Guild Wars 2

Is the watchwork pickaxe not a cash shop pay to win item? Is that what anyone wants the cash shop to be?

Granted even the pickaxe doesn’t get you the needed about of mats in a reasonable amount of time.

Do you want that to happen?

500 watchwork sprockets still are not cheap. How does 500 watchwork sprockets compare to 5 vials of powerful blood? Lets not charge extra for different stat sets when you’re trying to promote different stats for raiding. Same goes for other stats like celestial.

Thank you for the recipes though.

Please see this as a problem worth addressing.

Hammer is a melee weapon that can be used from range. Only skill 1 is a projectile. Its amazing. Hammer is really good. Also you might have noticed that you are throwing hammers at people. How boss is that?!

As a ranger I see thieves as free kills. Of course I haven’t fought the best thieves out there.

My opinions here.

They don’t want to make statements about potential changes before they do any kind of testing. What kind of testing is even done prior to implementation is a whole other question. (I’d love to know this)

I think they see it as potential for backlash. The community might see an idea as a promise and there would be uproar in the event that the change wasn’t implemented.

Their task is to create something that is fun, but also balanced. They’d want to distance themselves from the community so that the passion of the players doesn’t influence their design decisions. It can be easy to give a class too much because it would be cool.

Again, my opinion. They might read this and say that I have no idea what I’m talking about. These are just potential reasons to justify a lack of communication.

Edit: I was playing devil’s advocate there. I want beneficial change for ranger as much as anyone.

It’s all about that f2

Play a sylvari. Run Twilight Arbor. Enjoy

LughLongArm.5460:

Actually there is no weapon/trait line for ranger that utilise so much synergie as with druid and the pet. Most staff/druid skills/traits reqiers an ally, when u’r solo your pet is your only ally and functions as one.

Why on earth would you solo as a druid?

It’s pretty funny how both the druid shoulder armor and staff feature ranger pets and yet it has zero synergy with them. Maybe they’re there to remind the druid that pets even still exist.

Why aren’t there combo finishers?

Surely the superspeed idea is outstanding, right?

Umm. Do you want the buff to your raid team or not? Be glad it’s strong. Enjoy the buff. Or are you saying you’d rather the druid be worthless and not viable?

Here is what I’d like.

Skill 1: The first two swings are fine. That leap though. I’m willing to cut it. Of course that limits it’s sticking potential and that was the whole idea around the skill’s design. So how to give the sword sticking potential without having a leap build into it’s auto attack? Prepare for crazy. Superspeed. On swing 3. The duration is flexible. 1/2 to a second. It works on moving and stationary targets and it provides improved movement capabilities. It’s sticky without being clunky. The point is that you aren’t locked in an animation for your auto attack. Very much needed, right?

Skill 2: We need an engager. That means a leap. And it’s there, just hidden behind a disengage. Lets trim away the disengage and get to that sweet sweet gap closer. But what about the evade? Throw it on the leap! You can take the cripple as compensation even. Now we have a gap closer when we need it and an evade in the thick of combat without clunky skills getting in the way. Success?

Skill 3: Snake magic. Roll to the right. Who wants to waste a skill when they can literally dodge roll through people? The evade is great and I want it to stay, but lets give it actual movement ability and not clunky snake dodge. This is where the disengage belongs. If you want to get around someone, dodge through or walk around. If you want to get out of there entirely, disengage with this. Keep the evade. Keep the poison. Lose the clunk. I think we have a winner.

All cooldowns can remain the same. All cast times can remain the same. It still feels like sword.

Thoughts?

Coldtart.4785:

Mavander.3208:

The point of the post was Zealot’s isn’t very accessible and I think it should be. Do you not agree?

No, because making a stat type less accessible is idiotic.

You just contradicted yourself there.

The point of the post was Zealot’s isn’t very accessible and I think it should be. Do you not agree?

My guild wants me, as the Druid healer, to get Zealot’s gear instead of Clerics. I completely understand why they want it and I’d love to get it too. Toughness is potentially a wasted stat on a healer and precision would benefit me and my team even more. The problem is, Zealot’s is unobtainable outside of the trading post and quite frankly I shouldn’t have to pay over 100g for a stat recipe. That’s just the recipe. Each insignia takes 500 watchwork sprockets to craft. How does 500 sprockets equate to 5 vials of powerful blood or any other insignia?

Thoughts?

How about add boons and conditions to pet UI. Surely you can see why rangers would need it.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

stale.9785:

A useful role in group content that isn’t done far better by other classes – still missing.

Can you shed some light on what that would be?

Umm ranger doesn’t provide useful boons outside of swiftness but swiftness is everywhere already.

Ranger doesn’t have walls. Druid wall is not a reflect.

Ranger has decent damage but other classes with more support do more damage as well.

Ranger doesn’t provide stealth.

