Guild Wars 2

Why are people saying their is only two viable builds?

I keep hearing people say their is only two viable builds for the Ranger. That is simply not true. Everyone hops on the forums, reads about the latest builds which has been BM or Trap Ranger builds, and assume those are the only ones. There are tons of Ranger builds to try out and discover. Trap builds have been around since beta……but someone decided to share there ‘trap build’ and now its one of two VIABLE builds.

I personally have 3 variations of my current build that dominates 1 vs 1 and some 1 vs 2 situations, and its not a BM or Trap build. I am always seeing new Rangers hop on these forums and assume(because of misinformation) that there is only two builds that make a Ranger viable. I can guarantee that there are a few Rangers that frequent the forums who have tested countless builds who have NOT shared them because it works for them and they consider there build to be OP and it works for them.

My suggestion is go to the Mists, experiment with the limitless possibilities and tweak them a bit to your liking and play style.

Well in case you are not quite aware yet the reason for the influx of these topcs is usually due to something about rangers getting nerfed, up till today it was never anything that bothered or affected me but nerfing quickness and then pretending to balance the zephr skill by adding a stun break and making it last longer (when that ends up meaning you will use it in a situation where you will probably need to heal but won’t be able to for that much longer now) really bugs the hell out of me.

How can there be so many people finding flaws with the ranger class and not only is very little being done to fix them but things are getting nerfed.

By all means this topic is not directed at the quickness nerf or the influx of nerf topics as I believe Zephyr’s Speed should be buffed to 3 or 4 seconds along with everyone else. This topic is written for encouragement that there are more than 2 viable builds. I see a lot of people that think Trapper and BM Rangers are the only viable builds but it’s simply not true. I used to run a 30/30/0/0/10 glass cannon build but had trouble taking guardians and some mesmers down. So I sought out to test new builds that went with my play style and found my current one which is by far better than any GC build.

shrug, dunno, I eat up BM and Trap rangers all day as power/precision. In fact I eat up most classes as power/precision.