I still enjoy the heck out of my ranger. I prefer playing her everywhere but WvW and Aetherblade Retreat.
Ranger for 2,314 hours and climbing.
Tarnished Coast – Wayfarer’s Accord [Way]
Main: Caeimhe – Sylvari Ranger
Alts: Charr Guardian, Asura Elementalist, Human Thief, Norn Necromancer
I personally didnt find much difference post patch either. I can still do pretty well 1v1 in wvw (the only class that was giving me trouble is pistol thief, cant remember what was the other weapon hes using though; He kept shooting me from afar with me not being able to give significant damage because he kept cloaking)
Did they nerf other classes pretty hard as well? Maybe thats why I couldnt really feel the nerf?
Garuda X, lvl 80 human Siamoth Ranger JQ SEA
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I personally didnt find much difference post patch either. I can still do pretty well 1v1 in wvw (the only class that was giving me trouble is pistol thief, cant remember what was the other weapon hes using though; He kept shooting me from afar with me not being able to give significant damage because he kept cloaking)
Did they nerf other classes pretty hard as well? Maybe thats why I couldnt really feel the nerf?
Our nerf was not in survivability but in SB range and pet damage. So if you’re only talking about surviving as well as before, that’s because the ranger was unaffected in that aspect.
Tarnished Coast – Wayfarer’s Accord [Way]
Main: Caeimhe – Sylvari Ranger
Alts: Charr Guardian, Asura Elementalist, Human Thief, Norn Necromancer
sure.
ranger is rly strong for 1vs1.
the ranger is one of the strongest 1vs1 classes, if not the strongest.
its most time no problem to win a 1vs1.
but the real problem about ranger is win teamfights.
for 1vs1 a bm ranger have all he need, but in a teamfight, what can he do to help the player who is in target.
in a teamfight situation is each other class more interesting as a ranger atm.
that is sadly just true, because not much ppls run a ranger in a pve dungeon group or a tpvp team…
ranger is huge solo action class.
sure he is viable, but each other class can do a bit better in group fights
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Lot of other classess use aoe skill. While the ranger continues to use the sb. Yet we wonder why rangers are so lackluster in team fights.
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Lot of other classess use aoe skill. While the ranger continues to use the sb. Yet we wonder why rangers are so lackluster in team fights.
Because we have few AoE ranged skills. SB auto with Piercing Arrows can out-DPS axe’s bouncing auto if done right. Both axe and SB have a ranged cone. And LB has only one AoE, Barrage. We’re lackluster in team fights as we can’t bring as much utility as the other classes, not because we’re doing it all wrong, Serraph.
Tarnished Coast – Wayfarer’s Accord [Way]
Main: Caeimhe – Sylvari Ranger
Alts: Charr Guardian, Asura Elementalist, Human Thief, Norn Necromancer
I don’t feel nerfed. I’ve FINALLY had a chance to play a bit in every area of the game since the last patch. I really don’t feel nerfed.
I am sorry to all the SB auto spammers out there who finally have to change their playstyle.
Live in denial all you want, the pet damage nerfs affect you regardless of what weapons you use.
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Been using a 20/20/10/0/20 build and finding it pretty solid.
Picked up Companion’s Might and Spotter and switched my consumables to truffle steak and maintenance oil. Now I’ve got nearly 50% crit chance in full cleric’s gear and every crit channels might to my pet.
I lost a little bit of survivability but I think my damage went up from my previous 0/15/10/15/30 build. It’s hard to evaluate, though, since the effectiveness of the pet can vary so wildly from one fight to the next.
My ranger seems to have most of the same strengths and weaknesses I had before the patch. We’re good at small-scale and solo fighting but have a hard time contributing much to larger groups. So the people who declared the class dead seem to have overreacted, but the people who thought the patch would fix our problems seem to have been overly optimistic.
I will say that I farmed bags like a champ tonight when I put on my berserker gear and switched to a longbow build to go zerg surfing on the first day of the WvW reset, though. Faster recovery time on Long Range Shot is pretty noticeable when you’re hanging back in a zerg tagging downed targets for loot.
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[SIC] Strident Iconoclast – BP
