cripples the berserker build a lot.

GS buff is a joke nobody worth their weight in dungeons playing a ranger uses GS and AR being shared with the pet doesn’t change that the pet is still useless and dies to non-agony boss skills.

This such a bad joke.

GS is viable in dungeons. Maybe try it before you complain.

Also berserker gear with quickness is NOT our only viable dps build. Sick of those kids…

I’ve been playing online RPGs since the ASCII based Island of Kesmai in 1992, and I play a berserker ranger. Why? Not because I think I can “pwn face” with it, but because to me it is the most challenging ranger build and offers high payout for high risk. Master the glass cannon, and you can rival other classes’ raw damage output in dungeons and other tougher meta. At least, that was the case until today…

Berserker glass cannon is by no means the only effective form of damage output, but some of us preferred the more challenging approach and we each have our own favored styles of play. The fact of the matter is that this particular play style took a big hit today, too big IMO to really remain competitive with other Ranger builds or the DPS builds of other classes.

For someone that has been playing games for such a long time, the up and down of MMO builds seems totally new to you.

nekochan.5391:

It’s freaking ridiculous, from ANY POINT OF VIEW, that a ranged class – probably THE ranged class – receives buff on melee skills when its prior mechanic (Pets) still lack of control/ways to survive. I may be a bad ranger, but if you miss to notice this simple thing you live in a world of fairies and unicorns for sure.

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Then teach me, oh mighty ranger-with-greatsword, how this class is supposed to be played. Compared to any other melee class/build, GS ranger is pretty weak, can we agree about this? Or are you trying to tell me that GS ranger is “oh God, op like a nuke”? Or are you trying to tell me that the pet is more than an useless thing with no use but give buffs + aggro monster + trig traps/things? Oh com’on! You like to jump around with your GS, we get it, but don’t try to convince me that it’s a good choice!

I think what he is trying to say is that Anet has finally done it. They balanced all our builds to be equally bad. It doesn’t matter what you try to do it will be bad.

Sebrent.3625:

Mesmer got knocked too for quickness … anyone notice anything to compensate for Time Warp (an elite!) getting a 50% nerf? Nope.

This constant lack of QA, the hush-hush policy ArenaNet has adopted, and apparent disconnect between the devs and the community is why I’m simply taking a break.

I’d rather go play in Firefall’s actual beta (completely different community policy there) than continue to play around in GW2.

Heck, we were promised there wouldn’t be a gear grind … I’m forced to do 10+ fractals, daily achievements, and/or guild missions if I want best-in-slot for back, accessory (x2), neck, and ring (x2).

Mesmer specific, but…
My clones still don’t show-offhand weapons.
Map completion star only shows up on the real Mesmer.

No or severely lacking QA …

… so I’m not a happy camper … even less so since I supported them with money for gems …

Yea, I agree.

Also, WildStar is coming out soon and seems to be doing some really interesting things with player housing.

Geshque.1326:

Guys let’s make something GREAT.

I mean are’t you tired of eternal disappointment with every single patch? Of nerfes? Of hopes being broken?

Lets make a RIOT. I mean the whole Ranger Community must unite in order to show Anet that this won’t go much longer. We are people, who paid 60 bucks for the game which is just lame in terms of balance! Lame in terms of Rangers!

Lets make something significant. Petitions, letters, strikes, game quits, rerolling whatever. I am open to your suggestions if you agree with me. I just don’t wont to be trolled over and over again by the devs.

This did happen in WOW shaman got this kind of treatment and went on strike. Shaman all gathered in ORGAMAR. Their was so much lag in ORG that it shut down servers. By the way it did work not to long after that shaman did get needed fixes.

Grimvar.9185:

I think what he is trying to say is that Anet has finally done it. They balanced all our builds to be equally bad. It doesn’t matter what you try to do it will be bad.

This^ lol

ULTIMATE (INTERNAL)BALANCE

The Chosen Link.3247:

• Feline pets: Maul now applies consistent critical hits.

Buff to cats, making them the superior pet choice depending on the situation

That was not a buff. It was a bug fix. As of the Feb patch, feline Maul’s crit damage was barely higher than regular damage.

Will have to wait and see if they fixed it by restoring crit damage to what it used to be, or by nerfing cat Maul normal damage to be in-line with the lower crits they were getting after the Feb patch.

Chopps.5047:

Not really, considering the quickness change was global and ranger was the only profession to get a buff on a quickness skill to compensate.

Making QZ a stun breaker wasn’t a buff. It was bringing the skill in-line with the other 60 sec quickness skills. Warrior Frenzy and Thief Haste were both already stun breakers. QZ and Elixir U were given stun breaking to match.

