All is vain.
Thinking of making a new ranger
Nope. Especially after today’s patch. Play a Guardian, Warrior, Mes, Thief, Necro(now), Ele, yep, pretty much anything else(or try back in a few months). Good Luck!
Do not play the ranger
Unless you’re a masochist, don’t do it.
Falmaiya
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PvE Ranger is now same as PvP Warrior, trash professions.
As for PvP, BM Bunker is still viable? Maybe PvPers can elaborate, but I imagine with the damage nerf on pets, the build is nothing more than a One-Trick-Pony, since pet damage is all the build has before this update.
yup as others have said, rangers blow after todays patch.
Wu Táng Financial [Táng] – YB
What an awful, depressing answer. Don’t listen to him. Ranger is awesome because it’s the best healer in the game with some of the best condition removal. On top of a huuuge water field that also grants aoe regen and pulse condition removal as well as vigor, if you want it to. With runes of altruism and nature’s voice, you will be a huge asset to 5 man wvw havoc groups (I’m not aware of havoc having powerful regen and perma swiftness in the current meta so this is really actually a big deal).
Tin Foil Hat Hearer »—> Ranger Extraordinaire »—> “Be like water…”
Don’t play Ranger. Every other class offers far more in everything except pvp.
Ranger | Elementalist
What an awful, depressing answer. Don’t listen to him. Ranger is awesome because it’s the best healer in the game with some of the best condition removal. On top of a huuuge water field that also grants aoe regen and pulse condition removal as well as vigor, if you want it to. With runes of altruism and nature’s voice, you will be a huge asset to 5 man wvw havoc groups (I’m not aware of havoc having powerful regen and perma swiftness in the current meta so this is really actually a big deal).
No its not a big deal. There are many better sources of swiftness and regen from the other classes.
“Be like water” – Bruce Lee
What an awful, depressing answer. Don’t listen to him. Ranger is awesome because it’s the best healer in the game with some of the best condition removal. On top of a huuuge water field that also grants aoe regen and pulse condition removal as well as vigor, if you want it to. With runes of altruism and nature’s voice, you will be a huge asset to 5 man wvw havoc groups (I’m not aware of havoc having powerful regen and perma swiftness in the current meta so this is really actually a big deal).
You can’t really base the class around 1 skill for PvE, and even if you want to other classes offer so much more. I know it sounds awful to just say “no” but PvE rangers are currently at the bottom. If you only want to do WvW, fine, they’re still pretty viable for that since the pet isn’t a huge problem there.
My perceived problem with the class? Anet cannot figure out what to do with that kitten ed pet. They have the idea of ranger being a pet class but the execution in PvE is so poor and I don’t know if they have the experience or the right developers with programming AI because honestly there’s a lot of AI problems with NPCs as well. They’re just too stubborn at this point in time to make any drastic changes like taking away more pet DPS and giving it to the ranger or creating some kind of global rule in which all pets take less dmg from AoE/conditions but obviously ranger is suffering the most from this since the dmg is tied directly to the pet and they’re more worried about PvP balance at this point in time.
This had to be a troll thread…
This had to be a troll thread…
It probably is, but at least it’s entertaining.
Advice for new Rangers:
Do you want to be a Ranger?
“Yes”
Uninstall game, buy any other MMO in existence. MMO doesn’t have a Ranger class? Still a better Ranger then GW2’s Ranger.
No, don’t play a Ranger…any hours you put in levelling, buying equipment are a total waste of time…
If I could go back in time to when I bought the game, wouldn’t go near the Ranger class with a 10ft pole.
Roll a guardian or thief…
what about the longbow buff? Doesn’t that count for anything?
All is vain.
what about the longbow buff? Doesn’t that count for anything?
No, it is still subpar to melee which is subpar to every other class.
Ranger | Elementalist
If you enjoy endless build changing and even after adapting all the changes you still gonna get out performed by other classes,then yes, ranger is the right class for you.
Forty Milliseconds…rangers who remember…know…
what about the longbow buff? Doesn’t that count for anything?
By buffing the long bow, you mean to nerf the shortbow so that the mediocre long bow looks a bit more appealing? most of us are not foolish enough not to notice the good, but the nerfs of the ranger class as a whole far outweigh the good of the updated long bow.
I once thought that my ranger was going to be a lb/sb user all the way, but the long bow is slow, not defense capable, and weak unless you are two miles away from target.
what about the longbow buff? Doesn’t that count for anything?
Longbow is kitten in so many different situations, just use the shortbow… oh wait, they nerfed it… well, time to reroll a thief.
Yeah, after trying out the longbow and spirits post patch, I strongly advise you to stay away from the class. They gave the class nothing valuable (from what I’ve seen before) and they hit the class with some pretty heavy nerfs. This is on top of what was already a kittenty situation for the class to begin with. Don’t make a ranger.
Don’t. It’s a trap.
Pets have been hidden due to rising Player complaints.
Just started playing 3 weeks ago. Put a lot of hours into playing to lvl to 80 and gear power, vitality, toughness gear with lb/sb combo. Just spent over 450 badges, 250k karma and 15gold gearing and rehearing my ranger. Now I have to rehear again for some clerical build…..I want my money back anet. I want my time back.