Guild Wars 2

Hopefully before 22nd Dec.
What do you think, players?

Nov. 15th. I think this is when the next big update occurs.

Its been confirmed for the 14/15th whenever that new island is being released.

1 week left. I wonder if anyone can wait that long. During that time i’ll just roll a thief and faceslap noobs that think theyre an underpowered class, in no less than 3 seconds.

dont be expecting too much guys. i feel that there will be alot of people let down. personally i wouldnt give a kitten if they left rangers as is as long as the thief overall dmg gets nerfed

It can’t come soon enough. All I really want is for the sword auto-attack to be fixed.

Sword has the potential to be my favorite weapon, but an auto-attack that roots you makes it unusable.

just another question

but what do you guys expect from this update/ranger buff?

There’s a catchy word for things such as this that many developers would respond with and it is….wait for it…..

“Soon…”

Llywellyn.4635:

just another question

but what do you guys expect from this update/ranger buff?

I don’t know what everyone else is expecting, but I’m expecting a lot of broken skills being fixed and some slight tweaks to weapons. Nothing major. Some people want to see the world dominated by a ranger and his/her pet, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon. I doubt we will get buffed to the point of having a viable role in sPvP is what I’m actually saying.

I see a few of our shouts being reworked or buffed cough search and rescue cough cough and then I see a buff to spirits coming… I personally hope spirits will just constantly apply what their proc is every second, and then their active occurs at your targets location…

Oh I can only dream…

Apophis.8561:

dont be expecting too much guys. i feel that there will be alot of people let down. personally i wouldnt give a kitten if they left rangers as is as long as the thief overall dmg gets nerfed

Welcome to an Anet game, they actually specialize in balancing properly. I know blizzard terrorised any1 not a warlock or mage but anet is different. They did mention how they are looking into nerfing backstab damage but buffing other areas to compensate so they are taking appropriate steps. A couple pro tips that help you last against a backstab thief, bring lightning reflexes, if you dont want to, rely on timing that first dodge when they go to steal, tends to ruin them. If you dont see a thief coming they should kill you fast, thats how I feel. When I see a thief coming and attempt to dodge when I think they are gonna teleport kitten me then I usually force them to run. Thieves are pretty useless without their poisons, atleast as backstab.

Indoles.1467:

Llywellyn.4635:

just another question

but what do you guys expect from this update/ranger buff?

I don’t know what everyone else is expecting, but I’m expecting a lot of broken skills being fixed and some slight tweaks to weapons. Nothing major. Some people want to see the world dominated by a ranger and his/her pet, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon. I doubt we will get buffed to the point of having a viable role in sPvP is what I’m actually saying.

Necros said the same thing till they got their buff/fixes. Now look at them, completely on par with other classes, and very very dangerous. Necros were in the same shape we were but they got their stuff sooner. A bunch of bug fixes and some buffs to weapon would be enormous. Lets not forget they are changing alot of our utilities and probably ditching alot of pet animations to make them better in pvp. As much as I like seeing my bird do a beautiful swoop, gets annoying mid combat when he swoops and my target gets away. Im also expecting pet buffs, survivability wise anyways. And hopefully an easier way to stack might as a ranger instead of relying on RaO.

Anet said they will improve ranger quality of life so lets leave it up to them to see how.

Dante Dragonhand.2538:

Apophis.8561:

dont be expecting too much guys. i feel that there will be alot of people let down. personally i wouldnt give a kitten if they left rangers as is as long as the thief overall dmg gets nerfed

Welcome to an Anet game, they actually specialize in balancing properly.

Did we play different versions of Guild Wars 1?

Apophis.8561:

dont be expecting too much guys. i feel that there will be alot of people let down. personally i wouldnt give a kitten if they left rangers as is as long as the thief overall dmg gets nerfed

Agree with this. There will be some changes, but if you’re hoping for a sweeping overhaul to the class I think you’re going to be very disappointed. That’s just not how ANet operates. They want to implement small, incremental changes to avoid the overnerfing/buffing seesaw style of balancing that plague a lot of other MMOs.

Ranger will see some changes, but I strongly doubt they’ll be sweeping. Backstab Thieves are likely to continue taking the nerf bat to the face as well.

Levetty.1279:

Dante Dragonhand.2538:

Apophis.8561:

dont be expecting too much guys. i feel that there will be alot of people let down. personally i wouldnt give a kitten if they left rangers as is as long as the thief overall dmg gets nerfed

Welcome to an Anet game, they actually specialize in balancing properly.

Did we play different versions of Guild Wars 1?

Apparently, the pvp in gw2 was quite balanced. Rangers were always the redheaded stepchild but aside from them every other class was able to compete on par. Even rangers could compete, you just had to know how to build your class. So yea, maybe we played different games, I usually only played with other good players.