Guild Wars 2

Your option for high damage in PvE is the Quantify condi build (you can substitute some viper’s gear with sinister). No longbow though, sadly. https://qtfy.eu/guildwars/ranger/condi-ranger-quick-guide/

Eponet.4829:

Megas.4980:

And Soulbeast trait line is so-so for power.

Well, we don’t really know how soulbeast is for power until we find out all the details on how Elevated Bond affects other traits.

“Traits that affect your pet may affect you differently while in beastmode.”

Hm, true, didn’t know this little detail about the beastmode, thanks for the info!

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Hmm, someone claimed 22k previously. I can’t test for myself currently, but I will when I can.

For the GS to be a viable DPS weapon in PvE, all the skills would need to be split from PvP and WvW because it is quite powerful already when played well in those aspects of the game.

Wow, 22k actually sounds impressive. I did my tests with 1 or 2 exotics, but it can’t be that much of a difference. I’d be really interested in your results.

Concerning the skills – true, most likely. I tried to kinda make Maul viable in both PvP and PvE through the 2-charges system with an inner cd, but that’d require a lot of testing. But I’m pretty sure that even splitting the damage numbers of all GS skills shouldn’t be a problem, as many skills already do more/less damage in PvP.

xBlack.4897:

“great again”, again ? when have they ever been great to begin with ?

Well, you don’t just do something great, you do it great again
Power rangers were considered fine before the raids were released, but at that point anything was played in dungeons and fractals.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Have you tested Power ranger for DPS since the trait changes?

Yep, it’s about the same ~15k with condi utility and elite skills, about 11 without them. The numbers in the post are rough estimates though, I didn’t calculate anything precisely.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

GS is not a DPS weapon. It’s a utility weapon with powerful defense and CC. Sword is semi-DPS with evasion. Dagger on SoulB is looking to be straight up DPS if built right.[

True, but I don’t see why can’t they be viable DPS options in PvE. Dagger would be a good option, but we’d have to give up one of the trait lines to just use it. And Soulbeast trait line is so-so for power.

Posted an idea of a power ranger rework on reddit couple of days ago. Its aim is to make power build viable in raids. Check it out and share your thoughts about the matter if you’re interested.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/6tb65z/rework_idea_make_power_rangers_great_again/