Guild Wars 2

dasaybz.9524:

I’m not really bothered by the lack of AOE. I just use piercing arrows … it feels awesome unloading rapid fire and having them all pierce …

I just blew my tomes to get him to 50, got sick of low level land. I got piercing arrows, I guess I should play some more and see how I like it!

I’m still trying to decide what species of pet I like the best.

Tragic Positive.9356:

We are less useful in teamfights than others, though.

As I’ve been leveling I can see why. I’ve noticed a lack of aoe attacks. I run Sword/Axe and Longbow. Only aoe is both 5’s and the sword aa seems to have a small cone I think. Thief can whip out the shortbow which every attack is aoe and elementalist is obviously an aoe machine. Unless I’m forgetting a weapon or trick rangers can use to get more aoe.

JoTur.7256:

Good choice VicariousJambi.6452

You will enjoy this class. In the past I only found 3-4 builds who fit with me ( turret engi, condi theif, Dire mesmer, Cele DD ele) but I recently find the ranger and the whole class fit with my play style and past builds.

Since HoT ranger is more fun then ever, we can show our true skills with new pets and trait line. But we are still under power in pvp , not even meta. Anet know it they will probably buff it in the future.

Enjoy the power of the nature.

I really like the pet mechanic, it feels like I can really customize this class to play how I want it to.

I plan to explore a lot of the map. I’ve already got a few cleared! I can’t wait until I’m leveled up for HoT, everything I’ve heard is great about it.

Tragic Positive.9356:

Ooooh believe me. There will be times where you’ll hate yourself for playing a Ranger.
I always get over it somehow. I like to counter mechanics by awareness.
It makes me remember that winning with a broken wooden stick against people with guns is rewarding as much as it is.

Eh, I’ve beaten Dark Souls as a level one so I know the feeling. I’m not scared of learning to “git gud”. My ranger is already a level 19 master chef!

Jocksy.3415:

As long as one do not expect rangers to be a ranged only classes, we are in a good position.
When I ask the PuG WvW l;eader which class I should bring, most say my main is best, while they used to ask me for elem or necro.

All classes have ups and downs.
And I do not believe rangers are still in the “more downs than ups” category…

Nah, I like having a raged weapon and a melee weapon on at all times. That’s why I didn’t like the ele or thief. Thief had no range and ele had no melee that I liked.

And I know all classes have their time to shine, that’s why I don’t care what’s meta and will learn to “git gud”.

kitteneese.4930:

For pve , its ok, otherwise you will regret

Why do you say that?

Tragic Positive.9356:

If you like the challenge – Ranger is for you.

I think it would be more of a challenge if I was trying to play a class I didn’t like.

Fluffball.8307:

For example I started with a thief main because I loved the evasive, acrobatic melee style. Liking melee, I also gave warrior a try. I grew to like using the rifle in WvW, but found the melee style of warrior very dull. I finally settled on ranger once I realized it was basically the combo of these two things I had discovered I like in other professions.

I kind of had the same realization. I liked fire attunement and elementals on my elementalist, but not much else. Then I started playing a thief and I liked the melee style, but missed the nice ranged options and thought, “Isn’t ranger both?”

Tragic Positive.9356:

At those cases – you as a Druid are what everybody is searching for. A babysitter to correct other people’s mistakes and heal them up after they screw. This way the raid sacrifices a tiny bit of DPS for increase of chance in success by around 60%

Sounds like a more realistic approach for what actually happens in raids. I like to make sure my party / team succeeds, not just throwing big numbers out there.

Valky.2574:

Now i love my Ranger it’s my main and always will be but atm we are very very underpowerd vs the other elites you will have much more fun on others than ranger/druid atm imo

I don’t really care about flavor of the month. Who’s to say reapers wont get nerfed and rangers won’t get buffed? I just want to pick a do all class that I’ll like.

Fluffball.8307:

Because of the dodge mechanic and self heal to prevent “looking for healer”, GW2 PvE has always been and always will be about damage. Bosses are tuned around the fact that players can mitigate big attacks by dodging, and then heal themselves if they mess up. It’s very “action oriented” instead of just heal numbers and what not from older RPGs

So then end game PvE is just “do damage and stay out of the red circle”?

If you need more points just do the Hero Challenges. There are plenty of them.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hero_challenge

OtterPaws.2036:

Then you give your party more damage

What about buffs, heals and cc?

I think I’ll do the last 20. I make most of my money wandering around too much and selling crafting resources after they won’t go in the crafting storage locker thing.

Hey, I’ve got a bunch of tomes and I’ve picked a ranger to level up. I think he’s gonna be my main. I just created him so he’s a level 3. Should I immediately use the tomes or should I wait to use them to do 60->80?

Tragic Positive.9356:

The most valuable form of support is Damage.
Never forget that.

Well every class has damage, I want to be useful outside of that too.

I’ll have some time getting used to the class more when I level it. I have one at level ten right now, but I think I’m going to reroll and see what race I like the best. I’m torn between human and Sylvari

I think I’ve decided to pick the ranger as my main. I’ve got a lvl 55 Ele and a 45 Thief, but I don’t like them much. The ele is really squishy and you either stay in fire most of the time or switch like mad. I don’t like that there’s not really a middle ground. The Thief is also squishy, and I feel like they should have more access to stealth.

Anyways I chose Ranger because I think it fits what I like to do for each mode the best. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like they are great at solo pve, and I don’t feel lonely because I’ve got a furry friend. They are also support in dungeons, which I like to do.

I don’t really know what their role is in pvp / WvW though. What do Rangers / Druids do in those modes?