Hey there. It is nice to see more people joining our ranks as MM’s.
Let me suggest you a few hints on pvp base:
1) you should get a stunbreaker. lucky for you we have a minion that also act as a stunbreaker too so go for it!
2)blood fiend wont do the trick in pvp, in fact it wont do anything in any game mode
you should consider changing your heal skill.
3) take vital persistance on soul reaping! You have transfusion and death perception so you could benefit vital persistance more.
4) this last one is actually about my play style and it is just an idea. Why not take Unholy Martyr? With necromantic corruption and 4-5 minions you can help your team a lot.
For pve;
1) there will be lots of aoe so you need a backup plan when all minions are dead and in cooldown. I would get specttal armor instead of shadow fiend to ensure i will survive even when no minions left.
2) dagger is a good choice of weapon and staff is a must for any MM, but horn might be a pain in pve.
Hope those advice will help, have fun!
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Even though i really liked the stowing the pet and getting some kind of aspect with bonus damage, i really liked the idea of aura giving unattackable pets too.
Actually this reminds me the gwen at pre-ascalon in gw1. Do you remember buying her a flute and letting her follow you? She would heal you +20 while playing her flute and never take aggro, always staying beside you. I would love to have a small pet that would give me small buffs. Cuteness would be a bonus. I honestly want a squirrel that follows me and giving me some buff 
Game mode: WvW
Proposal Overview: Make design team play a ranger for one week
Goal of Proposal:
To make designers understand the problems Rangers have on WvW and to create better solutions
Proposal Functionality:
I don’t know how many designers play active ranger and how many of them play WvW, but right now, rangers have a big disadventage on WvW. Warrior LB builds does much better than any ranger zerg builds and this is a huge disappointment for most of us. If a designer would accept my proposal and play a ranger in WvW for one week, I am sure he will understand the weak points and the injustice between other classes.
Associated risks:
After one week of try, designers might actually delete the whole class
Hey there
I am playing 80% PvE and 20% WvW. Basicly doing daily things (Tequatl, fractals and Achievements) and directly go to WvW for some bow action.
Main problems I came across on PvE is;
1) Pets do love red circles: For example, the encounter with Captain Mai Trin at the end of a fractal run. It is imposible for my pet to survive the “Unleash the cannons” part and when it dies, i am forced to play my second pet for 59 seconds. I am almost certanly lose the second pet too, in the process of killing Mai resulting a broken pet change cycle for the rest of the boss fight.
2)Sword Problems: My main hand sword killed me more than any other thing in the game. I die a bit every time my party send to Thaumanova Reactor or Uncategorized Fractal. Not being able do broke sword#1 chain and staying in the enemy aoe is terrible.
3)Bow Problems: There is some hate against longbow/bear rangers and I totally understand the reason behind this. So i thought, maybe if Fortifying Bond worked both ways, bow builds would be more viable. A pet in front can share boons with the ranger in the back. The boons ranger get from the bond can be a bit weaker in duration for balance issues. This would also grant great synergy with, for example Companion’s might or Bountiful Hunter.
4)For WvW: I do agree there should be improvement on longbow skills, signets and shouts. Longbow is too hard to maintain; you often have to fall behind your zerg to do optimum damage and with evade and gap closer skills, it fails its purpose to do long range damage. Signets are giving benefits to only pets and pets often get killed in crossfire within a few seconds. And shouts are, not good compared to warrior or guardian shouts. If warrior shouts are offensive and guardian shouts are defensive, ranger shouts should be based on utility giving vigor and swiftness.
In zerg, the whole point is to support your group and fight as one. To snipe, as far as i understand is dealing damage on single foe. But on zerg, this is irrevelant. Zerg fights are done with aoe dmg, that is why most people think ranger is bad on wvw and that is why i explained how i played in zerg.
On the other hand, you can roam in wvw with a longbow i belive, sniping people alone, but i dont think you will be any succesful, considering every melee class has multiple gap closers in this game.
Staying 1500+ range behind zerg and trying to snipe is a bad idea, not only because you will be focused by everyone but also, your piercing arrows will be useless since you are on the edge of your range.
…“to support your group and fight as one” Yet earlier you said your biggest problem with LB was not enough XP or bags. So adding Torment solved that problem. You’re still not adding very much to “support your group” Sorry, but a LB Ranger isn’t a support class.
I would very much argue that a LB Ranger can support better by protecting the big hitters in the back. Glass Ele’s and Necros. If you keep the Thieves away then your glass cannons can keep blasting, healing and CC.
This is far the worst misunderstanding i have ever seen
First of all, doing aoe dmg is our point. I am telling we need to do aoe and support eachother with boons. I do deal torment and then enter fight with warhorn and sword to give boons to allies and recieve them back. LB ranger is not a damage class for sure, since our damage is noticeably low compared to our variants. But as i said before, it is not the deal. All you have to do is aoe’s since the aoe’s are what kills enemies in zerg fights.
LB with its current state can not be a main weapon for ranger. It has long cooldown for its autoattcak, has ridiculous damage at low range, barrage makes you stand at a point and rapid fire takes too long to deal damage it is often get evaded easily. Using lb as a secondary weapon and entering the wvw with more viable sword/smthing is really more reasonable. Not only because more damage output, but also because you receive boons from your zerg and you can give your spotter a good use.
Secondly; it is not nice to pull a word from the comment and talk about it like it is the main thing.
Thirdly; as i said above, you can only deal damage to melee tanks if you stand 1500 range, since glass eles or necros are not up on front. If you come and stack with zerg, then you are again insta dead…
And last of all, MY biggest problem was exp and bags. BUT IT IS STILL TRUE THAT ZERG FIGHTS ARE ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING YOUR GROUP AND FIGHTING AS ONE. I cant see the revelance between me wanting more wvw experience and bags and the way how zerg should play.
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Hey guys.
Here is the build I came up with after doing 50+ twilight arbor. What do you think of it and do you have any recomendations?
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQJArYjMap7tbib87JgZGc7d0DiNOZ6DuD;TIAjKmEA
And here is the thought process behind some decisions;
Traits:
15 points on soul reaping helps you to stay in death shroud longer.
Vampiric Rituals: Well skills has long cooldowns and short durations, so giving 25 points to blood magic and getting last gasp is more useful in my opinion.
Equipment:
Condition Dmg > Toughness = Precision > All others
For runes; the main priority is condition duration:
2x Superior Rune of the Krait
2x Superior Rune of the Afflicted
2x Superior Rune of Lyssa
Why not Rune of the Centaur: %5 bleed duration decrease is worth 25 precision (and 25 power from centaur is irrevelant)
Sigils:
For Scepter: Superior Sigil of Earth
For Dagger: Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Skills:
Spectral walk: 30 seconds of swiftness is helpful. This skill is a stun breaker so it helps a lot in dungeons. Also if used correct, teleport option can save you from agro.
Plague: 20 seconds of blind
Ty for help and cya in game