Guild Wars 2

riku.2091:

Well, then I’d suggest Speccing mainly into Marksman and Wilderness survival, and toss 10 into Beastmastery(By level 80, I mean, not all right now). Go towards equipment with power or toughness. Condition damage might be good if you want a little added flavor for your traps. Pick up entangle as your elite.

But maybe someone who plays the same style could be more specific. I’m using a condition build, so I’m just making educated guesses here.

Still does make quite a bit of sense though. I’ve been wondering as to why I have been dying so much but I don’t think I was spec’d for my play style. Thanks for the advice!

riku.2091:

Well, you’ll probably get a lot of posts about this, because it’s mostly true:

True DPS builds (High damage, low defense) pretty much do not exist. Trying to go glass cannon will get you killed a lot more than you killing a lot.

You need to mix it up a little. And your playstyle heavily factors in – specifically, do you prefer long-range with a melee panic button, or the other way around? How are you with your pet?

Basically I play from a distance with my bow until mobs are aggro, than I set traps and go to melee with great sword. Once I feel like I wont last I dodge back and start off from the top. All while my bear tanks.

So I would first off like to say that I am in no way upset about this game. I am not familiar with Guild Wars since I never got the chance to pick up the first one. This game is great and I know there are a few builds out for Rangers that are quite confusing. Leading to my question; what build should I go for?

I tend to lean more towards the DPS class on every MMORPG I get my hands on; and yes they are all similar in some sort of way. I am only Lvl 20 so I was wondering if I could get some tips and maybe some of the DPS builds you guys are running. Like I said before, I barely know anything about this class in particular and I am very unfamiliar with this game. I can say this though; I am looking for a DPS build for questing. Not so much PVP. Indeed I will eventually need to look into that as well.

But yea thats basically it. Any information will help me. As far as point distribution, weapons, and what spells I should be using. (Currently using long bow and great sword). Any crafting suggestions would be great too!

Thank you and I appreciate all answers and advice!
-Guido