Guild Wars 2

Im just wondering wahts is better for WvW (zergs and roaming ) rifle or LB in you opinion ?
What deals more dmg and are they viable ( i mean for them to be your main weapon )

I think rifle does more damage, but i still prefer the longbow. Because of AoE and CC(blind/immobilize).

LB if you want to be useful.

Rifle for fun shenigians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3cYGQvQ8g

You can have my Rifle when you pry it from my Charr’s cold, dead hands.

The thing is, you don’t really need to specifically trait for lb(tho the longer range trait helps) and the lb generally is more useful.
Rifle has a niche in specific rifle centric builds, but in any situation, where the ranged weapon is merely an option or not even on the main bar, just rotting in the inventory in case, you need to go range, the bow is far superior(and even in the case of fully range dedicated builds, they are still mostly even in terms of raw power, while the bow still beats the rifle in terms of utility)
So unless you want to make your build some sort of ranged weapon centric build, don’t go for the rifle. It needs very specific builds to break even with the bow.

That being said, I still use my Super Hyperbeam Alpha, cause it looks more kitten than any longbow out there.

Why not both?
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I’m more a fan of the rifle. An auto attack that stacks bleeds. A cripple shot. A quick rapid fire skill that hits hard. A good solid 8 vulnerable with 1 shot. A interrupt knockback for melee, and of course a powerful burst shot. Its just what a warrior needs when they have to step back from melee range to recover.

Bow is great and all but when I’m retreated from melee range because I’m low on health the idea of throwing down aoe and risking pulling multiple targets on me is not what I’m looking for. plus its usual bosses that require me to take range breaks so its better in my mind to have the weapon better for single target burst damage.

I’m mostly LB until I run into fireproof enemies. LB is just better because fire field bomb and hammer burst might.

Chaotic Storm.2815:

I’m more a fan of the rifle. An auto attack that stacks bleeds. A cripple shot. A quick rapid fire skill that hits hard. A good solid 8 vulnerable with 1 shot. A interrupt knockback for melee, and of course a powerful burst shot. Its just what a warrior needs when they have to step back from melee range to recover.

Bow is great and all but when I’m retreated from melee range because I’m low on health the idea of throwing down aoe and risking pulling multiple targets on me is not what I’m looking for. plus its usual bosses that require me to take range breaks so its better in my mind to have the weapon better for single target burst damage.

Everything you said is kind of how I feel about the weapons. I like the rifle for what it is, but I have to say, overall, bow is just a bit better, especially for PVE.

I still find the rifle very fun to use none-the-less.