Warrior rifle exclusive Build!(The machineGun slayer)
While I certainly understand a warrior who may be put off by melee getting squished, what do you propose to do with enemies that reflect projectiles? Run away? I am really asking as I am curious about the viability of this for a support build warrior in groups.
its like asking what you will do as melee againt people who slow you down and dodge :P
its all about how you play and ur routation m8
Not at all the same thing. How do you deal with being kited is not anything like, how do you deal with mobs being completely immune to you. You can dodge all day but if you cant hit something with a bullet you will be rifle butting while shooting yourself all day.
Edewen has a point to be honest. You need to at least carry 1 melee weapon. I would suggest warhorn/anything. At the minimum what i’ve seen is 1 fight in Citadel of Flame where you are going to be useless for half the fight without a melee weapon as the mobs have bubbles that protect them from ranged.
Now granted I love rifle, and I love longbow, but I really think about the only time I would carry both is WvW and even then I don’t like the idea of losing my mobility and escape without a warhorn.
Im personally stuck on my axehorn/rifle combo. I just wish the rifle fired a lot faster ranger shortbow as combat feels so slow for rifle.
Im personally stuck on my axehorn/rifle combo. I just wish the rifle fired a lot faster ranger shortbow as combat feels so slow for rifle.
Isn’t the longbow slightly faster?
Edric Stormborne – Stormbluff Isle
If it is, then not by much. Ranger shortbow is a machine gun in comparison.
The build has a good standing, but you need to swap out the long bow for some sort of melee weapon – if not, you’ll be at death’s mercy when you face monsters that reflect projectiles. Nice idea though!
Leader of <Gentlemen> on Isle of Janthir Server.
Nothing in this game reflects projectiles for more than a few seconds. Just run away or drop some ground AOE (not a projectile, Longbow has plenty of it).
I leveled with Longbow/Rifle for about 90% of the game. It was incredibly powerful, mostly the Longbow.
Traits, utilities, and gear don’t change, I went full Power/Precision (Crit Damage tree if you need a 3rd), used the 5 signet build, and went all offensive on my gear.
You can be incredibly glass cannon as a ranged and not really have to worry about veterans or big mob packs.
Also make sure to ACTUALLY USE YOUR SIGNETS. The only ones that are pretty worthless to activate are the Power one and the Heal (in a tight spot you should activate it, but the regen is pretty powerful by itself). The adrenaline one is STUPID GOOD, you should use it ALL THE TIME while leveling to throw down a Longbow burst AOE.
The condition removal one will save yourkitten all the time, and the ultimate is perfect for fighting veterans/bosses.
Other than that, it’s pretty simple. Gather up however much kitten you want, use the blind if you need time, drop the burst circle, use the explosion (3) for free might and tons of damage, watch stuff die.
Swap in rifle when all the longbow stuff is on cooldown, use a few spells, go back. Rifle is only really useful on a single target, Longbow should be your main weapon.
It’s very powerful for leveling, but I would recommend branching out into other weapons at 80, the Warrior has a LOT of useful weapons.
(Pro tip: the 2nd best leveling trait after +40 precision/signet is the VII major in the Discipline aka Crit Damage tree. Put 20 points into that tree, take VII and never die again. It lets you use #3 without worry and rally 100% of the time when something dies and you’re in “zombie mode” as I call it.)
I’m sorry Fantom, but your post lost any credibility once you mentioned a 5 signet build. Does it work? Yes. But it is incredibly selfish in group situations and even if those players did re-allocate traits for dungeons “which they likely won’t”, they likely won’t know how to use their utility tools efficiently for the groups benefit.