Hello, my first day in gw2 was chosen as a ranger and I’ve been pretty happy. Enjoying the large range that usually gained me a huge advantage over other enemies and allies.
Though over time and update after update, I slowly lost interest in my ranger. I started doing dungeons and as the updates came out… I started noticing my already somewhat low dps effectiveness (back when the glass canon was considered full dps) being drained even more. I used to be able to command my pet constantly and be able to keep almost 90% up time but now even with almost undivided attention I can only manage a 60-75% as they almost always die in one hit.
After this update I’ve given up, after being rejected constantly in dungeons. My lack of damage on the pet and ranger fronts, even with good gear! I’ve played my ranger in hundreds of different builds but never fully getting the same as others in any way shape or form! (dps, heals, etc.)
If this class wants to stay alive, Anet please…
1. Either ditch the pet or the AI. Seriously give us the option to get rid of the pet or keep the broken sack of stuffing. The pet does not work, is not effective. Even in builds that made my pet the god he would still run up to my enemy, get caught on a rock, glitch out AND DIE. Most pets just need a good love tap to die. (as they can dodge with the same skill set as a bolder under A LARGER BOLDER.)
2. Give us buffs not nerfs, or just recreate most of our skills. Heck I’d rather you just recreate the whole class than keep this and have you “tweak” it like everything else. Non of us want a spirit powered ranger, because apparently the guardian has three basic skills that basically do the same thing AND MORE.
3. The ranged class, SHOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE RANGED CLASS! I remember you guys saying that melee would always be stronger, which I don’t understand as the melee brutes have ARMOR, the trade off with range is that we DON’T have ARMOR for that type of throat cutting action. Sure we have the sword and great-sword but why would we grab a class called the RANGER for a dagger, sword and great-sword. The ranger should be the class with the hard hitting power of RANGED weapons. The fact that all of the other classes can beat our dps out of the water and some even beating our range makes us nothing less of useless. Who would pick a ranger knowing the ‘range’ in ranger is like buying an alcoholic drink without the alcohol.
4. Closing.
The dust on my ranger is no less than feet high. He is-was my favorite character, the one I was attached to and loved but my love has since died like the longbow arrows on a nearby target. (when range doesn’t bother the other classes with longbows damage, ahem* warriors…) I don’t have any interest left for this class, I’ve rolled a warrior, a thief and have since left my ranger in the dust. Transferred his items to a thief who can actually use them, the only thing that stops me from deleting the thing that got me playing this game is the hope you might bring it back. I had all the hope in the world when this patch was coming but have since lost it. Maybe next patch?
I know other rangers feel the same and this was nothing short of a basic post, some may even call it stupid and we will have those. “oh you should be happy!” But I’m sure even with those happy using the ever shortening ‘effective’ build list will soon see that the ranger class was something nice, only to be ruined.
Hope you guys at Anet wake up and give the rangers something… SOMETHING…