Guild Wars 2

I consider playing my ranger with shortbow/longbow, without a melee weapon set, but I’m not sure how effective that would be.
Anyone here who plays that style?

Ive tried it. The effectiveness depends on your kiting ability and how many CC utilities you pack.

If you like staying 900+ range at all times, its great. Melee just provides better survival for when you dont.

I play shortbow/longbow on my ranger most of the time. I’m not a PvPer, so I can only speak for open world PVE and dungeons. I like playing with two bows, I like how they both work. I strive to manage my pet (I run with a reef drake and a carrion devourer) effectively to increase my damage output. I like to think I’m pretty effective with dual bows. That being said, I always keep some melee weapons in my inventory, because, especially in dungeons, there are some fights that are just not possible to effectively range. Give bows a shot, but I would recommend having a melee weapon or two in your inventory if you know a particular fight isn’t going to be kind to long range pewpewing (the first boss on the Mursaat path of Arah comes to mind. Not being in melee is a bad idea there.).