Guild Wars 2

cof 1+3, cm1-3, se 1, ac story+1

should be the fastes, maye cm story and not cof 3

The long-term german-based wurm community [Wums] just managed to kill the tangled depths world boss chak gerent. We claim it to be EU first without the Rata Novus Lane being bugged, meaning we killed all four chak gerents within the time limit. We are going to link videos to prove as soon as they are uploaded.
Spoiler Screens :P

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3rem1s/wumseu_first_just_defeated_the_chak_gerent/

warrior and guard dmg is higher than ranger

Dradiin.8935:

Kailee.8790:

Shall we begin to burn the druid for being subpar as well… let me go grab the wood and torches

I think every other class got an elite that makes them stronger offensively, Rangers like always get the shaft, now weather we want it or not, we will not get in groups unless we are specced to heal, and now that’s all we will be able to do if we want to play as our rangers… we will be healbots and nothing but that.

Seriously, if you are running fractals 40+ and you include a ranger in the group, you gonna let that ranger DPS ? Or will you expect it to be healing like a good little ranger should be ?

Mark my words we will be nothing but main heals in every aspect of this game now.

i take the dps one..kitten for what i need the heal in fotm 40? Oo

Archon.6480:

Here are a few things you can try:

1. mix celestial gear in with zerker until you find a nice balance, and try traveller’s runes.

nope it´s better to swap out 1-3 piecec amor to soldier or knights

Archon.6480:

2. LB is fine but stay very close to action. You want to receive boons from team members.

only for fights where you rly need range and that are not so much…

Archon.6480:

3. Bring moa and kitty for fury and might, but put both on passive.

and lose 40% of your dmg..moa only if you got no other fury source in your team(no war, staff ele, z/d with 6 points in fire or ranger) to buff fury in your group you got warhorn

Archon.6480:

4. Bring signets trait and use Stone signet for 6s of inv. with protect me, you will have 12s of inv to pull off some pretty fancy revives when team members go down.

dont know rly for what boss you need this, if you get hit by mossmann or archidriver it´s allready to late

Archon.6480:

5. I’ll use sword Warhorn or axe Warhorn for offhand most of the time.

first good statement from you..

Archon.6480:

6. Your individual dps will suffer a little with Warhorn, but the 100% uptime on team Fury is really sweet.

not rly if you play sword /wh and sword / axe

Archon.6480:

7. With food, warrior banner, spotter, and fury, team will have 100% critical chance. This I found makes everything easier. Especially at 50.

not true, after the patch the crit chance cap that you want to reach is a bit lower than pre patch (92%), but it´s true with spotter, banner and fury every class should get enough crit chance if he plays zerker

Archon.6480:

8. Priority #1 is always to revive allies imiediatly. Stop whatever you are doing to revive allies and use signet and protect me to pull it off.

compare much to the situation on trash groups, e.g. it´s better to get a rally on kill so call out a low-hp target and everyone will be fine
in boss fights you rly should help them up fast.

Archon.6480:

The META for zerker fractals rangers is horrible! But most people on this forum disagree with me, so be prepared…

if you dont like the meta it´s your problem, but to tell other people it´s bad another!
most issues from people that dont like this build, is that they can’t handle it on them self or with their groups

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQNAV8XjEq0ua5Kusw1agAha5AEANnhll9CsBdwBvexA-TVRFABOp8DgHAQjq/AnuhsUCSKAYmGB-w

dont rly care about the pets you can let the first one die and swap to the second for the f2 if you need, but just pull the illus in first phase with axe 4
reflect the autohits and second phase pop up rampage as one, swap to shortbow, throw your traps and gg

some bosses like mossman and archdiviner are rly hard as full melee group but for mossmann you just need 3 guys with the buff-food chill in crit and let one guard with zepter enter the arena first, than he got aggro the most time, he can kite him in a small sircel and you just can hit him

for harder trash groups i use gs

what the **** is wrong with you people?
carrion melee ranger?
axe dmg higher or better than sword ?

