Guild Wars 2

Heya folks, Sitting here listening to this SotG and how it relates to Rangers. In all honestly, we were talked about almost none at all and the majority of the talk is under the premise of Spvp which isnt the best news for wvw and pve’rs

PROS-

-First off, the devs seem aware of the SB issue and stated they might be adding a grandmaster trait to make SB 1200 yards again.

-In the same statement they said that ( in not so many words) that long bow would be getting some more love.

-Dev stated that rangers need an active form of Condition removal as having only passive removal takes away an entire aspect of the game.

-Spirits will be getting a huge change to ensure their viability in wvw/pvp ect

CONS- things we heard noting about.

-Nothing about Pet AI/damage
-Nothing about build diversity
-Nothing about Broken traits/weak lines

So sadly , not much clarity into where they want to see the ranger class go.

what were your thoughts of the state of the game ? lets hear it!

Jaxx of GRIM
-Dark Haven-

I’ve been running a zerker LB/SB ranger up until the patch, then I switched to a zerker LB/Axe&Torch ranger once the range was equalized to 900. Really didn’t affect my play much other than I’m not as effective in pursuit now in WvW but I’m better in large battles.

I do wish they would reduce the cooldown on Barrage and/or get rid of the reflective damage that comes back on you from it. Otherwise I actually like the longbow.

Also, I’d be a little more than worried about what they mean by “active” condition removal. The ranger already has a at least a couple of ways of wiping off conditions (I use Healing Spring myself). If they want to make it something like they did with with my warrior toon then watch out since it flat out sucks.

Personally, I’ve written off the pet. No game I’ve played has done the AI right on them so when the pet actually does something useful its just a bonus.

I cannot comment on the other play styles since I simply haven’t tried them (I have a bunch of alts so I make each of them fit a different play style and use the one I want when I want something different