Guild Wars 2

Most professions can adapt nearly to any situation with nearly any weapon. in our case in pvp we must use shortsword-shortbow, wvw: LB/GS, dungeon meta same as pvp but with berzerker.
trait lines: except pvp we are forced to spend in power line as much as possible. every good traits are there and others are not too useful. BTW the condi duration in power line is pointless. wvw and pve builds not use use condis and pvp builds spend max 10 points there. pvp build: be tanky as possible! infinity+1 regeneration, toughness, vitality. we are forced much more in the tank role as a bunker guardian.

I think ANet going in the right direction but they need to be a little more aggressive with the rethink of the profession.

Greatsword works just fine in PvP and dungeons. Axes also work fine in PvP, dagger and torch is also fine in PvP, sometimes in dungeons also. I don’t see the problem there.

naw greatsword is not good in pvp, the rest you are right about.

Longbow works wonders in PvP… It’s our ONLY weapon that can force someone from a point, not to mention the vuln and stealth make it great for Beast Master builds.

And GS is great for bunkers, and from what I’ve seen burst builds because dat maul (ill give you a hint, use a black widow/jungle spider and get that flanking sig of hunt moment of Clerity death bringing bear and watch the QQ)

My thread here was aimed at this very thing. Take a look if you’re unsatisfied with the way the Ranger is currently built.