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Just saying. You get temp members to open ur guild hall. What happens when u have to defend it? As I saw from the luvestream it’s an on going thing……

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I would focus on damage, either power/crit or condition. i had a set of pvt on my ranger wayyy back close to start of game, its sh-et

ive seen 2 anet people playing rangers, not sure if they were testing to see if viable or just having fun. this was at grenth and jungle worm in the last 2 weeks.

pretty much that build, I use 30-30-10 for mine, the stealth really is not needed when you sit at 1500 range. go fire sigil with w\e you want on secondary, fyi greastsword already provides your survivability so go 30-30-10

nice vid but I didn’t see any 1v1s with any theifs or engineers that wernt under lvled or there just to group gank you. How well do you do against them and what’s your build?

I’m still using longbow/greatsword after all this time. Its just a great combination for me.

I play wvw so Note:berserker build

LongBow
+1500 range (trait)
+pick squishy targets out of groups, runners
+high dmg, utility

-easily overrun if facing many enemies or melees (basically the only con)

Greatsword
+great escape
+high utility (dodge,block,stun,evade)
+great for 1v1 fights
+good to travel across map with (use warhorn 5 and switch back greatsword)

-melee, you will die quick in melee against multiple enemies
-bit harder to kill runners than if you had other secondaries
-i use longbow basically for all my kills (greatsword for escapes and 1v1s only)

Also I used to play with eagle eye and piercing arrows, now I use eagle eye and read the wind. It increased my kill percentage by alot…. im securing many many many more kills now. You might think piercing is better for zerg but trust, read the wind is better for both zerging and small skirmish, choose a highly valuable target and take them out.

Avoid the elitists at cof dungeon. To avoid getting kicked actually know the mechanics and techniques for dungeon runs, change builds and play style to fit the dungeon fights and you will never get kicked again, unless they are just kitten “You ranger? You kicked!”. Most likely those type of people are classists/racists in real life or something and that’s not something you can change lols…

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I think the runes are bugged. It doesnt seem to be as fast as signet. If someone can do test and confirm that would help.

Heiltdo.2891:

I have a ranger and a thief.
It takes me 3 key strokes to take 40-70% of someones HP with thief,
To do that with ranger i need over 10 seconds, swap weapons and get lucky.

Ranger sacrifices traits, utilities and buffs to make the pet worth something, and they dont give anything back.

I’m hoping Oct 15th patch will fix some of the issues we have been having, specially with the kittenty sword autoattack.

oct 15th, dont get to happy remeber!

Ryan.9387:

By the way, rangers were represented as 23% of the players in MLG, higher than any other class. Certainly this isn’t the result of a poorly balanced weak class. I think your frustration is coming from you not wanting to improve and find things that work, rather than you making an effort to adapting to the gw2 ranger.

MLG scene is the the GW2 scene. That is a controlled environment with capped stats and what not.

Gorath.5076:

Chopps.5047:

I think ranger is both hard to see what the good builds are and hard to play making warrior or thief more popular choices for most players. Ranger is a skill profession.

Chopps, you know I have great respect for you and your work and I also truly believe you are a great Ranger player,
yet sometimes you are just full of kitten …

How can it be an argument that Ranger is a ‘skill’ profession?
Mesmers e.g. are also not very easy to play and neither are (if you want to go beyond 222222) Thiefs, Engineers or Staff Elementalists. Ever tried a full glass Warrior or Guardian?
Can it be the purpose of a class to have to spent 3000 hours of playtime into it to simply be SO GOOD that you can triumph over others simply by your advantage of experience?
If GW2 has a Rock/Paper/Scissors/ PvP system, ranger is Paper/Paper/Paper, and when ever you want to do something different you have to fold the Paper to become either a Blade or a Shield … and that doesnt change anything about it falling to pieces when it gets wet ….
Rangers just aren’t naturally excelling at anything.

Ryan.9387:

By the way, rangers were represented as 23% of the players in MLG, higher than any other class. Certainly this isn’t the result of a poorly balanced weak class. I think your frustration is coming from you not wanting to improve and find things that work, rather than you making an effort to adapting to the gw2 ranger.

Thats only because 22% of people are idiots and the remaining 1% is debating on these forums.
No seriously:
with Ranger in GW2 its a bit like it was in World of Warcraft: It’s a pet class with a lot of self-sustain, which makes it convinient to get around in the world. So its very attractive for casual gamers that prefer playing by themselves rather than participating in the competetive aspects of the game.
And those kind of people are perfectly fine with the class and its balancing, since they a) dont give a kitten about it or
b) dont have reason to complain since ranger IS one of the smoothest solo PvE classes.

