Rangers fun in WvW?

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Posted by: Oyjord.2508

Oyjord.2508

Hi all,

I’ve been struggling finding the right ranged class for taking and defending keeps in WvW. Engineers are fun, but I struggle with all thekittentargeting problems with grenades. Necros are fun, but they take too long to accumulate DPS, and I never, never get badges with them. Guardians have scepter for range and is, well, underwhelming, etc.

So what about Rangers? How do they fare in WvW? I don’t want the OP profession du jour, just a fun one that can survive a bit and have fun in keep action.

Thanks!

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Posted by: Zwan.4106

Zwan.4106

u have a engi and are asking for a good class to take/defend keeps?…. umm engi is made for taking/defending keeps. you out range/out dps everyone with nades in a siege situation. u can drop mortar for someone else to use, and if they fix the two traits that extend it’s range it will actually be useful from a decent distance. seriously, you should be racking up the kills during siege, that’s the one area we are OP in other than pve

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Posted by: Zwan.4106

Zwan.4106

just use mortar #5 skill on a tower/wall and u knock them all down for everyone else to kill

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Posted by: Peter.8659

Peter.8659

I do agree engineers are great for keep battles, but I’ll try and answer your question.

Rangers are fun for keep battles, that is if you are fine with simply killing enemies. If traited, you can have some really long range with the longbow, making it easy to snipe enemies without them able to hit you. Combine sharpening stone with quickening zephyer, and use barrage, and you can down put groups of enemies in serious trouble. And if enemies get close, switching to a shortbow to gun them down is a good idea.

The only problem is, they lack options, they lack versitality. Your going to be killing enemies, you’ll be good at it, but that’s all you’ll be doing.

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Posted by: Oyjord.2508

Oyjord.2508

Thanks for the responses. I just can’t seem to enjoy PvE’ing with my 35 Engineer. I don’t like the kit mechanics with no auto-attack, having to ground target everything (even with mouse target turned on). It’s just a clunky combat mechanic.

I’ll try a Ranger and see how it goes, thanks again.