show me where you do 7k+ auto hits with axe
the aftercast from auto hit is about 3/4 sec so you got 1 axe on bosses every sec..this is more than bad.

carrrion on full melee ranger is a waste of two stats, you dont need condition dmg on gs and you dont need it on sword, only your torch benefit from it, in normal groups you got 1 guard and 1 ele so burning already exists perma on target.

and vitailty..okay if you need some more hp take 2-3 pieces of soldier armor np

Bolt got he most use on ranger that why i made it ^^
next will be maybe sunrise for my guard and ranger

it´s easy..6/5/0/3 is for groups when you clear mobs and kill bosses fast.

i play it in arah most time when i run with my people, pre-patch it was the rule, when the fight goes about 13 secs traited sotw is better than sic’em, if the fight goes longer 4/5/0/5 and with sic’em is better

Sic’em !

https://d1ej19d7kwigfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/7232/15chars.png

only two dmg &..but solo i would say about 1,6k but this question is a bit tricky ^^

nah…not rly for 2k ? Oo

compare to group or solo but today i got in arah p4 7k auto´s

over 200 trys
about ~40 kills

and 3 exos ^^

i dont want to know how much time i spend on the wurm

i would trait beastmaster for leveling, when i leveled my second ranger i tested a bit and bm is the best tree for low lvl chars the pet dmg is so insane.

TurtleDragon.3108:

1.25% * 1.1 * 1.1 * 1.1 * 1.1 * 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.05 * 1.05 * 0 (aka nothing) = 0 (nothing)

Guang’s saying your damage is bad.

shadowpass.4236:

still not understanding…
where are u getting 0 from?

TurtleDragon.3108:

Soldier’s gear.

thanks for that :’D
sad..but true :/

full pvt is even bad for zerk..a mix of pvt / zerker is nice but with full pvt, you take buffs, deal no dmg and you can not rly support the group like other classes

for me as a commander i got much negativ feedback for the new spawn timer after the people ask me when people ask me when we will try the wurm :/

same for me..i agree hard with this points !

i tested 10/30/0/30 and 0/30/10/30
with gs and lb rly funny
new sigil of intelligence works great with lb 3 weapon swap gs 5+2+3

nice guide dude

mehhh…i dont like the 30/25 set up, for what i need vul on trash mobs ? Oo
signet trait? no need, even to skip in arah

and vul is easy stacked up to 25 in organized groups.

it´s okay to play gs but its allways weaker than sword in boss fights

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Norjena.5172:

No u don´t need to spend 30 points always.

I think I spent 25 on Marksmanship, but it’s been a while since I opened my Traits to really study it.

but why?
no need Oo

i got 1 full asc zerker armor for my ranger for pve, its just the none plus ultra and best way to play ranger in pve so why i should spend so much money and time for a soldier armor? ^^

Stop tell that ranger sucks, if you cant handle the class it is your problem not a class problem.

Yes we have some troubel..but every class got that.
Every week again this s***** people AHHHHHH
If you want to play a archer, do it, but stop cry !

A-net never said play what you want and it is the best or most effective way.
Play what you want and know that it could suck hard, but dont cry than

Zorby.8236:

The fact that our weapon coefficients are lower than other classes doesn’t automatically mean we can run whatever because “we won’t get the full out of zerk anyway”. That’s as stupid as saying “Well, I’m already only getting 80% scaling, might as well go full 0%”. Full zerk is still going to be better dps than any hybrid, especially one that includes Toughness, Vitality or Compassion.

@OP, you said it yourself, most of the defensive properties of the GS comes from the GS itself, passive evasion, stun/daze and one kick-kitten block. Stacking even more defensive stats with it won’t be needed! You should try to run as much zerk as possible, and start by switching out lower stat pieces (Shoulder/Hands/Feet, then Head).

TL;DR: Berserkers

+1000 !

