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Posted by: Riba.8061

Riba.8061

Hi!

I´m a new to gw2 and played I have currently leveled my ranger to 42 but thinking about rerolling, all the other classes have almost the same abilites as us but better.
I love the ranger mecanics and i really enjoy playing him but his just to weak compared to all the others classes I´ve tried.
Now to the question, What class should i choose what is the most fun to play besides the ranger?
Can´t decide..

Thanks

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Posted by: Kilger.5490

Kilger.5490

I played necro up to a couple months ago, enjoyed it for wvw but its a bit overpowered for my tastes now. If you want to win 1-1 and mess with people a lot try mesmer, its a really different class in mmo’s. Where do you want to excell?

Also dont let all the complaining get to you, in wvw/pvp at least its still very playable and excells in areas.

Kilger – Human Ranger
alts: Fangyre (Necro), Hardrawk (Ele);
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Posted by: Boomstin.3460

Boomstin.3460

Warrior is the overall love child. The devs seem to be giving it the most attention.
Also, guardian seems to come out of pathches mostly undamaged and isn’t riddled with bugs like some professions

Both pretty safe bets to reroll.

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Well Conjure Frostbow on ele gives you a better bow than the ranger has access to… so there’s always that… i’d suggest thief though, they’re so close to the playstyle of ranger it’s ridiculous.

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Posted by: Riba.8061

Riba.8061

I like the condions options for the ranger that i can do bleeds, burns, poison but i want to be able to do real damage to and my ranger just don´t..

Since you decided NOT to play ranger, please do NOT post in the ranger forums about NON-RANGER matters.

Cheers, and good luck

Sorry but where should i ask then since i really enjoyed playing the ranger and I want ranger/ex-ranger opinions?

:)

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Posted by: Atherakhia.4086

Atherakhia.4086

Can’t go wrong with Warrior or Guardian. We’ve seen these classes move steadily upward since launch with no sign of coming back down.

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Posted by: NargofWoV.4267

NargofWoV.4267

I like the condions options for the ranger that i can do bleeds, burns, poison but i want to be able to do real damage to and my ranger just don´t..

Since you decided NOT to play ranger, please do NOT post in the ranger forums about NON-RANGER matters.

Cheers, and good luck

Sorry but where should i ask then since i really enjoyed playing the ranger and I want ranger/ex-ranger opinions?

:)

Warrior. LB is functional.

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Posted by: mistsim.2748

mistsim.2748

Hi!

I´m a new to gw2 and played I have currently leveled my ranger to 42 but thinking about rerolling, all the other classes have almost the same abilites as us but better.
I love the ranger mecanics and i really enjoy playing him but his just to weak compared to all the others classes I´ve tried.
Now to the question, What class should i choose what is the most fun to play besides the ranger?
Can´t decide..

Thanks

yes, ranger cant really be compared to other profs when looking at utility, damage and survivability. not in pvp anyway. as someone with over 1500 hours on the ranger, and a few other 80’s, i encourage you to play other stuff otherwise you’ll end up bitter and complaining all the time on the forums =P

most of the top rangers in this game have either quit, are in the process of getting burned out, or have moved on to other professions.

unfortunately, there’s nothing that really feels like the longbow in this game. you can pew pew with rifle and mesmer gs, but it’s just not the same feeling. so i cant recommend anything really.

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Posted by: Lilius.9850

Lilius.9850

reroll warrior
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Posted by: Aden Celeste.3650

Aden Celeste.3650

You can play as a very capable ranger if you try, but since you asked for a more efficient profession, any other class will outclass the ranger. Take warrior though, they will always be cared for.

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Posted by: Sandpit.3467

Sandpit.3467

Warrior is the best ranger.

Only two things you can be certain in this game:
ANet will buff warrior in the next patch
ANet will nerf ranger in the next patch.

