Guild Wars 2

Hello Sajoda!

I am writing this note in hope of joining your guild which appears to be very active and laid back. I am a long time player of this game (played for almost 4 years now) and I am in search of a new guild to re-start playing the game properly – easing back into fractals and, if possible, raiding with a healthy dose of guild missions, world bosses and events. I have all professions at the max level and revenant, guardian, warrior and thief geared with ascended equipment.

Cheers,
Cryo.

WilnerGW.3275:

Hey guys, i am playing some SPVP matchs and im enjoying the condi ranger. I just have a doubt about WvW roamming.

Whats the better stats to use? Dire, Rabid or Settler? (In Overall condi builds)

When I started running a condi ranger in wvw solo roaming I’ve made a dire armor, dire weapons, dire/rabid amulets build. However, after I played for weeks on end in pvp the same build with rabid amulet I just switched the wvw build to have rabid stats for armor and weapons. I just like to melt things faster now and I’m more proficient with the build – after playing it for quite some time – that I don’t need the extra vitality due to me cleansing the condis pretty efficiently. In the end it’s all about your comfort zone with the build.

The hate is easily explained because in solo-queue the LB ranger is a high reward vs. low risk build. If you have some rather competent team mates that can ‘tank’ the opposition on a node and you do nothing but sit afar and snipe them, it will sooner or later incur the feeling that you’re really nothing but a 2 buttons damage bot. Even a p/d thief, which in a team fight does almost the same thing (bursting low targets to down them quickly) has more risks because he can be caught in some low area AoEs (hammer stuns, imobs etc.) and he can die quickly. The feelings worsen when you duel such a ranger solo on a node and they never sit out of the LB and die miserably after 10 sec or so.

Actually, you’ll find that hitting with Rapid Fire from range is pretty darn hard if you face a moderately competent person. Best range to land those RFs into someone is medium since you can use a spider or muddy terrain to immobilise your adversary and unload a full ‘clip’ into him. Moreover, the power of the RF also resides in the vulnerability stacks it builds on the target. With the right build you can get 20 vuln stacks with an RF (10 stacks from RF itself, 5 from opening strike + 5 from pet’s opening strike). Usually, it’s best to wait with LB equipped after a RF because almost every sane person will try to use the healing skill right after your burst (if it landed); interrupt it, stealth and follow this up with your secondary weapon set. You can either spike with a huge swoop + maul or just keep pressure while evading with sword/dagger. What I’m trying to say is that any competent LB power ranger won’t freak if you get close and will prefer playing at medium range.

“[…] without actually being on a true WvW map” So… PVE?