Guild Wars 2

Over and over I’ve heard it said that other classes are better, that rangers are lacking and “if I only played another class, I would see how badly we are lacking.”

“Rangers are a Jack of all trades master of none.”
“..an opportunistic class..”

Most of you have ranger mains, that’s why I am asking your opinion.

What class is worth investing my time into? Necro/Ele/Engi? Those are the three I am considering, leaning towards ele.

Not sure i’m getting your logic regarding why ask this on ranger forum but from my pvp experience and watching some of the last tournament, I think tempest(ele) are very desierd in the current meta, I see very high representation of this specialization. I guss that the AOE protaction and stability with the lightning overload making them very strong part of the team.

If you main ranger, you must share some taste for the style of play that rangers offers.

Who better to ask than other Rangers?

“Rangers are a Jack of all trades master of none.”
So is every class, Gw2 was designed so “everything is possible”, however Ranger/Druid has short comings and is sub optimal in some places. On the flip side, Ranger is the master of Ranged Damage and Burst Healing. And in Viper’s Gear our damage is amazing, comparable to Sinister Engie (Slightly lower)

“..an opportunistic class..”
As ia any good rogue archtype. Would Robin Hood storm some rich dude’s castle in broad daylight? Would a predator not go for the weakened or sick prey as opposed to healthy that is going to put up a fight? Yes, Ranger is opportunistic, but more of a “by any means necessary” type of opportunistic. And we can still fight on “fair terms” but use what is given to you.

As a long kitten time ranger player with my original Ranger from headstart. We are first and foremost the pet class. In PvP you must use the pet to its advantages and cover its disadvantages. And that is where our skillcap is. Druid is useful, and your pet can peel for you at the cost of Might/Quickness if you go BM.

If your dont wanna play Ranger just jump on the Ele bandwagon like everyone else for past three years. It isnt leaving the meta any time soon and it makes me wonder a lot if what I had played Ele instead of Ranger? Where would I be?

It’s not so much I am jumping the bandwagon. I don’t have the funds to buy the expansion.

And I am getting a little bored with the 3 rangers I have. (power lb/condi trapper and a tank)

Looking to expand my horizons. I enjoy the game and I love pvp.
I want to try something with different disadvantages…..play something that is less hard countered.

@EnderzShadow

I can clearly see why did you come ask us. And us especially.
From my personal experience, I can definitely offer you an Engineer or Mesmer (depending on whether you prefer more utility or mechanic oriented gameplay).

I don’t really know if my assumption is correct but if you decided to play a ranger – you don’t want easy high reward classes. Which leads me to either a utility (timing) skill capped profession (chronomancer) or a mechanically durable class with lots of options and hidden potential just as options to “fit the situation” with different combos (that would be the engineer).

But if it was me – I’d play around with druid with the changes we got. No one in the world can deny our rightful sustain and teamfight support potential. Even without staff post latest patch.
What you believe the ranger to be is finally no longer true. Rangers are useful. But well, no one can stop you from trying other classes, right?

I like classes that I can understand but a bit of deepness to them is alright.

I’ll try an engineer and an ele again.

I have time to mess around with them before I buy expansion.

Cele signet necro still doe okay on side points, it’s tougher to 2v1 now because of all the cc.
Engi is still a lot of fun. A lot of people are bringing less condi removal lately (since most guards switched from burn to DH) so you can absolutely destroy people with a burn engi if you want to go that route.
Warrior is in a pretty bad spot against players that actually know how to dodge but if your MMR is low you can still tear people up with a stance/rampage build. It’s actually really good for +1’ing fights and moving around the map pretty quickly.