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Posted by: Axz.8430

Axz.8430

Can anyone explain WHY rangers are weaker than warriors? I keep reading it in these forums but never any explanation. I’m leveling one of each side by side, waiting to choose a main and (at L30 with limited wvw experience) the ranger seems way more survivable than the warrior. Similarly the only classes I ever really see in pve are rangers and guardians. Usually in mmo’s everyone gravitates to the strong classes, so again it would appear to suggest rangers are doing okay. Do they get worse at higher levels, or?…

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Posted by: Indoles.1467

Indoles.1467

Can anyone explain WHY rangers are weaker than warriors? I keep reading it in these forums but never any explanation. I’m leveling one of each side by side, waiting to choose a main and (at L30 with limited wvw experience) the ranger seems way more survivable than the warrior. Similarly the only classes I ever really see in pve are rangers and guardians. Usually in mmo’s everyone gravitates to the strong classes, so again it would appear to suggest rangers are doing okay. Do they get worse at higher levels, or?…

Rangers pets don’t scale with your stats (static). Pets can’t avoid damage for the most part, they rely on high health pools and toughness. Rangers overall have very poor power coefficients on weapon skills, around 2/3 that of warrior, which equals significantly lower normal damage. Rangers lack condition removal heavily, especially if you neglect going 30 points in wilderness survival (this is more crucial in pvp). Rangers have no long duration cc outside of entangle, which is terrible in both pve and pvp. Rangers mainly lack escape and chasing tools, warriors don’t. Rangers can’t support very well (I would argue they can’t support at all), warriors can. Many ranger skills are worthless to slot. Ranger likely has the worst build diversity (if you want to play competitively in either pve or pvp). I could go on for quite some time, but I’m done.

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Posted by: Sandpit.3467

Sandpit.3467

The whole ranger class is a spectacular mess, from pets to trait lines, weapons, no team support, not useful function in any form of the game that EVERY other class can out perform and a specialty bow that has a range somewhat less than an 11 year only girl can throw a pillow.

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Posted by: Overthrust.2659

Overthrust.2659

Warrior
15chars ftl

The Ranger would be nerfed every time because that is the law of Tyria.

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Posted by: Skady.5916

Skady.5916

It depends on what fits your playstyle!
If you like heavy melee combat – go warrior/guardian. Warrior seems to be the most loved class by Anet, they keep buffing it with every patch. Guardian has always been the best support class in game (PvE/PvP/WvW) and never been nerfed so far.

If you like ranged aspect of the game – go with ele/mesmer. Ele more like healing/boon support, mesmer has a bunch of unique tricks (timewarp, portal, nullfield, veil)

Necro is only considered valuable in WvW/PvP
Thief – PvP/WvW trolling, undesirable in PvE* due to lack of group support and rallybotting in every single dungeon

*by PvE I mean dungeons, cause it doesnt really matter who you bring into open world content. No one can ever kick you or evaluate your performance anyways

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Posted by: Daze.6914

Daze.6914

Faithful ranger from day one I’ve decided to reroll a warrior as my guild doesn’t even have slots dedicated to rangers for party formation in wvw. I’ll play my ranger for guild missions and pve fun for now on.
I’m now convinced the major flaws and handicaps of this profession will never be fixed, wiser people understood this long ago.

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Posted by: Searban.5984

Searban.5984

*by PvE I mean dungeons, cause it doesnt really matter who you bring into open world content. No one can ever kick you or evaluate your performance anyways

Don’t be so sure about that. I got kicked from open world PvE while playing my Ranger once. For “botting”. ;p

I can’t really add anything to what has already been said here OP. Ranger has tons of issues and other classes have way better effort / performance ration, at least most of the time.

There is of course the obvious “pick the class that you feel is fun to play” though, because otherwise no matter how powerful it is, it may become painful to even level the character. I know for example that the one of the main reason I haven’t rolled a Warrior yet, and my Guardian is still stuck at low level, that for some reason I find both of those classes dreadfully boring (although my Guardian is Sylvari, and that may have something to do with the boredom as well…)