only the meta is viable in dungeons?
This has nothing to do with rangers, the dungeon meta builds are the ones with the highest damage.
Other professions that have variable dungeon builds do so because they overlap. Warrior banners for example. But all professions have a best ‘non-overlap’ build.
I might also point out that knowing dungeon paths will allow you to vary things up for the best possible degree of efficiency. Swapping utilities, traits, and weapons is practically a hobby for regular dungeon runners.
(edited by Fluffball.8307)
Lots of builds are viable in dungeons. You don’t have to do dungeons the meta way. My friends and I tackled the dungeons blind (no peeking at online guides or videos unless we got stuck), learning as we went and clearing all the trash in between the major encounters.
It was a lot of fun because we consider that sort of thing to be fun. If you’re the type who considers fun to be finishing a dungeon in as little time as possible, then you’ll disagree and the dungeon meta builds will be the way you’ll roll. But that in no way means the meta builds are the only viable way to do it.
The only issue is finding a group of like-minded people to run the dungeon. There seem to be a lot more of the “do it as fast as you can” people. Or more precisely, those type of people seem to do a lot more dungeon runs so most of the LFGs for dungeons are their type. If you don’t like that way of playing, don’t succumb to it. Seek out other people who like to play as you do, and run the dungeons with them your way. Heck, in previous RPGs I’ve talked my friends into trying to clear a dungeon naked (without armor).
viable =/= optimal
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