Guild Wars 2

In WvWvW yes. A ranger could then hide out in a tower or keep even after it is capped, being able to destroy any enemy siege as well as defenders.

Other than WvWvW I’m not entirely sure. Thieves can pretty much do this anyway already. Remain in stealth until they feel like attacking.

I believe it would be overpowered placed on a ranger though, simple because if we had the option to start all fights we would win every time. Ranger is such a beast that the only way we lose is if we don’t begin the fight or are outnumbered and even then we still win most times.

Oh please don’t go guardian. Worst class for wvw. Yes they can take a hit but they don’t do enough damage to solo roam or kill anything. Only useful in zergs due to their support abilities.

Ranger, however, sounds like exactly what you’re looking for. They have great survivability. Perfect for solo roam. And then decent Aoe and support for when zerging. A fairly well rounded class. They do lack burst dps though due to the quickness nerf. But it sounds like you’re not interested in bursting people down anyway.

Honestly, all ranged professions are pretty terrible for the first few levels sadly. But! if you stick it out, at around level 30 to 35 it does start to get better.

I personally love ranger and keep coming back to it. To me it seems to be the best dueling profession. But necro does have a bit more depth and excitement. If you manage to stick out the first few painful levels you should enjoy it.

The time between when the random object drops off and when you can use the skill to retrieve it again is 5 to 10 seconds. With the F2 skill cool down reduced due to being traited it’s about 5 seconds. So yes. The time u can have the object is almost infinite. This is all done outside of combat of course.

Siamoth drops three different items Tuft of hair, Feathers, and Plasma. Of those three, two will stealth you. The odds are in your favor.

Its a mind game/tactical advantage type thing. Mainly because most the time when a ranger suddenly stealths in front of a person they don’t understand how its even possible.

Stealth scares people and wins fights, its why thieves receive so much hate.

If you’re a lone roamer in wvw the Siamoth is great. On demand stealth is amazing.

No one expects a ranger to stealth, so when one does, it completely throws the other person off their game giving you the advantage.

You can carry the Siamoths random object while running around. So if you spot a lone enemy running towards you, you can run straight at them, use the stealth, and they’ll be completely lost and confused when suddenly you appear already destroying them.

The pig i would only use for the on demand stealth ability. I would switch to my wolf or drakehound whenever actually attacking.