Seriously, I’ve been having so much success as WS+BM+Druid that I never considered NM because I thought it was the less effective choice (I still do). Now after the buffs I’m nigh unstoppable. Only counters I ever had are berserker warriors (condi and power), condition thieves and (good) condition reapers (not so much after buffs).
Berserkers just got a massive nerf.
Reapers are getting their Deathly Chill trait nerfed in the next balance pass.
Condition thieves will get nerfed eventually as they are kittened (specially a good one).
Fortifying Bond should be baseline anyways. (-.-)
When it comes to WvW roaming though, in my opinion, base ranger will never be the superior choice over druid, Druidic Clarity+Celestial Shadow make sure of it, but you also have all the other added utility and sustain.
Soulbeast will have a 10s CD, 1200 range leap with a bird, can stack lots of invulnerabilities too. That huge mobility alone could give it viability. But I think it’s the traits that could make or break the spec.
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