Man, those guides really have come a long way! I didn’t watch the recent ones – I was still traumatized from the terrible thief guide long ago – but this was actually right on point about most things. The part about condition specs wasn’t all that necessary this being a PvE guide and conditions being really lackluster there especialy on ranger, but whatever.
I don’t undestand what you people are complaining about. Some of those quotes do apply more to PvP than PvE like “2 tagets dealing different kind of damage”, but you have to realise that there is more than one game mode. The viability of different weapons and strategies depends on the area you want to use them in. Dungeons require group buffs and strong melee weapons to be run smoothely and fast, whereas range, conditions and defense is much more important in WvW and tPvP.