Which prof is a good change from Ranger?

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

Ranger’s have all the types of styles, it’s just that very few of them are working correctly.
Spirits die quickly and that 10 sec CD is long (I prefer a CD of 1 sec and a very low proc chance instead)
Shouts don’t work properly
Signets are better now
Survival skill are un-focused
Some weapons have issues
You know, the usual stuff………..

Doing any event, it doesn’t feel like I am contributing to it except for normal killing. The ranger is just another rubber-band shooter.

Which prof would be a good change of play style and which would be a good prof for a supporting teamies?

You can also just list your alts if you like…

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Posted by: choigreywolf.7496

choigreywolf.7496

My main was a guard and a necro, the guard is def easy mode. The guard is great at support with the boons, its nice in dungeons and pve, I am not too much a fan when it comes to pvp or wvw in this game so idk if the guard is good on that side of the board. The necro was fun for a bit too. If you’d like try both of them out, currently I am addicted to my ranger which I am still lvling its a nice change.

Vladdamier-80 guard/ Knarled Scar-80 necro

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

My main was a guard and a necro, the guard is def easy mode. The guard is great at support with the boons, its nice in dungeons and pve, I am not too much a fan when it comes to pvp or wvw in this game so idk if the guard is good on that side of the board. The necro was fun for a bit too. If you’d like try both of them out, currently I am addicted to my ranger which I am still lvling its a nice change.

What are your opinions about the necro?
I played one only to level 15 or 16 with a friend but he didn’t have time to play so I removed it.

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Posted by: bri.2359

bri.2359

Guardian!!

Completely different play style and you actually feel useful …
Guardian ranged combat is terrible, so it is melee all the way.

You will cry going back to ranger, though .. Ranger greatsword is a wet noodle compared to the guardian greatsword ..

Lvl 80’s: Ranger; Guardian; Mesmer; Necromancer; Thief
Gandara Megaserver

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Posted by: capuchinseven.8395

capuchinseven.8395

Thief, it’s fun to burst sometimes. For real play I end up back on my ranger though. Sustained damage IS useful in group play.

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

Guardian!!

Completely different play style and you actually feel useful …
Guardian ranged combat is terrible, so it is melee all the way.

You will cry going back to ranger, though .. Ranger greatsword is a wet noodle compared to the guardian greatsword ..

Yup, I know about the greatsword. Had a guardian too but only level 16… I turned off the melee assist and stood inside the mob each time I used the spin attack.
It’s just sad that there are so many guardians and warriors around…

Thief, it’s fun to burst sometimes. For real play I end up back on my ranger though. Sustained damage IS useful in group play.

No thank you to the thief. I have my opinions about it.
Sustained damage is useful, but buffing the whole group is much better. I always slot frost spirit when running dungeons and place it out of harms way. It usually survives everywhere except at the boss(es)

EDIT:
For now, it’s between the Necro or the Guardian…

(edited by solrik.6028)

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Well i play a Mesmer (newest), Ele, and Engi apart from my ranger, really enjoying the mes, i like my Phantasms too much, they’re like pets, except they hit more often… and they don’t stand there and laugh at you as you lay there dying… oh yeah, and you don’t have to feed them.

That being said, ranger is still my favorite prof… now if only they had a staff…

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As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

Well i play a Mesmer (newest), Ele, and Engi apart from my ranger, really enjoying the mes, i like my Phantasms too much, they’re like pets, except they hit more often… and they don’t stand there and laugh at you as you lay there dying… oh yeah, and you don’t have to feed them.

That being said, ranger is still my favorite prof… now if only they had a staff…

I’m mostly PvE oriented (though I do play PvP and 3W) and I have only read that Mesmer sucks in PvE… how true is that?

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Well i play a Mesmer (newest), Ele, and Engi apart from my ranger, really enjoying the mes, i like my Phantasms too much, they’re like pets, except they hit more often… and they don’t stand there and laugh at you as you lay there dying… oh yeah, and you don’t have to feed them.

That being said, ranger is still my favorite prof… now if only they had a staff…

I’m mostly PvE oriented (though I do play PvP and 3W) and I have only read that Mesmer sucks in PvE… how true is that?

Well my lv 3 Mesmer carried a few groups of 80s through Molten Facility, but other than that I haven’t done too much PvE on em.

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As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna

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Posted by: awe extender.1908

awe extender.1908

I made a warrior alt after my main ranger. I got the warrior to lvl 30, was boring as hell. Deleted him!

Then made a thief, atm lvl 30 . a lot of fun. but never feeled like contributing to group.

Then made a GUARDIAN! atm level 62. It’s awesome. I feel rly active in groups (dungeons/fractals/www). And a completely different playstyle than ranger.

But Ranger is still my top prof!

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Posted by: Killsmith.8169

Killsmith.8169

I’ve had fun with my guardian, but I prefer the hammer over the greatsword.

Ele is also fun. I usually run a tanky S/D build that puts 25 stacks of might on the party and tosses out other boons occasionally.