Guild Wars 2

I’m so glad I’m not the only one with a rubbish memory. Thats too much to remember IMO.

randomfightfan.4091:

Why do you care about dm title if u don’t do dungeons anymore

Please re-read post.

Yeah…it would be nice….I’m "grinding "for DM title….but I really wish I didn’t have to repeat routes I’ve already done.I’t be nice if achievement stated AC :PATH P3 Tzark completed. That way I know…:)

Perhaps I’ll put this suggestion downstairs

TY

kokiman.2364:

Go to the wikipage of the dungeon and check the storyline of the path.

This is NOT what I am asking.

…Of knowing which PATH of the dungeon one has completed? I mean under explorer it only says 3/4 paths completed. I haven’t done dungeons in a while but I sure as heck don’t want to repeat same paths. I hope this question makes sense…lol. I also don’t know if this has been asked before…if so, kindly direct me to the discussion post please.

Thank you

Blimey…..PR DRIBBLE INDEED.!

Rathore.9348:

Ranger DM here – I finished Arah p4 last month before the update which reduced Simin’s healing.

If you are the only ranger in the group, you should be throwing tears, not because you have the least dps in the group, but because off all the professions, you have the most consistent dps while also throwing tears. I recommend the utilities, Search and Rescue (revive downed players who are meleeing), Frost Spirit (to buff everyone’s damage, very important), and either Quickening Zephyr or Viper’s Nest, depending on your traits. If you manage to poison Simin before she goes invis, it will reduce the rate she heals, but unless you use the trap traits, Viper’s Nest is impractical.

Make sure your party fights Simin in the middle of the western wall, where no sparks spawn (any good youtube guide will show you the exact spot). Further, make sure your party has gathered and collected a huge number of tears prior to beginning.

For pets, I recommend the Jungle Stalker for Mighty Roar and the Red Moa for Furious Screech. These pet skills, combined with Zephyr’s Speed trait, will further buff the damage of your party. Because the Jungle Stalker is a low power high precision feline pet, it also has the best damage scaling when buffed with might.

Pets should set to passive at all times. During the fight, while throwing tears, micromanage your pet constantly by using SaR, Mighty Roar, and Furious Screech. You should swap pets at every opportunity. Use the quickness on pet swap to increase the speed in which you throw tears and buff the group. When Simin turns invisible, IMMEDIATELY pick up a tear, order your pet to stand down (F3 skill) and sprint to the western wall where your group pulled Simin. You should join the melee stack for this moment (your pet will follow you here), and throw your tear if necessary. If you do this quickly and correctly your pet will never draw spark aggro. *_If your pet draws aggro it means either you or your spark runners messed up._

For your weapon sets, use a longbow and an axe/warhorn combo. Between tear throws, use a longbow to apply vulnerability. You won’t be at maximum range for the autoattack to be effective, but in the few seconds you have between tear throws, the vulnerability stack is the best benefit you can provide to your group. Use Hunter’s Call or Barrage (with quickness) for additional damage while throwing tears. It goes without saying that Call of the Wild should be used at every opportunity.

GOOD LUCK.

_If your pet draws aggro it means either YOU or your spark runners messed up._
:(

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH DM. This has cleared up A LOT for me….LIKE A HELLLAVAHLOT!!!

I’ll test this out today and report back.

SafiMoyo.5130:

….but…. but I don’t like these answers! Why such a long cool down for a skill that already has so many restrictions on top of it?

Safi….safi….I reeaaally like you. Heeeheee, remind me of saffron (saffi) from Absolutely Fabulous.

S&R.=rubbish. I would say replace it with…..but it’s also rubbish…..EVERYTHING IS RUBBISH. We are a broken class

AdrianKEKE.4810:

I have done path 4 with a bunch of people from gw2lfg.
We had me(ranger) 2 warriors 1 ele 1 mesmer. We had enough Dps to kill her in 2 turns – so we only had to collect sparks once. Obviously the ranger should throw the tears because half his dps comes from the Pet anyways.

To max out my dps in between throwing the tears i used double birds, quickening zephyr and most importantly Frost Spirit. I switched to (nearly) full berserker gear and used 25/25/0/15/5 (if i remember correctly). I used Longbow+Axe+Horn. Dont forget buff food/potions.

