I m reinstalling GW2, but after 4 days of downloading i have 10k files remaning. I don’t remember the first time so many days. My gw2 folder indicates 19G dimension, how many giga in total? Sorry for my english
I have notice that all ranger i see, use “healing spring”, and also use this skill. Do you use “heal as one” or “troll unguent” ? For what situations they are better than “spring” ?
I don’t understand why lick wounds don’t work always properly , but this is a very tedious bug when you paly in spvp and you can’t use your number 3 skill like all others classes.
Question about ranger utility skills that aren’t being used and how it hasn’t been addressed yet.
Colin: I actually have no idea right now what stuff that group is working on. I’d have to check in on them and see when I get back. But one of the big things that we’ve kicked up recently is basically and analytics team that records all the data in the game. It allows us to look at that and help make decisions about the things we’re doing. They’re actually the group that helped us find a lot of the loot issues recently. Because we really just didn’t have any information to get that stuff. We kicked this team up so that we could get all of that information. It’s incredibly useful to have all of that stuff so that we can figure things out. Without that you’re kind of flying blind. We’re able to look now at what weapons are getting used all the time and we use that date to determine what weapons really suck and go and try to fix those. And what kind of skills are getting used, which ones aren’t. It really helps us determine what needs a boost. So I imagine if no one is using a bunch of the ranger utility skills, they’re going to see that and look at those and go try to address those based on that data. So hopefully that’s on the list if no one is using those subset […].
This is an extract from gw2guru interview to colin johnson :
Question about ranger utility skills that aren’t being used and how it hasn’t been addressed yet.
Colin: I actually have no idea right now what stuff that group is working on. I’d have to check in on them and see when I get back. But one of the big things that we’ve kicked up recently is basically and analytics team that records all the data in the game. It allows us to look at that and help make decisions about the things we’re doing. They’re actually the group that helped us find a lot of the loot issues recently. Because we really just didn’t have any information to get that stuff. We kicked this team up so that we could get all of that information. It’s incredibly useful to have all of that stuff so that we can figure things out. Without that you’re kind of flying blind. We’re able to look now at what weapons are getting used all the time and we use that date to determine what weapons really suck and go and try to fix those. And what kind of skills are getting used, which ones aren’t. It really helps us determine what needs a boost. So I imagine if no one is using a bunch of the ranger utility skills, they’re going to see that and look at those and go try to address those based on that data. So hopefully that’s on the list if no one is using those subset […].
Yeah i like your rework of stance (toggle and adrenaline consume) , but now the actuals stances don’t give me any reason to use them in my slots. Hope in devs reworking.
i think stance need totally rework ! why i have to spent a slot for a stance? i only like stance when they are triggered by my traits but it’s really useless to take them in your slots.
If you have played pvp you can understand my hate for thieves and mesmers who can become invisible with an advantage that other class can’t have.
Stealth is a primary mechanism for thief but it is overpowered for me.
I don’t say to remove it but to give to the other profession some tool .
Example : the bonfire skill from the ranger’s torch can emanate a radius that dissolve stealth, in this way thief can do ambush but in combat you have a tool to understand his position. What do y think?
Yesterday i try to play the third phase of " Lost Shore " event but i have logout after 30 minutes because the lag make me crazy, i can’t see enemy and their attacks and a lot of ppl die without to understand what kill they.
This morning i have read on wiki that who resist in that lag fest has win an exotic accessory and a other loot.
I think that this type of events are unbalanced and gives an advantage to the ppl that has a good personal computer.
So i hope in no more one time event like this or in one time event with real playbility.
Hi all , i have this prolem: today i play and i has in my invertory 5 globe of ectoplasm , then i logout and when i log in the 5 globe have disappear. Have you lost other items in this way?
I know racial skill arefun more than useful but i think (and not only me) that norn elite skill are more useless than other racial elite skill with the only exception of snow leopard form.
I have seen human to use blathazar hounds or reaper of grenth in pvp and dungeon, asura with golem and charr with warband but never see norn in animal form.
So please devs revisit thi elite skill !
I have made a same topic in Norn subforum but think that here more visibility.
