Guild Wars 2

like the topic says our traps dont work on dragons….. it’s kind of annoying please fix

as far as longbows go for our class, their DPS kinda sucks…. shortbows are way better for killing enemies and groups… the only thing longbows have going for them are the superior range and barage every 30 or so seconds which is lame… i dont mind their slow attack speed, just give them more area effect shots to make them more appealing just do something… i just swapped out my lvl 70 exotic shortbow for a level 80 exotic longbow and it feels like im doing much less damage

Because you probably are.

Longbow needs to be used properly to hit like SB or harder than SB, it’s not a weapon to be used for everything like shortbow.

Shortbow problem is bleeds, in groups usually bleed stack is quite useless but it still does great damage without bleed and doesn’t force you to stay at max range to do better damage.
Now…Longbow pretty much needs full berseker gear in order to shine and being able to stay far away from your target is a requirement, so that makes it not the best weapon to kill mobs. But sure it needs some love from Anet.

@Sleepy

Even with full berserk gear it doesnt shine compared to other weps. I just hope they take the right steps with this weapon. Even if they dont buff its damage I would be happy with obstruction fixes and increased projectile speed, and weapon attack speed.

Dante Dragonhand.2538:

@Sleepy

Even with full berserk gear it doesnt shine compared to other weps. I just hope they take the right steps with this weapon. Even if they dont buff its damage I would be happy with obstruction fixes and increased projectile speed, and weapon attack speed.

Other weapons…shortbow? Because axe or GS damage are horrible, sword is pretty good but risky. I find my longbow quite decent, traited with long range increase you can actually do 2-3k+ autoattack crits which is alright, barrage crits have aswell a fine amount of damage. My only issue with it is that arrows are so easy to evade from such a long range. Also QZ + Rapid Fire + Barrage is a good combo after using vulnerability.
The problem is damage decreases a lot if you are not in max range.

And obviously longbow is not the optimal weapon for sPvP/tPvP, you will rarely be in max range without someone jumping on you

But i do agree longbow needs some buffs or a trait that makes arrows fly faster or something.

Idc what they do with axe, but for longbow I run a glass cannon with longbow traited and yea, sure Ive gotten those 3k crits on light armored GCs but it rarely happens anymore, and like you said its hard to stay at max range so our damage gets cut in half. Its common knowledge alot of damage from weps is on auto attack with most professions, not longbows, and yes arrows are far too easy to avoid, with my rifle warrior its nearly impossible to strafe them because they move so fast, you have to manually dodge them. I want that for all projectiles in the game including my arrows.