Make sure to throw the tears at the right moment.
Sad but true: rather wait 5 seconds to throw a tear at a warrior in the right time than let him turn to stone for only 1 second. He does more dmg in that 1 second than your poor ranger and your poor (most likely dead) pet in 5 seconds.

BOLDED: So true …yet so sad. Poor rangers, AND yet still, our cries for help falls on deaf ears….

You mentioned you guys did IT in 2 two turns, but only collected sparks ONCE. So does that mean you guys did the 3-2 method twice? Pardon my ignorance,pls.

Shinigami.2193:

Hi….found a couple of youtubes of a group with a Ranger finishing P4. Not sure if this is pre patch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKM93yyIE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9rdoaLRRo

I must be blind as a bat or simply skimmed through these vids a tad too fast. I don’t see rangers in there.

I have taken aboard your suggestions regarding pugs. lesson learned. The ISSUE at hand is my bloody pet…

@treeline. used that method..by far the furthest I got in Simi….SPARK STILL SMELLED PET FROM A MILE AWAY….or the spark runners ran a tad too close to me ,than bam! game over.

@Mercy tree…pugs a thing of of the past.

@kesuh Even with pet on passive (Which is a bit more often than ,I like) pets still aggros. BECAUSE IT AUTO UNSTOWS and because A-net decided it’s best to keep us in a symbiotic relationship with our pets.

This is like a no win issue…
PET ON PASSIVE AGGROS…..
PET ACTIVE DIES ALMOST ALWAYS INSTANTANEOUSLY.
DPS LOWERS, EVERYBODY GIVES YOU THE KITTEN RANGER LOOK
YOU’VE NOTHING TO SAY BUT " my fault again..sorry guys"
CONSPIRACY TO KICK YOU GETS FORGED…YOU EVENTUALLY GET KICKED…..
AND KIDS,THAT’S WHY YOU NEVER BRING A RANGER TO (THIS) DUNGEON !!! INSCRIBE IT ON YOUR LFM.COM POSTS!

DEVS,IF YOU ARE READING: We Need to get out of this symbiotic relationship with our pets….or alternatively….allow us perma stow. Rangers are like the unwanted red-headed step child.!!

Can’t use guared, I find it’s utterly unreliable…I swear,just the other day I was pleading my pet to guard area… Finally after 3/4 tries it relented. I don’t mind being the depetrifier. Just thought there’d be othe vacancies available for ranger. But with Sparks loving our pets I imagine ranger is limited.

Thank you for links…going to watch them now.

I’ll try…*walks out of thread sighing.

Bumping my own thread for help please. Any help @ all….ANY.

I diligently searched for this answer in other threads, but to no avail. So if you can point me into the right direction (thread), I’d be forever grateful. My query regards builds for this path specifically.
I’ve relentlessly been trying to get my DM achievement over the course of the last 2 weeks in pugs. However, even though 99.99999% I’m the last man standing and rezzing people throughout the path , I ALWAYS GET KICKED @ DWAYNA. Luckily for me (karma), they fail too, which puts a lovely grin to my face:)

So, because I’m fairly new to the game. I’d like to know whether any RANGERS have successfully completed PATH 4 and if so,what sort of build?

Secondly, what “position” would be best suited for ranger since, we can’t " perma stow" pets and pets ALWAYS aggro.

Are there pets that are better suited for last boss or even lupi ? I don’t know if this would help, my attack is near 3.2k and crit above 50% .

Why is there ALWAYS this preconceived notion that rangers have the lowest dps, “therefore ranger, you’ll be condemned the torturous labour of being the tear thrower” but…but… we have a filthy necro a midst us
I feel the necros pointing fingers and going…bwaaahaaaaa

PLEASE HELP.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I don’t mind throwing tears

First post…..LONG time lurker. I write to simply say , I’m most utterly dismayed . Time to reroll to the A-nets favourite child, that is, Thief.

So long fellow rangers….see you in the HOW TO COMPLETELY OBLITERATE A RANGER WITHIN 2 SECONDS thread.