Guild Wars 2

Besides talking about the power level of the ranger or his builds these things are broken and need to be fixed, because some of them are beta level bugs that shouldn`t be in the game right now. The facts are:
Our Longbow skills are useless. It`s proven that just letting auto-attack do the work (again, only talking about Longbow skills) is the best way to go dps wise. There is no rotation or combination of actions that can outperform the auto-attack. And it`s a weak auto-attack! This is just not acceptable. You have to make me WANT to push a button for its effects. Thats the point about button pushing in general…and making a class fun to play. And i want to have fun with a longbow.
And please don`t fix that problem by lowering our auto-attack dmg, thats not the way to solve this issue!
Pet`s are all kinds of f… broken. From annoyances like pathfinding problems to backbreakers like pet stopping to attack and basically forcing me to stand still so that they can hit anything if i want to include them in my build as a factor. Because aggro holding is not their job either. And they die after 2 hits in pve.
Spirits…well. I make this one short: They suck.

I don`t care if there are builds that avoid the pitfalls and do good in any way. I want my class to work properly.

Beastmaster builds could be fun but not in the current state.
-Anything except Bears dies faaar to easy. Combine that with unavoidable boss aoe dmg and nothing else is viable in a dungeon/pvp setting.
-Fix the kitten “pet stops to attack” bug! Makes running a pet dmg build completely pointless. And traits like “pets move 30% faster” have no use at all.
-Pathfinding/AI. Sometimes i just stand there and watch how my pet runs through a mob full speed, stops a mile behind it, runs back and misses again. Its almost comical…
-Make signets worthwile! Could have great synergy with a pet build and traits in marksmanship.
Cooldown to high. Effect to small and not even working properly. Like not working on pet attack F2 skills.
-(almost) No control over your pets actions. Regular pet skills are out of your control. You can`t customize anything. Also i want my pet to stay on target and not leave the mark and assist with my target if i don`t command it to.

Edit: You can`t even say “ kitten ” here?! We are very pc are we?

I noticed repeated acts of sabotage against our ambition to become the watchmen of the deep sea!
We need a thread to communicate “all things uw”. The uw stands for `under water`.
What is your new build? Can we go on land at least for a few minutes or does that violate our new rules? How long does my HelmAquatic work before i have to buy new batteries ect ect…
Join the army and follow us to our new moisty dominion!