Guild Wars 2

I guess i shouldn’t say “patch” in the title but i was jjst wondering if there was going to be any bug fixes for the class or minor (maybe even major if we’re lucky) improvments.

I was Just curious if there was word that class balancing (or fixing) was going to go on at all in Anet’s new “2013 Patches”.

If not I cannot say Im surprised, but it’d be nice to think something might happen on the 28th.

Any thoughts?

Also it doesn’t scale condition damage which doesn’t really make sense, but for classes like bunker guards and necros it works a lot better because it takes them longer to destroy them.

Also about being stunned and dazed th e first one is transferred to your pet and the second make you go invisible which is one of my all time favorites so someone has to knock back daze stun you for a 3rd time for it to be 100% effective, even more so if you have RaO on.

I have 1v1 plenty of skilled necro never had a problem. Sigil on the axe removes conditions, you can change the heal for removing conditions as well..
boom, 3 condition removal.
as for stun break hardly a problem at all seeing as dazing the target, rooting with entangle, immobilizing with spike trap, stuns hardly effect you.
Not to mention how often you can dodge and evade a simple stun.

But if youre that worried about a stun put on RaO… 20 seconds of stability or replace fire trap with lightning reflexes and use torch more often for burning.

Okay so here is my ranger build that I have been running for a little while now and I am VERY impressed.

The build is a SB/Axe,torch. Let me tell you that the shortbow is still very much viable. I don’t use QZ because I feel it is not as good as having two traps.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAV3fjIVx1ZW2Vo2BgVBBbPyUSMZPM0xHL5SVA;TsAAzCroay0koJbTumkNtKZUx+DA
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The build has only 15,082 health but that is not too much of a problem because you have 1960 toughness.

Mobility is awesome with 50% extra base endurance.

I haven’t done too many tournies with this build but it absolutley dominates the field in regular sPvP (which i know isn’t saying much considering how easy it is). Only thing that is hard to kill are theif nukes which can easily be avoided with wolf fear, axe chill, SB cripple and traps it’s just the first 2 seconds you need to survive, if you get that down you’ll have no problem with pesky thieves. Also Hundred blades warriors are tough but again all you need to do is dodge. Don’t be a moron who gets caught in hundred blades it is easily the most simple thing to dodge ever.

If you have any question you can message me in game or post on the thread, thank you.

I am good at tPvP but havent done much in the last couple days so I would like to get some feedback from other tPvPers on this thread :]

I cannot answer if it makes any other type of back slot disappear, I don’t have a guild backpack, so if you have one and notice it also disappearing then please post it.

Just like it says in the title whenever I use an axe skill 1-4 works just fine but the Back slot on your character disapears during the animation. The peice is still there it is just invisible on your character during the animation.

Also my offhand axe ability, “Whirling Defense” has stopped workinf entirely.
It is not a problem with me because my number 5 ability on other weapons are working just fine.

Anybody else notice this?

Well i seriously doubt that it is the “ONLY” viable spec for tPvP. And I also realise that for tPvP it is more about the team you have with you than an individual’s skill (or lack of it).

But I want to see if there are any semi or hardcore tPvPers that play as a rangers and what spec that they recommend.

So, I play my ranger far more than any other class in the game. And it is my favorite. I go into sPvP and I do really well! OK survivability but it is more just correct dodges rolling and stuff.

However, when i play tPvP thats when i get most turned-off by the ranger class. It seems a good tPvP build should have very good survivability and plenty of damage.

I cannot seem to find the right combination of damage/support/survivalbility to work.

And I realize that there is more than a single role you can play in a tourny but just show me what works best for you!

Thanks a lot!

@Electro

That is exactly what i was thinking. Bleeds and other DoTs dont have any LoS effect.
Plus it just seems kind of stupid that my birds that are pecking your eyes out are “Obstucted” because my target is behind a tree.

I still use shortbow.
I still dominate people.

Warhorn does more than grant swiftness. You should take that into consideration

So the most popular offhand for the ranger (and for good reason too) seems to be the warhorn. The number 4 ability or "Hunter’s call is an awesome move to get some extra damage while attacking someone. However when i use this move and my target LoS me i get the “Obstucted” above them.

This doesn’t really make sense considering it is calling birds to peck their eyes out and now that I can’t see them the birds miss their attacks.

So was this supposed to be implemented or is this just a bug?

Fairly certain those have always been there. They recently updated the UI to show all cast times. and you cannot really fire an arrow in less that a quater of a second.

Can we please get a response a little more than a sentence response.

“Wow! Thanks Anet! Now my shortbow animation works properly! Thank you so much!!”

-Said no one ever.

Was the shortbow in need of a nerf? Of course not. Seems like a big nerf for a animation glitch. :/

So i finished my monthly the other day and I was pretty disapointed with my loot. 20 mystic coins and 7k exp (At level 63 which is terrible). So I understand that you dont want people farming for acheivements for gold, exp. etc. But come on, for players working pretty hard to get that 100k exp without dying is a little tough.

So this thread is to throw your ideas on how to make the monthly loot fair and awesome.