True words, true story

sword has the better mobility than gs, so you can better engage and disengage.
only the second attack from the auto chain has no cleave, so even vs more targets you got the better dmg

Tebbz.3298:

1400’s are my max hit. That’s without any extra stacks of might. I can’t go beyond 1400 without might. That being said, as soon as I get geared I can say what max damage is.

this is the point, you wont get much higher and the axt auto got a big after cast = only 1 attack every second and 1,5 k is more than bad for full zerker gear ><

yes it is, sword dps is about 20% higher than gs

2 ele
1 war
1 ranger

if you need some reflect / stabi = guard
if not = ele

wtf even for record runs a ranger can be used.
no even in most frac you dont need a longbow

and TurtleDragon is right, the build is nice but far away from “perfect”

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Frost_Spirit

1. Ranger
2. ele
3. necro

the ranger need some love for pve not because he is bad their, but it´s harder to play than other classes and you only got one nice weapon.
in pvp and wvw he need some love for condi cleanse.

ele need some work in pvp and necro in pve

lol kal..play pve sword zerker and tell me again it´s the easiest class

it´s rly hard to play the ranger well in pve or on the same effectiv lvl like other classes

1800 is max range

lol..and the next free frag build you got zero escape ><

lol..and the next free frag build you got zero escape ><

if you play a pu mesmer and get 3-shotted by a lb ranger i have to say l2p

not true urdriel not true..we got much sinergy in the traits, but we have to decide more than other classes.

but plz stop with your kitten storm, you tell us war gs deal most dmg or you still think the war is the best damge dealer, so that proves you have no clue what you’re talking about.

you are right if you tell that it´s hard to deal the dmg like other classes, but we can deal the dmg and that is the point WE CAN !

bm trait maybe for wvw, but with the two meta builds you gut the better dps and team support, 30 points in bm is nice..problem the bonus dmg you got as result is poor.

one question prysin, why you play with sotw and not sic’em?

Pewienpan.5168:

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VG;4wEky-u2NEF-0;9k6;2TT9;007927A1;6L-V4LNW4m9fgm9fgo-Fz0-L09O_scW-a0f1kYq3w_270Pc3B0;4F18ZF18Z;9;9;9;9;0k0G

Immobilizing and chilling makes every fight way easier. And traits for faster healing. Change for stone and frost spirits when needed.

hope i never get you in my frac party ><

archon you deal less dmg with 30/30 ><

nope they are not

yoda: much to learn most people have ><

pet is perma at 25 stacks might and the vul can be get with one warri

ranger is nice for groups

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJAVTnEVUFcVFSWwaZgY9YP7PQsHHKRMyVoUp8jSI1L-j0BBYfBioAgKAKzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqGA-w

never use SoH, in dungeons it´s just useless
to push pet dmg it´s better to get the two traits in skirmishing, try to place the frost spirit in range for all team mates

Wondrouswall.7169:

urdriel.8496:

PD:if your pet hit for 4-6k you MUST have a BM build and YOUR damage is laughable.

4-6k with a cat is easy to get with 0 in Beastmastery…

yeha 5 secs might on crit 30% more crit dmg, fortify bound and gg
0 points in bm

for wvw and pvp your right, power ranger builds are not so strong like other classes and the dmg is not so good

not for pve, or pets can be alive in most fights, sure some boss attacks/mechanic are not very easy for the pet, but if you know when to doge/swap your pet can be alive in over 90% of the fights and a cat that crits for 4-6k auto attack is not a rnd dmg factor

urdriel.8496:

Kilger.5490:

kiwituatara.6053:

and again… ranger = range (“Rangers are unparalleled archers” – Anet)

we are decent at melee also.

decent means we are under average melee damage.

nope, we are fine, not like ele or guard but we are rly okay

atheria.2837:

I wish to heck that Anet would comprehend one thing and one thing alone.

R a n g e – We are supposed to be the experts at range and have an affinity for all things living – especially animals.

We are not best at range and until we are we are not Rangers.

and again..ranger =/= range

-.-

pve and bowbuild that is viable or good for groups..sorry guy but their is no build that got booth ^^