Guild Wars 2

I’m a returning player. I took about a year hiatus, and came back just a few weeks ago. Before I left I spent about 80% of my game time in WvW. I’m currently on Sea of Sorrows. Since I’ve returned it’s been Yak’s Bend absolutely steam rolling SoS and FA. There’s really no room for any of the groups I’ve joined up with to maneuver. We can’t hold what we manage to take, and YB has beaten us in almost every fight with numbers we apparently can’t hope to compete with. This has seriously turned WvW, and ultimately the game, into a real buzz kill for me. So, I have a couple questions. First, how did this happen? I remember decent fights. Second, it’s clear I need to transfer if I’m going to stick with GW2 because I’m not having fun. So, are all tiers like this now? Is it worth the money to transfer down, or have many servers condensed into karma trains? Thanks.

I wanted to be a ranged expert. The wvw videos I’m watching with Ranger many people use a Lb/gs. What nerfed the Ranger so badly that Longbow is no longer a viable option? Looking through the forums there’s no way a game company could obliviously make one class so bad people are jumping ship on it like this. Surely there’s something the Ranger does well at 80?

This is all very discouraging, but thanks for responding to my thread. I guess it’s time to decide if I want to reroll or if this is enough to make me cut my losses at $50 and a few weeks gaming time (first impressions are everything, and so far this hasn’t been a good impression for GW2). Or, hopefully, Holland is right and there’s still something left for Rangers.