Guild Wars 2

ok so um yea, lol at the people giving literal definitions of the word ranger, especially considering I am one of those definitions (army ranger for almost 10 years now) however since when has anything in the gaming world ever been a literal translation? In every single game you will find on the market, a ranger is a RANGED specialist, that is their BEST weapon set, sure they can be played other ways especially in games that allow rangers to use other weapons than bows, but their ranged attacks will always outshine other weapons. however, thanks for the troll comments, it shows an obvious lack of intelligence, and a severe need for attention. the point of this thread was to emphasize the point that rangers are not ridiculously OMG OP, because they finally got a buff to their ranged skills, their melee still trumps that which is just silly. if I wanted to be a warrior, guardian, thief, I woulda picked that to begin with. not play a ranger and get stuck with melee as an only real means of survival and damage output.

ive been reading these forums for awhile now and the new outrage about LB rangers is just laughable. news flash, rangers have been bottom tier since launch, now they got a halfway decent damage buff for a weapon 90% of the experienced rangers out there don’t really use. omg kitten and l2p ur friggin class. hey its called a RANGEr for a reason. we are supposed to have the most powerful ranged attacks out of any other classes in the game. so why in the hell for the longest time have our best weapon sets and builds been melee? its about time anet stepped up and fixed this broken design. as it stands right now any class out there regardless of build could easily down a LB ranger pre patch, now we have the POTENTIAL to actually dish out some damage. if u wanna complain about something, complain about how mobile the d/d ele is, the wtf lol combo of the hambow warrior, the meh I don’t wanna die so ima stealth thief. but oh no as soon as we start talking about other classes the people that don’t main a ranger (which is usually the loudest voice heard on the forums btw) are gonna start screaming. and if you still have such a hard time fighting rangers that use bow (omg what an odd concept) play em. the biggest part in any battle is knowledge, I have every class in the game to lvl 80, Ive played every build I could possibly imagine, so when im running around on my ranger I can recognize so and so’s current meta build, and I will know their potentials and their limits. I mean hell, its bad enough that anet royally screwed up the ranger in the first place, but everyone kinda got used to it, and now that they are trying to fix it people are screaming? its just pathetic. and all you people out there screaming you should just count your lucky stars that this IS GW2 ranger, and not the GW1 interrupt playstyle ranger that would definitely have you screaming, face palming, and rage quitting. just my 2 cents tho. and reply and hate all you want, I don’t give kitten about your opinion as to why this class is suddenly OMG OP!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQJARSnkIS5QWNEeDB/Qm4eQqcQAM7V86ZvaB-TZRBABX8EACc/BNuAAkVGAgDBAA

this build is a triple medi build, it has a lot of healing due to the meditations heal trait, a bit glassy, but its focus is more so get in as quickly as possible and do as much damage as quickly as possible, due to the on swap guaranteed crits to the hammer’s #2 skill and the onswap dodge regen. so far I’ve mainly used it spvp, works decent even with the lack of self swiftness. litany of wrath is a better heal in this case due to medi’s heal, reduced CD (shortest) and the 6sec of 20% health return usually gives me enough to keep my health high even when burning down targets. good point guard.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAseSl0ApfntCxWI8DNhDBl5OqP2V4Cf4yAkAA-TpRBwAceAAXOCAlLDQd/BNnAAAHCAA

this build is frustration at its finest, I use it when I know im facing a heavy condition team in pvp, with 3 shouts, shouts converting conditions to boons, removing conditions thanks to runes, passive cleanse from a trait. and aoe 3 condi cleanse from virtues. this build makes engi’s and necro’s cry in spvp. I typically use only my hammer, unless I need to tele with the sword, so other weapon sets are fine, I really like the WTF OMG crits from hammer #2 it catches a lot of people by surprise, even tho this build is focused more on condition cleanse and being able to take a hit, with almost 2k power u can still dish out some damage as well.

any thoughts? feedback? I’ve been using these builds for weeks now and seem to work fine for me and the way I play. may not be the most OP or optimal builds, but fun to play. any ideas on how I may improve the builds or which weapons may be better is fine, I’m not givin up my hammer, that’s my favorite weapon for guard

thanks for the replies, I was browsing youtube and found a video of a necro wvw roaming montage, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30yUyHjad-s&list=UUmKZxEULx_uvwiLh2ES2lTA he does some rather funny tricks, like fearing zergs off cliffs, and in another montage used spectral grasp to pull someone over a gap. admittedly some of the tricks ive learned already I learned from watching him.

lately I’ve been seeing less and less necros running around with daggers, and I am wondering why this is. I’m lvl 40 at the moment currently running around with a dagger/dagger setup. Only using staff when either soloing champions, doing group events, or when I would prefer to not be in melee range. the current skills I’m using are consume conditions, the speed boost signet which I swap out with the power boost signet when needed, well of corruption to be able to facetank some of the damage plus apply vulnerability stacks, spectral walk for speed boosts and to interrupt fall damage and my elite is plague form. this setup has granted me massive survivability in pve, which I’ve mostly been doin stories and map completion. I’ve been told by several people as a necro you typically don’t want to pvp or wvw much until you get access to more of your traits. All I typically ever see on these forums is axe builds or scepter builds (not a fan of scepter) are daggers really that obsolete in pvp? wvw? or just endgame in general? as of current, its afforded my toon with massive survivability along with switching to deathshroud when health low or stacked with conditions I cant consume or transfer because the skills are on cooldown. all I typically see now days are the minion master builds which im not a fan of cuz minion AI is stupid at best, and scepter or axe necros. I am more than prepared to learn, necro is my favorite class. but please don’t call me stupid or say I just need to l2p. I’ve already learned a few tricks of the class, but am interested in any input that may help me become a stronger player, cuz at the end of the day I’m the only one in my guild that is intending on maining a necro so I’m tryin to learn as much as I can. any input would be appreciated