Also, although the quickness nerf was universal, it affected rangers disproportionately. I’m gonna make a separate post about that

Geshque.1326:

Robert vanished from Ranger thread. I think he has nothing to say and after all he is not to blame for all this crap. He told us that we AR to soften our aggression. I am sure he knew that rangers will be laid down once again. This is pathetic.

I would think he has more important things to do, like working. He is not an official forum rep. He just hangs out here once in a while. Be grateful he’s here at all.

Othayuni.7369:

Hey, what about pet swapping not refreshing pet cooldowns anymore? Doesn’t that kinda…y’know…suck?

While it sucks, I think pretty much everyone knew that’s not the way it was supposed to work. So no big surprise that they finally fixed it.

nekochan.5391:

capuchinseven.8395:

Daemon.4295:

Dojo.1867:

Grimvar.9185:

Wow, the quickness nerf really hurts berserker ranger builds a lot. So all in all this patch has nerfed ranger dps when it is already in a bad state. Great, this is just wonderful way to keep beating an already subpar class into the ground even more Anet. 1 second duration added? That is nothing compared to the nerf of 50% speed this really really cripples the berserker build a lot.

GS buff is a joke nobody worth their weight in dungeons playing a ranger uses GS and AR being shared with the pet doesn’t change that the pet is still useless and dies to non-agony boss skills.

This such a bad joke.

GS is viable in dungeons. Maybe try it before you complain.

Also berserker gear with quickness is NOT our only viable dps build. Sick of those kids…

I’ve been playing online RPGs since the ASCII based Island of Kesmai in 1992, and I play a berserker ranger. Why? Not because I think I can “pwn face” with it, but because to me it is the most challenging ranger build and offers high payout for high risk. Master the glass cannon, and you can rival other classes’ raw damage output in dungeons and other tougher meta. At least, that was the case until today…

Berserker glass cannon is by no means the only effective form of damage output, but some of us preferred the more challenging approach and we each have our own favored styles of play. The fact of the matter is that this particular play style took a big hit today, too big IMO to really remain competitive with other Ranger builds or the DPS builds of other classes.

For someone that has been playing games for such a long time, the up and down of MMO builds seems totally new to you.

nekochan.5391:

It’s freaking ridiculous, from ANY POINT OF VIEW, that a ranged class – probably THE ranged class – receives buff on melee skills when its prior mechanic (Pets) still lack of control/ways to survive. I may be a bad ranger, but if you miss to notice this simple thing you live in a world of fairies and unicorns for sure.

You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Then teach me, oh mighty ranger-with-greatsword, how this class is supposed to be played. Compared to any other melee class/build, GS ranger is pretty weak, can we agree about this? Or are you trying to tell me that GS ranger is “oh God, op like a nuke”? Or are you trying to tell me that the pet is more than an useless thing with no use but give buffs + aggro monster + trig traps/things? Oh com’on! You like to jump around with your GS, we get it, but don’t try to convince me that it’s a good choice!

I probably shouldn’t respond since you sound like a child that is throwing a temper tantrum…. but here goes anyway. No one disputes that pets have serious AI problems, but outside of Fractals (I admittedly haven’t tried this in a fractal yet since I always run those on my necro) melee ranger/beastmaster builds are viable. Greatsword and sword/x builds work great with BM specs and actually will do more single-target damage than a longbow build provided you manage your pet effectively. I’m not saying that this will work for 100% of dungeon bosses but it will work fine on quite a few of them.

Also, melee ranger builds work extremely well with BM specs in both spvp and WvW roaming specs. Melee rangers have much more mobility than their ranged counterparts and many of their attacks have evasion built-in. This allows them to mitigate more damage and escape more easily.

Like it or not, pet damage will always be factored into ranger dps, so give up on trying to find builds that will come close to equaling the dps of other classes by only using a ranged weapon. Also, simply comparing the direct damage of our GS to another class is pointless and stupid. Our pets will always be a factor whether you like it or not.

I play all ranger builds and of course I would like to see our longbow damage buffed along with other buffs to the class. I am however happy to see at least the GS buffed even a little bit.

Hillaan.6904:

Geshque.1326:

Guys let’s make something GREAT.

I mean are’t you tired of eternal disappointment with every single patch? Of nerfes? Of hopes being broken?

Lets make a RIOT. I mean the whole Ranger Community must unite in order to show Anet that this won’t go much longer. We are people, who paid 60 bucks for the game which is just lame in terms of balance! Lame in terms of Rangers!

