Guild Wars 2

I apologize if this is on here somewhere but I haven’t had any luck finding anything here or on the internet. I just started a ranger and this is my first time playing this game but where do i get a bow from? this is part of the reason that i made a ranger and am just curious. Also i’m only level 4 or 5 i believe

Thank you for any help

Check the vendors in your area or look for weaponsmiths in the city. You can also look for cheap low level bows on the tradepost. Then there are just the random drops from monsters.

You can get one from random drops or you can buy one off the trading post(auction house) for really cheap.

thank you very much for you help guys i appreciate it..i wasn’t sure if i would get one during the course of a quest or anything like that

I’m not sure what experience you may have had previously, but I come from an MMO where you could play a mage standing still, let someone take aggro and just hit 3 to deal max damage. In GW2 you need to be on the move, you need to learn the “tells” of the opponent. When you are levelling instead of just getting a bear and firing away from safe distance and hiting every skill on cooldown, look for ways to keep mobs away, or ways to avoid being hit once they get close. A lot of people pick ranger for the ranged damage aspect, and than frustration ensues once they hit 80 and go into wvw. I suggest trying out wvw sooner, rather than later, so you know what to expect, and what to train towards. Cause pve content with bear and a bow is pretty trivial, but players will not attack your bear.

gamerjon.6271:

thank you very much for you help guys i appreciate it..i wasn’t sure if i would get one during the course of a quest or anything like that

You will get the option between a short bow, longbow and greatsword after your lv 10 personal story quest if you have not gotten one by then.

Also, as nagmybear pointed out you can’t just stand still and pew pew in real combat so I’d suggest not getting used to it and not using a bear as much as possible (they trivialize PvE content), also if you are using ranged you will deal less damage than Melee, end of story, you are however more safer due to the range, and as such if highly recommend learning to kite!