It would seem to me, that as popular as the “bearbow” seems to be, that there is much hate toward it. Why all the hate?
Low damage and low utility/support are the main reasons. Sometimes lack of pet control as well.
Please do not spread misinformation like that.
Rangers has better single target DPS then warriors (if pet is attacking)… DPS wise we are only beaten by elementalist and thief.We have few support functions that cannot be done by other classes, but the frost-spotter build is unique to rangers.
Our utilities depends a lot on the pet we use. If you use the wrong one, you will have poor utilities, if you use the right pet for the right occasion you will have good utilities. Other classes has better utilities on their own, some being really strong, but most utility skills in this game, as a whole, is rather situational and or lackluster (guard spirit weapons, warrior banners, thief traps, mesmer mantras etc. )
Edit: You’re taking this way out of context, I was responding to a question about the bearbow ranger build, which does none of the things you mentioned in your response. For clarity, let’s just define it as a random trait distribution including 2 of Piercing Arrows/Eagle Eye/Read the wind (ie. 6/6//2) , a pet bear and signet utilities (No Frost Spirit/Spotter).
I’m not spreading misinformation, a bearbow ranger is not better single target DPS than a warrior, and neither is a sword/WH ranger. The meta ranger builds are about dead even with the warrior slightly ahead.
Spotter/Frost Spirit are good, but they are lower priority support then anything a Warrior, Ele, Thief and guardian can provide.
(edited by TurtleDragon.3108)