Guild Wars 2

Greetings, long time listener first time caller.

Like many I was a little taken aback by the ranger changes and disappointed. But then I realized I am not re rolling so I need to make the best of it.

Been trying to figure out a spec for a Havoc Squad, I’ve run the gamut, and as of last night I was using 30/0/30/10/0
SB – S/WH

It isn’t bad and with my PVT Set and Cleric Trinkets, survivability was good as well. I am looking to be more group orientated, so I am looking for some ideas, in addition to opinions on 30 Nature Magic for the Grandmaster Regen Trait

I run 30/0/30/10/0 but it is aimed directly at large group play.
Weapons: GS – Axe/Axe

However, this build tends to not utilize healing power very much and is more about a mix between offense and defense than healing and drawing the fights out so I have zerker trinkets. Do you want a build that makes better use of your gear or a build that suits the role of how you want to play?

I only roam and run in havoc squads, if you want to play more control CC high dps type roll i deffinattley recommend 20/30/20

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|5.1g.h17|c.1g.0.g.1g.0|1n.0.1n.0.1n.0.1n.0.1n.0.1n.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|k68.u48a.k49.0.0|39.7|4i.52.51.4w.0|e

i left the traits and trinkets up to you, if youre an experienced ranger i reccomend berserker trinkets, and if you’re not then run Knights. as for runes, i run 6 melandru but will be switching to mesmer soon for more DPS.

the traps are deffinatley nice CC and lightning refllex is a great evade/stun break, i would go more into detail but i dont have much time to type, iwill get back to this if i remember, my second build i run is solo dps 5/30/30/5/0 now since zephyrs speed is now a grandmaster trait, every thing is exactly the same as the other build except run empathetic bond for your survival grandmaster trait, this build is great for roaming and can be nice for groups, i hope you like them! have fun and own out there!

I’ve heard some criticisms on the AoE radius for Nature’s Voice (this wasn’t a big deal to me), the additional micromanaging that comes with spamming guard in a fight (annoying but can get used to it), and the cast time of Guard. That last one got to me personally. This doesn’t really get into the usefulness of Nature’s Voice but that’s something you can judge for yourself.

Edit: Also a pain that Guard isn’t available underwater.

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I run 30/0/30/10/0 but it is aimed directly at large group play.
Weapons: GS – Axe/Axe

However, this build tends to not utilize healing power very much and is more about a mix between offense and defense than healing and drawing the fights out so I have zerker trinkets. Do you want a build that makes better use of your gear or a build that suits the role of how you want to play?

Nice, i was running exactly the same build pre-patch in ZvZ with same weapon sets. Now switched to 0/0/30/30/10 with Guard instead of SotH+SoTW, Protect me instead of SoS and Muddy Terrain. Cleric Armor, soldier Runes, having a blast in T1 US zergs so far