Sun spirit supposed to give might?
All the Spirits used to give boons pre-launch. Evasive Purity used to cleanse condis in a AoE. GS used to have a much larger damage coefficient. Signet of the Beastmaster used to be a minor trait.
Because Rangers were so strong in the betas, they were toned down quite a bit on release.
Ranger / Revenant – Crystal Desert
Holy skritt, ANET…. Holy skritt.. You mean, the Ranger was actually balanced at one point, in the betas?
Spirits use to actually be useful?
We didn’t have to use a GRANDMASTER Trait just to make signets affect ourselves?
Holy skritt… Holy skritt..
I don’t understand why it’s not still like that/changed back to the way it used to be, it would actually make us a bit more balanced…
I was a power ranger before it was cool.
Guild Leader of Favorable Winds [Wind]
Guild Leader of Favorable Winds [Wind]
Originally they had a positive triggered effect for allies and a negative triggered condition for foes, but they were changed to be given active abilities instead so they wouldn’t be entirely passive.
All the Spirits used to give boons pre-launch. Evasive Purity used to cleanse condis in a AoE. GS used to have a much larger damage coefficient. Signet of the Beastmaster used to be a minor trait.
Because Rangers were so strong in the betas, they were toned down quite a bit on release.
and every single patch after that.
Spirit rangers are still one of the best class builds in sPvP. Spirits freaking suck in PvE though, the only one of any real meta use is the Frost Spirit (“Generic 10% damage buff? Such compelling gameplay!”).
sPvP balance is holding the ranger class back. Spirits are terrible in PvE and WvW and if the class didn’t have to be balanced for the sPvP format, spirits would have a chance at becoming strong and fun tools for the format that the majority of players play. Because they were the optimal build for PvP ranger, the PvE issues may as well not exist.
Spirit rangers are still one of the best class builds in sPvP. Spirits freaking suck in PvE though, the only one of any real meta use is the Frost Spirit (“Generic 10% damage buff? Such compelling gameplay!”).
The balanced spirit Ranger is actually the only competitive build for PvP.
… The Frost Spirit build is the only competitive build for PvE.
The other builds are fine and entertaining to play, but will never show as much reward as these. And yet – we all know that spirits should not be the answer for every scenario. Not to mention that a RANGER is tied to using melee weapons, with the most clunky Sword target-sticking.
“Observe, learn and counter.”