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Posted by: Excalibur.9748

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Is this a good class? Is it good for PvE/PvP/WvW?

All is vain.

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Posted by: Zindrix.1750

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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!

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Posted by: Chokolata.1870

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Do not play the ranger

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Posted by: Theglados.7243

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Unless you’re a masochist, don’t do it.

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Posted by: Sarision.6347

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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.

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Posted by: UrMom.4205

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yup as others have said, rangers blow after todays patch.

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Posted by: Chopps.5047

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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).

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Posted by: Ryan.9387

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Don’t play Ranger. Every other class offers far more in everything except pvp.

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Posted by: Lonewolf Kai.3682

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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.

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Posted by: Zindrix.1750

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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.

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Posted by: Castaliea.3156

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This had to be a troll thread…

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Posted by: Zindrix.1750

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This had to be a troll thread…

It probably is, but at least it’s entertaining.

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Posted by: Levetty.1279

Levetty.1279

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.

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Posted by: Meglobob.8620

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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…

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Posted by: Excalibur.9748

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what about the longbow buff? Doesn’t that count for anything?

All is vain.

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Posted by: Ryan.9387

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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.

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Posted by: BlusterWolf.2103

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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.

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Posted by: Aden Celeste.3650

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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.

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Posted by: xaL.1768

xaL.1768

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.

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

Shiren.9532

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.

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Posted by: Bran.7425

Bran.7425

Don’t. It’s a trap.

Pets have been hidden due to rising Player complaints.

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Posted by: Vhampire.4132

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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.