Guild Wars 2

Viper is a statline added with HoT, so you have to buy the recipes from other players, and a lot of the materials are only farmable in HoT maps.

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From Wiktionary:
“ranger (plural rangers)
1. One who ranges; a rover.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.”

Could people just kittening stop arguing that Rangers should be awesome at range because of their name? Etymologically, it has nothing to do with being a ranged attacker, and that seems glaringly obvious to me. Jesus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_

Sure, but that’s still not what the word means. Still, that page doesn’t even specify that they have to be good at shooting people or staying at range. Rather, it points out a lot of the things that GW2 Rangers do: "Many are skilled in woodcraft, stealth, wilderness survival, beast-mastery, herbalism, tracking, and sometimes “nature magic”"

I know what is etymology, but thanks. I didn’t read the opening lacrymal thread, but the OP may talk about Ranger as the class archetype (and yes bows and ranged attacks are a part of it), no need to bring a dictionary here.

I brought a dictionary because I keep seeing people whine about Rangers not being the best ranged attackers in the game, using the name as an argument, and I’m getting kind of tired of it.

Yes, i got it. But people usually whine about Ranger (as a name if you want) with the Ranger class archetype in mind (let’s say about ranged attacks and bows, cuz you know, it’s a part of the archetype) and usually some other people bring a dictionary argument to say that ranger, as a usual name, doesn’t mean range (attacks), which is pointless. The OP didn’t come in the Guild Wars 2 Ranger subforum to whine about US rangers or forest rangers, you know that, right ?

Yeah, I guess you’re right. I’ll back off. Fighting with bows is definitely part of the ranger archetype. I do, however, really enjoy many of the melee weapons of Ranger in GW2 as well. They still feel very ranger-y to me, and I enjoy playing with them.

borya.2964:

Faltharen.3586:

borya.2964:

Faltharen.3586:

From Wiktionary:
“ranger (plural rangers)
1. One who ranges; a rover.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.”

Could people just kittening stop arguing that Rangers should be awesome at range because of their name? Etymologically, it has nothing to do with being a ranged attacker, and that seems glaringly obvious to me. Jesus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_

Sure, but that’s still not what the word means. Still, that page doesn’t even specify that they have to be good at shooting people or staying at range. Rather, it points out a lot of the things that GW2 Rangers do: "Many are skilled in woodcraft, stealth, wilderness survival, beast-mastery, herbalism, tracking, and sometimes “nature magic”"

I know what is etymology, but thanks. I didn’t read the opening lacrymal thread, but the OP may talk about Ranger as the class archetype (and yes bows and ranged attacks are a part of it), no need to bring a dictionary here.

I brought a dictionary because I keep seeing people whine about Rangers not being the best ranged attackers in the game, using the name as an argument, and I’m getting kind of tired of it.

borya.2964:

Faltharen.3586:

From Wiktionary:
“ranger (plural rangers)
1. One who ranges; a rover.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.”

Could people just kittening stop arguing that Rangers should be awesome at range because of their name? Etymologically, it has nothing to do with being a ranged attacker, and that seems glaringly obvious to me. Jesus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_

Sure, but that’s still not what the word means. Still, that page doesn’t even specify that they have to be good at shooting people or staying at range. Rather, it points out a lot of the things that GW2 Rangers do: "Many are skilled in woodcraft, stealth, wilderness survival, beast-mastery, herbalism, tracking, and sometimes “nature magic”"

On another note, the Ranger SB+Axe/Torch (non-druid) condition build is amazing at DPS. I frequently carry Fractal groups with that build, easily dishing out the most damage of a properly geared and skilled group.

From Wiktionary:
“ranger (plural rangers)
1. One who ranges; a rover.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.”

Could people just kittening stop arguing that Rangers should be awesome at range because of their name? Etymologically, it has nothing to do with being a ranged attacker, and that seems glaringly obvious to me. Jesus.

This is Cidhe, my Sylvari Ranger. He spends his time exploring the wilds of Tyria and fighting alongside his friends in the Mists.

This is Valaria Battleborne, my Sylvari Warrior. She fights valiantly for her people, but once in a while goes to the Mists to win glory in conquest.

This is Viktor Wolfsfriend, my Human Daredevil. He spends most of his time fighting for profit in the Mists, but often returns to Tyria to help his allies in sneaky matters.

This is Halion Mistborne, my Sylvari Revenant. He mostly spends his time adventuring in Maguuma, leading the Pact forces and so on. You know, the usual business.

This is Hella Thorinsdottir, my Norn Reaper and shaman of Raven. She spends her time guiding her fellow Norn in matters of death and the spiritual.

This is Valen Fairfeather, my Human Mesmer. She spends a lot of time helping her friends climb the heights of Tyria.

This is Eureka Rustbearer, my Charr Dragonhunter. She mostly gladiates in the Mists, but comes out once in a while to fight for the Legions.

I definitely think it would depend on the god. Assuming it’s the human gods, most classes could be a priest of one of them if they dedicated themselves to it, like Mesmers or Thieves to Lyssa, Necromancers to Grenth, Warriors or Elementalists to Balthazar, etc.