Guild Wars 2

Just replace “Engineer” with “Ranger”

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I laughed. All in good fun though. =)

+1 Really really sum up the situation. But err are you not afraid you will get infracted?

Got a few infractions when I posted “how long more” threads here

Screw the infractions I say. To hell with you Anet!

I kid. I love this game too much to be holding any grudges.

Fixing the ranger class is only one of a bajillion things that needed to happen before release…
At least, you know, because the game was hyped as a highly competitive Esport…

Anyways, when or how well they fix the class… with what they’ve shown us of how much effort they are putting into PvP…
I wouldn’t dare to hope.

garethh.3518:

Fixing the ranger class is only one of a bajillion things that needed to happen before release…
At least, you know, because the game was hyped as a highly competitive Esport…

Anyways, when or how well they fix the class… with what they’ve shown us of how much effort they are putting into PvP…
I wouldn’t dare to hope.

Frankly, rangers are in MUCH BETTER condition during BWE3
For some weird reasons, they broke the class during stress tests just before launch.
Rangers do more damage in BWE than the currently overnerfed GS and LB.
Ranger had much better traits in nature-line in BWE.
Ranger had much better condition removal and break-stun capability in BWE.
And Finally they nerfed the SB at last to make people quit playing ranger for good.
All that is left are the obvious lies and empty promises.

GG Anet, keep up the good work

You know what is common about all these games which have different classes?

Every class has tons of people calling their class underpowered. All 8 classes here included.

Oh please, florence. Even a blind, deaf man who’s lived his entire life underneath a ROCK can see that some of the classes are just absolutely, atrociously underpowered, the ranger being the number one poor sod on the list.

The point I was making is that with everyone making noise that their own class is underpowered, how does some really know that the genuinely underpowered class is genuinely underpowered?

There’s so much noise out there.

florence.1674:

The point I was making is that with everyone making noise that their own class is underpowered, how does some really know that the genuinely underpowered class is genuinely underpowered?

There’s so much noise out there.

Raw percent of representation in pvp is a good estimate. Also, you don’t need a degree from MIT to crunch damage numbers.

Trying to act like it’s some metaphysical thing that we “can never truly know” is just silly.

Yep. Rangers are the most underrepresented class in tPVP. high lvl tPVP is only about 2% ranger.

People can adequately judge if Ranger is underpowered or not just by playing a few classes for awhile. I have an 80 Guardian and Ranger, and I played a decent bit of bunker ele in spvp. I also have a lower level Warrior alt.

It’s so obvious Ranger is lacking atm. Everything we do is subpar :/. Yeah, I know a lot of people complain that their class of choice is underpowered, but that doesn’t mean some of those complaints aren’t true.

I’m fully geared in exotics and so are my friends who I play with on a daily basis. The amount of damage my two Warrior friends do is ridiculous. Whether it’s melee or ranged, they have such high numbers it’s not even funny. My thief buddy’s cluster shot and bouncing arrows make my shortbow embarrassed, and they can do a ton of melee damage. My Guardian friend is set up in full tanky gear. He rarely ever dies, even in Arah explo paths. He is constantly giving boons to the party as well.

The guys I regularly play with are my friends so they would never admit it, but honestly i’m the weakest part of the team. Not because of my personal skill, but because I simply don’t put out the damage or support that the other classes can provide. My pet is usually dead or sitting by my side the whole time till I decide it’s time to pop their F2 utility (that takes a bit of time before even working). Guess that means my dps isn’t where it should be. Honestly I hate how pets work and I hate how I have to rely on the AI to make up the other 45% or whatever of my damage, but that’s a discussion for another time.

In WvW I just sit behind allies and fire away. I seem to do fairly well, but honestly I could do so much better with any other class. Don’t even get me started on the mists. The higher ladder class representation speaks for itself.

Rangers are “meh” at everything they do. I’m tired of hearing my friends talk about the crazy damage they do, the awesome support they bring, or how much of a beating they can take before going down. I love the Ranger class, but it’s in such a bad place right now.

I’m just glad I still have my 80 Guardian. I’m in the process of gearing him up right now and will probably be playing him from now on.

Perhaps if we collect all our tears into a large vial and send it to Anet, perhaps they’ll give us a proper buff coming update.

Hi everyone,

Please refrain from making threads that are simply a whine. If you have suggestions to improve the ranger class, feel free to voice them.

In the interest of keeping the forums clean, we are going to close this thread.

Thanks for your understanding and feedback.