Lets make something significant. Petitions, letters, strikes, game quits, rerolling whatever. I am open to your suggestions if you agree with me. I just don’t wont to be trolled over and over again by the devs.

This did happen in WOW shaman got this kind of treatment and went on strike. Shaman all gathered in ORGAMAR. Their was so much lag in ORG that it shut down servers. By the way it did work not to long after that shaman did get needed fixes.

I remember that and no it didn’t do anything. The WoW devs pushed out shaman changes on their own timeframe so that little stunt did very little to change anything. Several classes in WoW did the same kind of protests.

Hillaan.6904:

Geshque.1326:

Guys let’s make something GREAT.

I mean are’t you tired of eternal disappointment with every single patch? Of nerfes? Of hopes being broken?

Lets make a RIOT. I mean the whole Ranger Community must unite in order to show Anet that this won’t go much longer. We are people, who paid 60 bucks for the game which is just lame in terms of balance! Lame in terms of Rangers!

Lets make something significant. Petitions, letters, strikes, game quits, rerolling whatever. I am open to your suggestions if you agree with me. I just don’t wont to be trolled over and over again by the devs.

This did happen in WOW shaman got this kind of treatment and went on strike. Shaman all gathered in ORGAMAR. Their was so much lag in ORG that it shut down servers. By the way it did work not to long after that shaman did get needed fixes.

Everquest 1 Warriors did the same thing back in the day to finally get some attention to the class as well. I for one would be down for this 100% some night. Drastic Measures for drastic changes.

Don’t compare Blizzard to Anet because Blizzard actually knows a thing about balance and game development.
They have stuff like aoe damage reduction for pets that we will never get.

Arekai.5698:

Don’t compare Blizzard to Anet because Blizzard actually knows a thing about balance and game development.
They have stuff like aoe damage reduction for pets that we will never get.

BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, sorry, (wipes away a tear), hehe, yea, Blizzard knows about class balance? You mean the Blizzard that made DKs and Paladins PvP gods in Wrath? Blizzard, who allow legendary weapons (that are actually legendary for reasons other than grind) into rated arenas?

Yea, let’s take off those rosey colored glasses here for a second.

ArenaNet is dropping the ball with this patch just like Blizzard has in the past, but not just because of how well they did or didn’t deal with balance. They have little to no communication to the community to explain what their priorities are or why they made the changes they did.

Personally, I miss Gaile Gray.

So… you thought that was a good idea?
Oh man…
Do you guys actually test and think those things through or do you just do them and think “we will see what happens”
Sometimes I really wonder…

Well at least after all those time my pet will lick my wounds no matter what…
thats something, isn´t it?

This is what the patch brought for me as a ranger, joining a fractals group.
I don’t think telling them that my pet now shares my agony resist would have convinced them.

PS: This was today, just 20 minutes ago. I am in germany, thats why the time is close to 10pm.

They know LB is a joke and what have they done to it? Nothing rofl very nice i like.

kidbs.8920:

Hillaan.6904:

Geshque.1326:

Guys let’s make something GREAT.

I mean are’t you tired of eternal disappointment with every single patch? Of nerfes? Of hopes being broken?

Lets make a RIOT. I mean the whole Ranger Community must unite in order to show Anet that this won’t go much longer. We are people, who paid 60 bucks for the game which is just lame in terms of balance! Lame in terms of Rangers!

Lets make something significant. Petitions, letters, strikes, game quits, rerolling whatever. I am open to your suggestions if you agree with me. I just don’t wont to be trolled over and over again by the devs.

This did happen in WOW shaman got this kind of treatment and went on strike. Shaman all gathered in ORGAMAR. Their was so much lag in ORG that it shut down servers. By the way it did work not to long after that shaman did get needed fixes.

I remember that and no it didn’t do anything. The WoW devs pushed out shaman changes on their own timeframe so that little stunt did very little to change anything. Several classes in WoW did the same kind of protests.

We will have to agree to disagree

kidbs.8920:

Hillaan.6904:

Geshque.1326:

Guys let’s make something GREAT.

I mean are’t you tired of eternal disappointment with every single patch? Of nerfes? Of hopes being broken?

Lets make a RIOT. I mean the whole Ranger Community must unite in order to show Anet that this won’t go much longer. We are people, who paid 60 bucks for the game which is just lame in terms of balance! Lame in terms of Rangers!

Lets make something significant. Petitions, letters, strikes, game quits, rerolling whatever. I am open to your suggestions if you agree with me. I just don’t wont to be trolled over and over again by the devs.

