~Renn~ Jade Quarry – Norn, – Ranger.
Would people be annoyed?
People usually do, and for good reason. Longbow is a tactical weapon that can be utilized to strong potentials in combination with other weaponry which is really effective in PvP, but you don’t need that ‘smart’ style in PvE at all. You just want to blaze through content faster, and a Bow doesn’t help do that at all.
Active: Mesmer, Warrior
Inactive: Guardian, Elementalist, Ranger, Thief (ex-main)
Leveling: Engineer, Necromancer
Inactive: Guardian, Elementalist, Ranger, Thief (ex-main)
Leveling: Engineer, Necromancer
There is no tanking in this game. Theres control, but no tanking. Guardians cannot sit and soak up 100% of the damage from all the mobs all of the time, warriors cannot do it either.
what is this tanking?
Karma is as abundant as air, and as useless as the Kardashians.
i use longbow in dungeons all the time. aoe fire fields + area might (combustive arrow > arching arrow) works great
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There is no tanking in this game. Theres control, but no tanking. Guardians cannot sit and soak up 100% of the damage from all the mobs all of the time, warriors cannot do it either.
what is this tanking?
Guardians can definitely do it when specced right.
I can do thirty Five-Dolyak Arm Curls.
Do you even lift, bro?
Do you even lift, bro?
There is no tanking in this game. Theres control, but no tanking. Guardians cannot sit and soak up 100% of the damage from all the mobs all of the time, warriors cannot do it either.
what is this tanking?
Guardians can definitely do it when specced right.
not 100% in any one spec. different mobs in GW2 have different priority as to who to attack (some different based on battle phase, ie lupi in Arah).
while there is a general best way if the guard loses it to a super high dps glass cannon he will likely not get it back till the GC is downed. Guard does not get initial agro may never get it in a good dps group
That was not the question. The question was whether or not they can soak the damage, which they can with the right Traits/Gear.
I can do thirty Five-Dolyak Arm Curls.
Do you even lift, bro?
Do you even lift, bro?
That was not the question. The question was whether or not they can soak the damage, which they can with the right Traits/Gear.
while in most cases they can take the dmg, they do not take 100% of it cause the other group members will be targeted too. so solo a guard can take 100% but in a group good luck keeping every mob on you to take 100%
That was not the question. The question was whether or not they can soak the damage, which they can with the right Traits/Gear.
No. It wasn’t. The question was “Would people get….frustrated that I’m not up front tanking in dungeouns etc?” I.E., pretty much everyone went off topic.
and yes they would because your performing significantly underpar with the bow in most situations. use the bow when melee is unfriendly, but if you went war you sould be melee most of the time.
If you want to sit back with a bow go ranger, or you could consider a thief, but thief should only use bow for trash as it is crap for single target such as bosses
There is no tanking in this game. Theres control, but no tanking. Guardians cannot sit and soak up 100% of the damage from all the mobs all of the time, warriors cannot do it either.
what is this tanking?
Oh ho ho ho on the contrariety warriors specced correctly can very much tank for 11 seconds straight without taking any physical damage while standing still and drinking tea.
lv80 with skills fully unlocked, warrior, elementalist and engineer
lv80 Necromancer, all professional skills unlocked, working on the final norn elite skills.
lv80 Necromancer, all professional skills unlocked, working on the final norn elite skills.
I believe “SOME” people will get frustrated, pending on the situation. There has been a time or two where I have been in such a case because of the bow, but usually not JUST the ONE bow that causes it. Like rolling in Cof path 1 with 2 bow warriors and a Mf player. That was a VERY long end boss fight. I never quit a party before in a dungeon, but that is near the top of my list for ones that I wanted to. Again, I don’t MIND having a bow warrior once in a while…but would rather have a nice DPS melee warrior for the dungeons that “I” run.
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Pure bow Warrior is… bad. Its just suboptimal. Maintained dps is WAY lower than for example axe or greatsword.
HOWEVER its a great secondary weapon. I use axe/sheild/longbow in PvE, but the longbow is a secondary for group combat – if I encounter groups, I quickly build adrenaline (due to axe traits) and then launch the nuke bubble combo – F1+3/swap/sheild 4 (or eviscerate).
Do people get annoyed because I am not in front tanking when they see my bow? Err… No, because I am still in front face-tanking anything I meet with high dps on my primary weapon.
Pure bow Warrior is
I don’t agree with this as I have done some major damage in WvW and even came on top rating during sPvP.
It’s an amazing weapon choice in my opinion, if you know how to use one.
I play ranger main, the warrior longbow easily tops the damage dealt. Just lacks speed in which to deal it, it’s more burst dmg.
~Renn~ Jade Quarry – Norn, – Ranger.
There is no tanking in this game. Theres control, but no tanking. Guardians cannot sit and soak up 100% of the damage from all the mobs all of the time, warriors cannot do it either.
what is this tanking?
Oh ho ho ho on the contrariety warriors specced correctly can very much tank for 11 seconds straight without taking any physical damage while standing still and drinking tea.
Must be some pretty cold tea…
Cold tea meaning that 11 seconds is probably scarred with a long cooldown until you can do it again so is rather insignificant and if the boss catches you before that cooldown, you’d better have some vigor…in which case, it probably would have been beter to skip the specialized ‘tank for 11 sec’ build and just get the vigor and dodge more instead.
Blowing all your cooldowns for long duration invuln (or something like it, such as evasion) is do-able by many classes.
To the OP’s point, people will get annoyed on trash, because a team full of kiters that isn’t organized (CC, positioning) will take forever to kill packs.
I also love longbow, but I’d recommend starting with a melee weapon. GS, Hammer, axe/mace and more are great for an in-and-out style that compliments longbow well