Guild Wars 2

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Vee Wee recently used a Scroll of Experience and 60 Tomes of Knowledge to max a Ranger! Vee Wee has been PvPing and it’s pretty troll! But then Vee Wee decided to PvE! Wow! Sword auto attacks! Why so bad! Please Anet fix!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

Im afraid its true. Ranger is worse with a sword then any other proffession is with anything. I blame the first ranger.

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I don’t like that I get so annoyed every time I see vee wee make posts like these, talking in the 3rd person and such. No offense vee wee, I know it’s not really sensical of me. Uh, especially considering I literally just now found out sensical isn’t a word by typing it in here. Am I the only one who totally thought this was a word? Good to know I s’pose.

Anyway, what specifically about the sword are you referring to? The auto attack lock? I don’t think any ranger will tell you they like working around it (ok maybe some will, I sure as heck don’t) It is however, our highest dps weapon in pvE by a fair margin last I checked.

Could be wrong now since the patch, but Longbow was really the only weapon that received any buffs, and I’m quite certain it hasn’t taken over 1h swords spot as our highest dps weapon in pvE. I’ll let the number crunchers confirm that though.

Still, yes the auto attack lock has been brought up countless times. I find casting WH 4(which is usually my offhand), then dodging during the cast animation helps me. Some recommend turning off the AA chain, but personally it never really solved the problem for me.

Wah, Yah, Wahoo! Bye camrades!
^ this is my new trademark. Don’t you dare steal it vee wee.

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I don’t like that I get so annoyed every time I see vee wee make posts like these, talking in the 3rd person and such. No offense vee wee, I know it’s not really sensical of me. Uh, especially considering I literally just now found out sensical isn’t a word by typing it in here. Am I the only one who totally thought this was a word? Good to know I s’pose.

Anyway, what specifically about the sword are you referring to? The auto attack lock? I don’t think any ranger will tell you they like working around it (ok maybe some will, I sure as heck don’t) It is however, our highest dps weapon in pvE by a fair margin last I checked.

Could be wrong now since the patch, but Longbow was really the only weapon that received any buffs, and I’m quite certain it hasn’t taken over 1h swords spot as our highest dps weapon in pvE. I’ll let the number crunchers confirm that though.

Still, yes the auto attack lock has been brought up countless times. I find casting WH 4(which is usually my offhand), then dodging during the cast animation helps me. Some recommend turning off the AA chain, but personally it never really solved the problem for me.

Wah, Yah, Wahoo! Bye camrades!
^ this is my new trademark. Don’t you dare steal it vee wee.

Sword did get a 10% boost with predator’s onslaught & ppl are using Longbow in their rotation to maximize melee damage :d

Hello frand! It is nice you have tried ranger.

When Archonwing uses sword, he turns off autoattack. That way he won’t feel like someone glued him to the floor! Now he just feels the floor is sticky. Archonwing thinks sword does great damage, and is very sorry if you already have turned off autoattack! But it is easy if you just sidestep and practice! Now he will stop here, before people with a lack of sense of humor comes in and this way of typing is very tiring! Also, sensical** not being a word is very thlly! thilly English!

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**Really, why is sensical not a word?

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Hey VeeWee do you look like this?

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Vee Wee usually never has auto attack on! Vee Wee did PvE with sword! Auto attacked off a cliff! Why can’t Ranger sword be like other swords! Anet please!

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Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Vee Wee usually never has auto attack on! Vee Wee did PvE with sword! Auto attacked off a cliff! Why can’t Ranger sword be like other swords! Anet please!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

Well there’s your problem, if don’t keep auto attack on you have A: lower dps B: higher chance to jump off a cliff because you keep spamming 1 after target dies.

Keeping autoattack on and just letting it do its own thing will keep your dps consistent and you won’t start bouncing around after the target dies. It just takes time getting used to the rooting but when you get used to it it’s not that bad.

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Thanks for your advice frands but Ranger and PvEsports don’t go well together for Vee Wee! It has nothing to do with the Ranger’s supposed lack of DPS or whatever PvE nerds like to say about Ranger! Vee Wee just can’t handle the root! Vee Wee will stick to trolling arenas and maybe WvW when the season starts with longbow and play easy Elementalist for PvEsports! Seriously it’s so easy! You press 1 and 2 and 5 every once in a while! That’s it!

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No better, tattoo it!

God yes. Get that tatooed across your back.

when people ask you what it means look them dead in the eye and say “it means vee wee is number one… wahoo bye frands!”

