Showing Posts For Elendien.4638:
I loaded into frost gorge and used a waypoint to travel to malcor’s leap (ironically enough to see if I could get my last SP for the zone) and now I’m stuck in the loading screen…
I thought I might as well contribute to this because Ranger is my main and have been 80 for quite some time now. I personally agree with Mournblade. I enjoy having a GS / Longbow. First of all the range on longbow is extremely nice. Secondly I like the skill sets of both the Longbow and GS combined. I am not gonna spend the time re listing what Mourn said because it’s pretty much the same way I see things. I like being able to juggle and kite player in sPvP and the range is useful for WvW to keep distance for those large engagements. One of the most useful things imo while useing Longbow / GS is the vast amount of utility and mobility you are able to sustain, when I switch my weapons I gain movement speed + crit chance. Also am able to take advantage of that from using it to increase ranged burst damage or melee damage coupled with the GS stun / block / auto attacks.
Finally in regards to PvE I don’t think it’s much of a detriment, I personally always prefer Longbows to Shortbows for many reasons but I am currently in 7 exotics power/prec/crit % build focus and am able to reach around 18k with Longbows #2 skill coupled w/ vulnerability & rampage as one.
Also when I first started playing I also hated the extremely slow firing speed of the longbow but have grown use to it because I am using my abilities much more consistently and it keeps a good flow going.
Besides my opinions on what I use, I would recommend to just put the time into it and experiment with both and figure out what you personally like more. It is a game, enjoy it.