Our class mechanic dies and isn’t that great at pathfinding.

Cmon Heim. You know all this already.

How in the world do you tell your pet to stand out of the aoe circle while you’re following the meta of melee stack cheese all bosses?

Would it be completely overpowered if there was no increased cooldown when a pet died? What would it hurt?

The lightning wyvern places a lightning field but it isnt stated in the tooltip

Dude. Sylvari. Don’t make the wrong choice. Salad master race/food

I really gotta wonder if We Heal as One was immediately thought by the devs to be overpowered AFTER it was put on the live servers, what kind of testing occurred in house? What kind of show is Anet trying to run?

I would love some developer feedback regarding We Heal as One. Please tell us exactly why it was overpowered and tell us why it needed to be reduced to what it is.

You know what I liked the most? Groups were willing to take a chance with my ranger. I was allowed the opportunity to prove I’m not a bad ranger.

ANet if you want to do rangers a service, remove the stigma against it.

No one made a Ranger to be a healer. NO ONE. No one invested hours or days of their life into building up a ranger so that it can be a healer. This is just a fact. No one did. It was not even an option. And we were okay with that.

Druid heals are ranged targeted at least

I know this isn’t really feedback, but it’s an idea that you might be interested in. With the HUGE focus on healing regarding the druid skills, we will likely see a lot of healing going to waste. How can this be fixed? Allow over-healing. A stacking shield kinda like lifeforce on necromancers. Stupid idea? Amazing idea? I like it at least.

It’s feedback in the sense that I see a potential problem with the amount of healing going to waste and am offering an idea on fixing that problem.

Solar Beam should apply burning. Or blind. You are shooting sun beams at a dude. Also the laser pointer beam is kind of lackluster.

I’m done with it. No getting through to this guy.

Bryzy.2719:

Mavander.3208:

Bryzy.2719:

2. “Druid does nothing to buff our core mechanic, the pet!”

Simply put, the pet is not the core mechanic of the Druid. Astral Avatar form is. The Druid design is at no obligation to improve the pet mechanic, though they have added some amazing new pets in the process with some interesting new capabilities. The pet improvement concern is to be discussed for Rangers. That’s not to say that pets don’t need their improvements however, because they really, really do.

Druids ARE rangers. You can’t get to druid without creating a ranger first. Pets are the Ranger mechanic. Pets are the Druid mechanic. Celestial Avatar is an additional mechanic for druid. It does NOT replace the pet.

Druids are not Rangers. If they were, the Druid traitline would be added to the profession and we’d still be called Rangers regardless of whether or not we took it. The Devs have repeatedly explained that Elite specialisations are separate professions, and as such have been developed with completely new profession mechanics. The profession mechanic of the Druid is Astral Avatar, NOT THE PET.

You are right in that it does not replace the pet, however the pet becomes a secondary element of the Druid profession whereas for the Ranger it is its profession mechanic and therefore primary element. I’m getting sick of having to explain this to people who don’t listen to the Devs/read properly.

Please stop spewing forth incorrect information. You are wrong. It is not a matter of debate. Pets are the class mechanic of ranger. Druid is an elite specialization of ranger. Its all ranger at the end of the day. Chronomancer is a Mesmer, Berserker is a Warrior, Herald is a Revenant. Druid is a Ranger. Please comprehend that.

Bryzy.2719:

2. “Druid does nothing to buff our core mechanic, the pet!”

Simply put, the pet is not the core mechanic of the Druid. Astral Avatar form is. The Druid design is at no obligation to improve the pet mechanic, though they have added some amazing new pets in the process with some interesting new capabilities. The pet improvement concern is to be discussed for Rangers. That’s not to say that pets don’t need their improvements however, because they really, really do.

Druids ARE rangers. You can’t get to druid without creating a ranger first. Pets are the Ranger mechanic. Pets are the Druid mechanic. Celestial Avatar is an additional mechanic for druid. It does NOT replace the pet.

The question I have for Irenio is: What if I want to be a dps druid?

Sanus.3502:

Going to try and make this fast and quick.

I do not like being forced to do group content. This isn’t as much of an issue until
we get a double fractal daily.

I have a great guild. But I can’t always hook up with a guild group for a fractal run. I HATE pugging. I am a ranger (auto-hate) I am ignorant on the runs…. I am just learning fractals with my guild.

WHY!? are you enforcing this for daily completion.

I love the option fr group play. But do not make daily rewards based on group play or PvP/WvW. You toss down a double fractal daily… I want to see a Big Spender in WvW.

Just jump in and follow the crowd. That’s how I learned. As far as general combat and survivability? You gotta learn how to do that all on your own and develop muscle memory. You can do it though! Be fearless! JUST DO IT! :P

WoodenPotatoes had some crazy theory for mounting pets in his recent video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-PwWi6BYQ and I was thinking, it actually would solve some of the problems rangers face.