Is it that hard to admit that sword aa is really weird?No other class on any other weapon got it like that.On asura it looks like some ninja-kungukittenstyle and thats the only reason i dont even bother using it.Tryed it,died many times cause of it.Most rangers dont like it.

Admittedly having a jump animation on an auto attack looks awesome, but it’s also kind of impractical for what an auto attack is suppose to do, which is well.. Attack automatically. Gap closers should be something you trigger manually rather than something that gets fired off without permission.

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

I’m sorry but kitten uniqueness. Even with the auto off when you are mid animation you won’t be able to dodge without a delay and you gotta spam your 1 button to attack constantly, we aren’t suppose to kill our keyboards while playing this game, me thinks.

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

I’m sorry but kitten uniqueness. Even with the auto off when you are mid animation you won’t be able to dodge without a delay and you gotta spam your 1 button to attack constantly, we aren’t suppose to kill our keyboards while playing this game, me thinks.

I never died from sword auto attack once I got used to it. The delay you are talking about is so small, it allows you to evade if you act fast.

The only “advantage” one can say I have, is that I use razer naga mouse, but then again you got 5 fingers, you can spam your skills with 1 and have 4 spare to decide which you will evade with…

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

I’m sorry but kitten uniqueness. Even with the auto off when you are mid animation you won’t be able to dodge without a delay and you gotta spam your 1 button to attack constantly, we aren’t suppose to kill our keyboards while playing this game, me thinks.

I never died from sword auto attack once I got used to it. The delay you are talking about is so small, it allows you to evade if you act fast.

The only “advantage” one can say I have, is that I use razer naga mouse, but then again you got 5 fingers, you can spam your skills with 1 and have 4 spare to decide which you will evade with…

There are certain attacks where the delay matters, for example at the Archdiviner. Plus don’t forget that as a ranger we cannot max range melee something like everyone else can.

It’s broken. If they can’t fix it they ought to just rework it entirely. You shouldn’t be CCed just for executing your default attack chain, it’s ridiculous.

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

I’m sorry but kitten uniqueness. Even with the auto off when you are mid animation you won’t be able to dodge without a delay and you gotta spam your 1 button to attack constantly, we aren’t suppose to kill our keyboards while playing this game, me thinks.

I never died from sword auto attack once I got used to it. The delay you are talking about is so small, it allows you to evade if you act fast.

The only “advantage” one can say I have, is that I use razer naga mouse, but then again you got 5 fingers, you can spam your skills with 1 and have 4 spare to decide which you will evade with…

There are certain attacks where the delay matters, for example at the Archdiviner. Plus don’t forget that as a ranger we cannot max range melee something like everyone else can.

You have sword #2 and sword #3 which both are evades.

Also you can just normal dodge in Archdiviner, I know cause I have done it.

This threads are by people who just can’t stand the sword autoattack and keep QQ’ing.

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Sina.9208:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Wondering how many threads have been created for this issue from the very beginning.

Ranger sword #1 is unique and it makes the class more intresting. It is not going to change because some people can’t turn auto attacks off and die, or simply because the animation looks ninja-ish on some classes.

PS: I should save the reply for future reposting…

I’m sorry but kitten uniqueness. Even with the auto off when you are mid animation you won’t be able to dodge without a delay and you gotta spam your 1 button to attack constantly, we aren’t suppose to kill our keyboards while playing this game, me thinks.

I never died from sword auto attack once I got used to it. The delay you are talking about is so small, it allows you to evade if you act fast.

The only “advantage” one can say I have, is that I use razer naga mouse, but then again you got 5 fingers, you can spam your skills with 1 and have 4 spare to decide which you will evade with…

There are certain attacks where the delay matters, for example at the Archdiviner. Plus don’t forget that as a ranger we cannot max range melee something like everyone else can.

You have sword #2 and sword #3 which both are evades.

Also you can just normal dodge in Archdiviner, I know cause I have done it.

This threads are by people who just can’t stand the sword autoattack and keep QQ’ing.

Excuse my QQ’ing, I’ll keep doing it until the sword AUTOattack is not going to limit my movement nor dodging in any way.
After 2 years there are only very few veteran ppl left that still play their ranger seriously as their mains in PVE & of those very few you have a large % that is like you “liking” the mechanic and stuff. Anet should be thinking about new player experience & class friendliness and such as well.

(I meant bottom side Arch, but sure it’s possible when you are lucky and you are always in the right bit in your auto chain. What can I say some ppl just like the “pain”. Maybe it’s different if you play on the US server in the US, it’s possible the server ques up dodges better for you)