+1

EDIT: I’ve mained ranger for a long time and still troll the forums to see if there are any good builds because im honestly lost lol.

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Crit damage isn’t enough till its maxed, not glassy enough.

Not glassy enough needs more crit damage.

I don’t run spirits and dont have much experience with them but I would imagine you either go full support with them or full berserker. And that’s about all I know. Just whip out your spirits and try testing different traits in wvw or pve w\e you play.

Adds an extra control ability to your elite, I see no problem in using them. I tried out a control build once and it helps agaisnt gc players and thats about it.

If you go glass you want utility to get away in either a 2nd weapon set or from utilities. I ran a good crit dmg build with plenty of armor and it did its job and if any assassin jumps on you, you will survive. However since I’m starting to play a different style I’m switching to full glass and its quite fun taking out other Squishy builds and tanks alike.

Anyways since no one else helping you out, tell me a build you want and ill craft it for you.

Depends on what you using the build for.

First off Shortbow has same range as Axe Main/Off hand. Axe is much better for your power crit build while shortbow will be slightly less and bring utils. I don’t spvp at all and only wvw so that is as much as I will help.

nagymbear.5280:

Pinny.9018:

people complain about thieves being OP because they don’t know how to dodge. Dodge the heartseeker / cloak and dagger, or dodge out of the dagger storm, and suddenly you’re fighting a character that can’t do jack to you because they’re out of initiative.

Unfortunately it seems most people in PVP/WvW don’t know how to dodge.

While that sounds really easy, I was HS-d on my ranger when I used 2 dodges and a shorbow evade in succession. The guy was running a glass build, and I was below half health, so that was it for me. Sounds fair right? Just mash that 2 to win.

Was going to help you out big time by telling you how to win but ill let you figure it out.

One clue. You use a different build to fight a thief 1v1, and no its not a bunker or regen build or evade.

WvW, direct dmg.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|8.1g.0.a.1n.0|a.1g.0.8.1n.0|1n.7y.1n.7y.1g.7y.1n.7y.1g.7y.1n.7y|1i.67.1i.61.1i.61.1i.64.1i.64.1i.64|a5.0.u14b.f3.f3|0.0|57.5b.5d.5h.0|e

1.I need suggestions on how I should tweak my build,
2.if its good where it is
3. are there any similar builds i can find
4. i got my thief to 80 about week ago, trying to find build

Don’t matter if you #1 ranger player. Other classes can and will catch you.

Arcade Fire.4895:

Kal Spiro.9745:

Arcade Fire.4895:

Erasculio.2914:

I honestly don’t see the point of giving stealth to Hunter’s Shot. IMO, it would be perfect for the shortbow after the range nerf, but the longbow is meant to be used at very long range, where it’s easier to avoid ranged attacks, and it already has a counter against melee attacks in Point Blank Shot.

I’ve been trying to point this out but people keep shouting me down otherwise.

It’s a longbow. You should be at quite a bit of range. We basically lost DPS for slight utility that honestly doesn’t even do that much good. I’m aware you can stealth+rez but you will not get the rez off in time and the dps loss IS NOT WORTH IT.

There is no such thing as being at quite a bit of range. Things run at you, and no matter how good you are at mobility they will catch you. Stealth helps give you breathing room.

That’s why you’re supposed to kite and keep moving about.

Do you pve only? Just a question.

Aridia.3042:

Robyn Yew.6072:

Just tested, seems like you will stealth once the shot passes through your target and hits either the wall/floor.

Wait, wut?

You can stealth off the doors!? That would be so useful for running into a keep that’s being seiged.

Arrows dont pass through doors, you can’t stealth off walls/doors/ceilings/plants/gates/fences/lamps/poles/ramps/trees etc. Target as in an opposing player or mob.

Levetty.1279:

Has anyboody tried Hunter’s shot with piercing arrows yet? I can imagine that giving you stealth with the first hit and then as it passes through and hits something else giving you revealed (and wasting your opening strike probably).

Just tested, you will stealth once the shot passes through your target and hits either the wall/floor or reaches its maximum distance (1200 or 1500).

LOL at the cry over bleeds on maul.

Counterattack—Crippling Throw: This skill can now be used while moving. Increased the cripple duration to 5 seconds.

I would make the trade to lose bleeds for being able to use secondary 4 while moving anyday, I would trade over and over and go back in time and trade again. Been waiting for this to happen since begin of game.

Aether McLoud.1975:

JonPeters.5630:

Among other benefits the stealth on hunters also let’s you cast the beginning of barrage without detection.

So it’s ok for rangers to have stealth now, but eles cannot have mobility? My double standard sense is tingeling.

I was going to make a thread called Ranger QQ imminent, looks like i was right lmao. Let them volleys fly.