Problems I can think of:
* They stand in fire
* They are limited by path-finding issues
* They have long delays between skill press and skill activation.

I’m sure there are others but that’s what immediately comes to mind.

If you’re riding the pet you can avoid area damage effects, move however you wish, and move in position so that a skill activation actually hits the target.

Now granted, none of this really works with our weapon skill sets in mind. You gunna squeeze your knees together and pull your pet when you swoop or monarch’s leap? How is a melee pet going to work when you’re using ranged weapons? Not gunna happen.

Just thought I’d share some thoughts. Feel free to leave feedback.

So long as they don’t nerf what ranger already has, I’m cool with whatever.

Also, wyvern pets! Don’t even try and tell me it’s not a wyvern. I wanna believe!

I think the real issue is lack of communication. It’s perfectly acceptable for people to comment on a game on the game’s own forums. What else are you going to do? People play [insert class here]. People comment about [insert class here]. Developers don’t respond to comments. People expect a response that doesn’t come. This goes on for a long time. I understand people who are feeling unsatisfied. No one likes being in a one-sided relationship.

Guys. I know you’re angry. You have right to be. Many rangers have sat in silent patience for quite a while. It’s understandable to be a little outraged. Arena Net may not be great at giving you what you want, but remember that this is their game. They obviously see ranger as a selling point. Why would they treat it differently from the other professions? Come TwitchCon we shall see if the wait was worth it. Please reserve judgement until then.

DoogySnowStalker.2069:

Uh, is this just on my side, or did Tentongamemr remove their post?

Yep, me too. Great…

Archon.6480:

I am still holding out the idea that the Ranger elite specialization will become available, AFTER HoT is released

Regardless, I wonder why no one has stopped by to say something as simple as: “Hey guys n’ gals, don’t worry. We didn’t forget about you. We are holding Ranger till last because we’ve put quite a bit of work into making it better. We are releasing it last because we want to get it right. Stay tuned!”

That would put so many of us at ease…

They could totally say they’re having problems getting it right. They could say they aren’t close to ready yet. ANYTHING is better then NOTHING. Am I right?

Rangers are considered by many to be the worst class in the game. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. They just don’t contribute much to a group. And all meaningful end game content is group content. To be expected in an mmo. Necros aren’t considered top tier either but neither are they bad. In spvp I’ve seen good necros but I’ve seen good rangers as well. Player skill is a big factor in a lot of things. As of right now Druid is a big fat wad of hopes and dreams for an ailing profession that has run away with speculation due to the lack of concrete knowledge of what druid actually is. All we know is its a ranger with a staff who loves nature or something. VINE SHOT! Pets make me sad. Pets can crit for massive damage and surprise you though Play ranger, you will love it. Haters gunna hate.

Crabs. Who doesn’t want crabs!?

Bryzy.2719:

Bored at work again so I’ll start.

>When you see a squishy in WvW and you set up SoTW, Quickening Zephyr, RaO, Call of the Wild and then hit rapid fire to pewpew a quick snipe but they hit reflect

If they notice you doing it then you ping em with auto attacks first. Bait out their defenses. Folks expect rangers to go all in on the first attack. Also LB autos do good damage

Tragic Positive.9356:

http://i.imgur.com/IcGtSWn.png – info leaked (I’m not 100% sure)

https://dviw3bl0enbyw.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/179625/Druid_shoulders.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mxeqJcc.png – datamined background for the traitline

http://i.imgur.com/JAY4o34.jpg – All spec Art

http://imgur.com/wmIfN20 – original centered from their website

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You’re welcome.

Notice how all of that is fuel for speculation. Not good. I’m looking for something more concrete. Yeah I suppose I did say “anything”. I guess I didn’t really mean it.

No it isn’t. I need my druid fix. Anything. Half a tooltip. A badly pixelated image. I’ll take a montage of druids getting destroyed by D/D eles. Anything!

I’m joking obviously. It’s not THAT bad. But all this speculation is getting crazy. Some concrete details would do these forums some good.

My hope is that they don’t let me down with druid.

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

Umm.. There is allready many threads about this. There is a complaint about all Elite spec names just below this post when I write this.

I am aware.

Why do you think it’s such a bad name? It’s absolutely fitting. Its a bow wielding knight in a land filled with dragons. If you faced a dragon and all you had was a sword/mace/whatever, would you stand much of a chance? The sucker can fly. You’re gunna wanna shoot it down. Guess what? You have just traded in your melee weapon for a bow in order to better combat this new threat. People might look at you and call you a dragonhunter. Because that’s what you are trying to be. Doesn’t that make sense?

Call yourself whatever you like but if Anet calls you a dragonhunter then that’s up to them.

I’m with ya. Bigger maps with bigger teams would be nice too. God I miss WoW bgs