Guild Wars 2

I been wodering to make an alt for my Necro.

The whole reson i started thinking on making one, whas that act i seen in The Grove, when 2 slyvari ask the charr abaut war.
I then realized, i kind of miss a bit more direct character. I been looking araund at players araund me, and thout warrior first, but scratched out it asap, since, like every second player on server is warrior, and i hate that really.
After that i seen some really good looknig engineers, but after reading a bit of posts, seems a bit off to me. Also dont like kits that cant even change skins. Not to mention, i am not found of a class, that is sopposed to be ranged, and is melee bunker. Even if i keep hearing, how op good they are, i am not sure i would like it.
I surely wont roll a thief, my friend is 1.
So then i thout, maybe a Ranger. Got good looknig 2h swords, Bows also look amazing, Can collect pets, (that i always loved in any game). Palayed one in gw1, and it was amazing. And so on. Though i kind of find the “support and utility” a bit lacking, better then thief for sure.

But there is 1 reaaaaaly big problem i have…I seen some play and hell did even try not long after beta till like lv 11….and wax extremely boring. All i did was : Kite, shoot shoot, kite, shoot shoot. It felt fun in pvp, till ppl started to learn there classes, but became also boring after a time. Besides that i played hunter in wow for 6 years, and kiting is a kittennig boring thing to me….Looking at traits, and weapon skills, i cant find a decent “combo” or anything, that is suggestion that the class can be interesting to play.
Not to mention i keep hearing, that Ranger is utterly underdog , and others can outperform you in half the effort.

So could anyone actually enlighten me, how rangers truly, actually are ?

Terrible, boring, useless.

Standing around stroking your dead pet is all they can do now.

GW2 does not have a ranger profession. ANet removed it in the last balance patch.

well, i think it depends on what youre looking for. I knew from the get go that i diddnt want to use a bow on my ranger. so i wasnt let down by its lack of “viability”

Also what type of fighting are you doin? for large zerg stuff, i dont think it matters . its just mindless swarms following their commanders rules. Now if youre more into small man skirmish then i think you might possibly enjoy the ranger. I think they are alot of fun to play in this style of wvw and can offer a fair amount of utility from HS/Regen ect. especially if you view pets as “mobile utility” rather then “zomg Pwnzors!”

so in short, if you like small skirmish battles and dont mind the bow not being your best choice..then yes ! make one! I love mine!

All depends on how you want to play. There are some great builds out there. I also found the SB to be boring, which is why I never used it. Here is a video of how I like to play.

Depends on how you want to use it.
IMO:
Pve: boring (but I find pve boring in general)

WvW: boring, but you can now give perma swiftness and regen to the Zerg/group

sPvp: Fun IF you like bunkery builds. Also, take the naysayers with a grain of salt. Many will claim that the shortbow is useless or BM builds are dead. But I’d urge you to see for yourself. (That last bit applies for all three sections.)

Tricare.2946:

All depends on how you want to play. There are some great builds out there. I also found the SB to be boring, which is why I never used it. Here is a video of how I like to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ycXFS-HvLE

I like the video. Can you share your build?

The ranger is a fun class for sure takes a lot of skill to be good with. I think we that’s why us ranger players are so upset over the nerfs. They’ve taken a lot away from us and don’t address problems were having.

Either way it’s a fun class just not a strong one.