Short clip, not the best players but only clip i bothered to record. Axe/Axe is great though and i like pairing it with greatsword for secondary. For the utils I was just testing it, prolly not viable in a more player skill situation.

EDIT: Both axe off hand 5 and greatsword getting a buff btw. So it’s even better now.

false alarm fellow rangers, today’s not our day. Just some whining from the public squalor.

my caps lock = my f1
shift= my f2
6=my pet swap

Sorry im having to much fun making fun of us, but that’s what i use.

Sube Dai.8496:

Prysin.8542:

Spotter coupled with 30% chance to create a fire blast on crit can do the same kind of damage, but it would benefit everyone else, and not just yourself. Making your entire zerg more likely to come out on top.

Well that 30% is wasted if you already have 50% crit (should go into crit dmg instead) – all it does is buff allies. But if you want to buff allies you wouldn’t be running a power build trying to do aoe. You would be focusing on spirits and combo fields (someone correct me if i am wrong).

I also run fire sigil on shortbow with 50% crit but I don’t think its as effective as piercing arrows.

I Lub my piercing arrows. And with that statement you are correct.

I like these threads, keep it up.

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Just giving you ideas =]

Change class name from Ranger to Animal Whisperer. =p I wish I could joke about it and not actually kinda believe myself.

Cempa.5619:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

Try to bring this bad boy down, I dare ya!

Looks like a very solid build, I can’t give up either my piercing arrows or 1500 range though =(.

Prysin.8542:

Sube Dai.8496:

GUFF.5692:

- traits and skills that work a majority of the time instead of sometimes (IE spotter instead of piercing arrows, signet mastery instead of steady focus)

You consider 150 precision better than piercing arrows? Man piercing arrows is like our single best zerg ability?! The aoe damage from piercing arrows is insane against large groups. Throw in the potential aoe cripples/daze/knockback as well.

One of the best traits we have imo. And a lot more reliable than barrage.

piercing arrows are good, but it has a “max target” limit JUST like barrage, not to mention it is also limited by the arc of the arrow.

Spotter coupled with 30% chance to create a fire blast on crit can do the same kind of damage, but it would benefit everyone else, and not just yourself. Making your entire zerg more likely to come out on top.

I prefer piercing arrows but I do my own thing alot in wvw so maybe a ranger in a guild would use that instead, I would still prefer peircing arrows, as i play 1500 range and when i pick an important target to take down, I want him to go down and not be able to hide behind teamates/animals/mobs.

Prysin.8542:

DeadlySynz.3471:

The only tips I can offer are.. that there seems to be only 2 real builds for the class. One built for sPvP, and one built for WvW.

BM bunker – sPvP / roaming
Full Berserker – WvW

In my experience, deviating away from either one of those in those scenarios.. your basically crippling yourself or your group’s effectiveness (group for WvW).

The thing is, as ninjamo mentioned, we have a fairly hard hitting AoE with longbow, despite it’s damage nerf (which I think should be returned). Under full glass, you can pretty much down whichever 5 enemies it hits on the front lines within 2-3 seconds. They can’t run through the front line because.. we’ll they’ll get killed by the front line themselves. I’ve gone days without dying and made up to 350 badges an hour doing it.

if you go zerker in WvW you are a moron.

Zerker ranger is PvE/Dungeons.

for WvW you want BM Bunker, Crit-Tank, boon support or condition build
PvP = BM Bunker/Trapper

I agree with what you said but you really didn’t have to call him a moron.
I run a crit tank myself. Btw i think enemy only rallies if they HIT you for a certain amount? And if you are in the back, I’ve only ever experienced 2-5 people hitting me as i play to the side/back. I don’t run in zerg melee, condition trains as rangers are poor in both. I also play with greatsword as second option which is our best survivability weapon and rarely die, now if i really tried not to die, I wouldnt.

*I don’t have a lvl 80 ele.
*I play WvW for 90 Percent of my time on guild wars
*I main Ranger

Ive had multiple experiences where DD eles in groups are still very viable. I main Ranger and go Mix of some toughness with alot of crit dmg and chance. I will try and try and try to focus them down but id say they are STILL one of the toughest classes to down/catch. Not like GOD mode before as a skilled 2-5 people will be able to lock them down and kill them but i have seen them escape noobs and myself still equally. The only other class to equal the escape power would be a run away warrior. Theifs and mesmers dont trick me that often as my raid fire tracks them so that is why im saying that. Stealth doesnt work if they are tracked. Boons and slowing enemies attacks works way better even if they know you are using it.

I think Eles do have a high skill cap, and I just don’t want to be bothered with switching attunments all the time and a well played ele (in my opinion with state of game) is already better than 80% (my estimate based on experience in WvW) of the Rangers, even if the Rangers are good themselves.

