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Most ppls complaining about any class are generally uninformed yes but actual players of the class are still not realizing/addressing the problem at hand. As it is right now the bird is a fire and forget pet, NO other pet can do this. This is the whole reason he is complaining (OP may not be stating it but as a ranger player i know) now and not before taunt was added. Taunt with the bird F2 is almost a guaranteed hit/taunt so obviously it would get attention now. What I am saying is the bird will follow its target THEN execute its F2 ability which makes it extremely hard to avoid unlike other pets that execute their F2 in a relatively “close” range to the enemy and is much easier to avoid. As i mentioned before go test the pets on target dummies you will see what I am talking about.
The bird is OP because of the way taunt works with its F2. It is very hard to avoid it because the bird will get in your face to use slash so it is low risk for the ranger because all he has to do is press F2 and the bird will follow the target and get within unavoidable taunt range where as all the other pets will stop and use the F2 when it is sort of close. The fact is that taut is kind of broken with the bird just go test it with target dummies. ie. stand with it at your side and press F2 then try it with every other animal.
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I dont know why they encouraged a shout build with “Sic Em” still broken.
simple changes to the longbow to make it fun and effective are:
1. make the #5 instant cast(or close to it 3/4s) and lower its dmg(~40-50%) and maybe the CD(to ~25s).
2. lower the CD of the #4(~10s)
3. switch the CD of #2 and #3 and make the #3 just like the #1(more dmg at longer range) with a 30% decrease in dmg to compensate for the buffs/debuffs it provides.
Just to clarify the #3 change it will have very close to your #1 dmg (-30%) and scale with range like the #1.
While pet AI and some shouts( “Sic Em” ) do need a fix what i think would be an easier approach would be to make the pet stow remain off even in combat(can only be applied out of combat) and apply a buff to all damage done by the ranger by a certain percent(~20-30%). When you die the pet comes out so u can use your #3.
IMHO what they need to do now is drop the range of the axe to ~600(since the #2 is most effective close range) and increase its dmg so it can be a mix between power and conditions. So it will be longbow=power short-bow=conditions/control and axe=condition/power.
didnt even fix the horrible bugged shouts
Imho you should not play what you like. What you should do is play the class you are the most effective with(consistency and reliability) and everything else will fall into place. Took me 500hrs of spvp to realize this.