Hey, i have read a lot of post around the useless of the animal form and a lot of answer how to make them better. So in this thread i wanna completely reshape the forms and read what you think.
My idea is to give to the norn more versatility giving to each form a role:
- Bear Form represent fortitude and self-reliance so this form should be more close to the guardian profession,warrior or a mix of two in the skill reshape.
- Raven Form represent cunning, trickery, and knowledge so this form could be a mix betweeen mesmer and air elementalist
- Snow Leopard Form is considered to be stealthy and solitary so rogue like style, maybe this is the class that need less reshaping.
- Wolf Form represent loyalty, ferocity and hunt , he could be a mix between necromancer and hunter.
In this way every profession a choose for my Norn a can have a form that give me a different play style and so more versatility.
I have made an example of the reshaped Raven Form:
(1)Trick feathers: a ranged attack that shot feather to apply random condition.
(2)Wind Blast: the same as original skill but with the addition to apply confusion
(3)Clone plumage: an evade skill that leaves a clone to yuor initial position(when destroyed not butterfly but feathers)
(4)Shriek : can be left the original
(5)Call the lighting : a lighting from the sky hit the target for heavy damage and stun.
Hey, i have read a lot of post around the useless of the animal form and a lot of answer how to make them better. So in this thread i wanna completely reshape the forms and read what you think.
My idea is to give to the norn more versatility giving to each form a role:
- Bear Form represent fortitude and self-reliance so this form should be more close to the guardian profession,warrior or a mix of two in the skill reshape.
- Raven Form represent cunning, trickery, and knowledge so this form could be a mix betweeen mesmer and air elementalist
- Snow Leopard Form is considered to be stealthy and solitary so rogue like style, maybe this is the class that need less reshaping.
- Wolf Form represent loyalty, ferocity and hunt , he could be a mix between necromancer and hunter.
In this way every profession a choose for my Norn a can have a form that give me a different play style and so more versatility.
I have made an example of the reshaped Raven Form:
(1)Trick feathers: a ranged attack that shot feather with 50% chance to apply vulnerability and 50% chance to apply blind.
(2)Wind Blast: the same as original skill but with the addition to apply confusion
(3)Clone plumage: an evade skill that leaves a clone to yuor initial position(when destroyed not butterfly but feathers)
(4)Shriek : can be left the original
(5)Call the lighting : a lighting from the sky hit the target for heavy damage and stun.
Fighting against ogre i notice that their hunter someone have 2 pets with him.
This made me to think to a possible new elite skill that for some seconds give you the possibility to use 2 pets at the same time. What do y think? Do you have some similar ideas when you have fight in Tyria?
I made this topic to share with all ranger some good ways to use the skill that we have.
I hope that more people share their knowledge.
Now i enumerate some of this synergies:
1)sharp stone + splitblade = in this way splitblade consume all charges from sharpstone, but in close combat you can transfer 10 stacks of bleed in 1 shot to 1 target.
2)quick zephyr + rampage as one = because you build might on pet as you strike this is a good dps combo. With some traits you can improve this number in wonderful ways.
3)bonfire + monarc leap = set bonfire and click hornet sting then go with monarc and you have a fire shield (you can use also a frost trap or fire trap but need an enemy to trigger)
4)protect me + signet stone = with protect me transfer all damage on your pet and activating signet it don’t sustain nothing. So you safe you and your pet.
And i wanna try the sharpened edges . Well i don’t if the dps is better in a way o r other but i have see that the might from trait last only 1 second so i don’t what to think.
i also use mighty swap because i swap pet frequently and with companion’s might from skirmish i add 1 might to my pet for every crit i do ( i have pumped my precision ) soi think it’s good
I have notice that during underwater combat with my spear enemies becomes invulnerable in unpredictable way , while with spear gun this don’t happen.
Have you notice this ? It is a bug?
This is not a hate topic of gw2 ranger but a personal opinion on why the gw1 ranger have more charm.
1)ritual , preparation give him more feelings as master of nature
2)shout and pet skills give you more control on your pet
3)Bow skills make you a real marksman
anyway from gw2 i like that i can use axe, sword so i can be a melee ranger, but the pet mechanic don’t make me crazy. what do you think?