If eles didnt have that attunment swap i would have already gotten a lvl 80 ele as they offer alot to group play in wvw. From defending, sieging, and roaming in groups or zergs. I can say they do a hella lot more than Rangers can in any of those categories. And yes I have tried to come up with viable builds for Ranger, They dont match to what the ele can offer. MAYBE they can roam equally but thats it(doubt it).

ranger builds are really limited for z v z, im pretty sure the BEST POSSIBLE build has already been mentioned before on the forums. There’s nothing i see that can make us any better but I could be wrong.

Xsorus.2507:

Rofl, at anyone who thinks Rangers are walking loot bags..

While Rangers aren’t super great at a lot of things (Dungeons for example) and Zerg Fights for utility, We absolutely are one of the best solo classes in the game..

If you have guildies claiming they’re walking loot bags, They’ve never fought anyone running my BM Bunker Build..

I’ve been wanting to buy/make a bm bunker set, whats your build and how many people can it handle.

hey stawker It’s Rhbyn Yew from Eternal battle grounds. I always play that map and use my build pretty effectively in Zerg vs Zerg and Skirmish battles.

Main Points of Build and How to play it
+First off 1500 range with piercing arrows, you will hit multiple people from the farthest range with about (60-80 crit dmg and 30-40 crit chance, leaving room for you to tweak your build but you should aim for that).
+Barrage 5 and muddy terrain= zerg cripple and lockdown, i even throw in a entangle if they start running or i see enough glass.
+I have traited for both longbow cooldown and greatsword cooldown, yes a greatsword off hand because even though you are behind a zerg that doesnt mean thief wont try to kill you, with this build/weapon set if you encounter a thief there will be 3 options that can happen from best to worst
1. You kill the thief for entering within your 1500 range using both longbow greatsword and any other tactics – Muddy terrain switch to greatsword and wait inside. Longbow 2 also tracks any stealth if you press before they stealth.
2.The Fight gets drawn out, no one dies, they leave.
3.The fight gets drawn out, takes a while for you to die but it happens.
+ I myself roam alot alone so i use Pet Jaguar and Pet wolf. Good options for z v z would be red moa/brown bear
Your pet is useless in a large group, id stick to using your pet in 1v1 and 10v10 styles. Keep you pet passive in zerg vs zerg.

Sumarry for Lazy
-30/20/20/0/0
-Longbow- Berserker’s(superior sigil of Fire)
-GreatSword- Soldiers(Superior Sigil of Energy)
-Berserker’s Armor – Superior rune of Earth
-Trinkets- Berserker’s Amulet/Valkyrie Ringx2 with emerald upgrade
Cavalier Accessoryx2 with emerald upgrade, Berserker back item with ruby upgrade.
-Troll Unguent,Muddy terrain, Signet of Stone, Signet of the hunt, Entangle.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.0|3.1g.h17|1.1c.h1j|1g.7o.1g.7o.1g.7o.1g.7o.1g.7o.1g.7o|1g.61.1p.64.1p.64.1i.64.1i.64.1g.67|u18a.k1a.k6a.0.0|0.0|4j.4x.4p.4q.0|e

You can use all exotics and it works JUST AS WELL, I have been getting some ascended gear lately to try and max out my guy.

Post april 30 patch pre july patch but uses about the same build. Mistakes are made by both of us, people are saying thief is not that good but as me but i disagree. You can still fight “good” thieves using this and win, i have done many times but just cant be bothered to record.

Pictures were taken today july 13, 2013.

not my video, still a great guide and i re watched it just to make sure its still viable so use it and you should be fine.

oh i didnt think about that, trading crit dmg for more toughness i will need to think about that

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

I would put the 20 you have in toughness into healing… but that’s fine. With your build, you have alot of power, I would recommend going purely for crit chance. Make sure to get a superior Sigil of Air to go along with it

so berserker ammy?

i still have slots on my armor i can play with to the runes arnt set in stone

so if any other rangers who have delved deeper than me and has had more hours can give some input for future rangers who look at these posts what is your crit chance/crit dmg.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.5|3.1g.h17|1.1c.h1j|1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r|4s.0.2t.0.3t.0.2v.0.1i.0.2s.0|u18a.k1a.k5a.0.0|0.0|0.q.4p.4q.0|e

basically my build except i have no fracts trinkets yet and replace the runes on armor with zerker orbs. But thats the build i want. Basically im either going to get berserker amulet or cavalier and the runes im still undecided on also.

would you favor higher crit chance for lower crit dmg?

edit: im sitting at 34 crit chance 75 crit dmg