This did happen in WOW shaman got this kind of treatment and went on strike. Shaman all gathered in ORGAMAR. Their was so much lag in ORG that it shut down servers. By the way it did work not to long after that shaman did get needed fixes.

I remember that and no it didn’t do anything. The WoW devs pushed out shaman changes on their own timeframe so that little stunt did very little to change anything. Several classes in WoW did the same kind of protests.

The only class “protest” that ever actually worked, was the Paladin one in vanilla WoW. It wasn’t so much an organized protest, as it was an enormous amount of Paladins being utterly unsatisfied with their turn on the class update wheel and just cancelling together.

They got a new update within the week :P

Well, I for one, hope everyone remembers our fun and insightful little discussion with the developer concerning the shortfalls with Rangers. I hope we all remember it fondly.

People talk about how Rangers are getting treated very badly in the updates and to be honest I can’t say I noticed till now, nerfing quickness is a really horrible thing to do. Its one of the only things that gives many builds any level of effectiveness and now not only is it way slower it also increases the duration you can’t heal.

In light of that I really don’t see how the stun break being added to it makes the situation any better, you’re out of stun but can’t heal for an extra second so you’re just as likely to die.

Also PLEASE DO NOT point at a positive change you made elsewhere as if it makes this better (example agony resistance on pets). If I burnt down an orphanage people would not suddenly appreciate that because I helpt an old lady cross the street.

What I find to be ironic, and depressing at the same time, is this:

Most rangers are asking for fixes. Not buffs, not increased power. Just fixes.

Fixes to things that should have been working correctly since release, but still arent.

Why other classes are getting buffs (not just fixes but actual buffs) while ranger is still stuck with very broken skills, pets and mechanics, is beyond my understanding.

Just a huge scar on the face of what would otherwise be a beautifully made game.

This update killed my Ranger. Thanks ANET.

Yeah im actually done with my ranger today, switching back to my warrior(since that seems to be the profession we have to play to get diverse and working skills), love the ranger but this is it to many nerfs and the occasional “Bone”(Ar for Pets laughable btw still get one shotted by aoes and bosses b lining for them) is not enough for me to enjoy the class anymore.

Just when I’m about done gearing up a somewhat bursty QZ+SB build. -_-

I’ve learnt to never have high expectations of anything.
Doing so will avoid any and all disappointments of what is actually released afterwards.

That being said, having played and mained a Ranger in GW1, this comes as no surprise to me.

I feel sick. I just tried out the patch. The quickness from pet swap is no longer viable, the pet thats freshly swapped takes too long to land the first attack (it was already like that before), but the 50% speed on the leftover duration isn’t enough to compensate that now. They must have forgotten to increase the quickness duration for pet swap.

The master plan:

Option A – Leave class broken:
—- Player is more likely to reroll new class and play the game longer resulting in more possible gem store sales and higher potential xpacks purchased when they are finally released.

Option B – Fix Class:
—- Player is more likely to get bored sooner and leave the game resulting in less potential gem store sales, and less likely to buy xpacks when finally released.

From release until now, look at the patches and changes for Ranger, and do the math yourself :P

sadly the ranger class is already dead and today they put the final nail in the coffin. You just need to try other classes and see how much rangers suck. Looking at this trend, all we get is nerfs, no fixes, no buff, no nothing. You either reroll warrior or any of those amazing powerful classes or quit the game, simple.

Thank you all for suggestion
Now i’m with a Guardian in WvW, just wooow O_o

If i could make a generator that ran on tears and frustration, i could power a small town from this thread alone.

GS got a massive buff – great
QZ got a slight nerf, but it seems Anet screwd up again, since speed stomping in WvW seems just as fast…. prolly shouldnt have said that they didnt nerf it properly…

anyway, felines just got massively OP with BM build, in addition to theifs and mesmers taking a massive hit in WvW (no more perma invis/culling)

overall, positive patch. Not spectacular, but okay.

Gadzooks.4687:

The master plan:

Option A – Leave class broken:
—- Player is more likely to reroll new class and play the game longer resulting in more possible gem store sales and higher potential xpacks purchased when they are finally released.

Option B – Fix Class:
—- Player is more likely to get bored sooner and leave the game resulting in less potential gem store sales, and less likely to buy xpacks when finally released.

From release until now, look at the patches and changes for Ranger, and do the math yourself :P

Thats probably not true, the types of people who roll multiple characters have probably already done so but as with Guild Wars 1 I experimented with other classes but have ended up mostly playing ranger and if I can find another build that I enjoy using and is effective I will continue doing so but I don’t see myself spending too much time on bothering with the other classes