Guild Wars 2

SafiMoyo.5130:

coyboy.8591:

SafiMoyo.5130:

Psst, theive’s SB has been nerfed to the same distance, and I disagree that we have poor condition removal.

Aside from those two points though, I agree whole heartedly. I stuck an axe and warhorn on my ranger… she is much stronger without sacrificing…. well, anything. 1 hit of the axe does more damage than the SB, but it can also hit up to 3x making it 3x more powerful, but then there’s also the warhorn’s 5 which boosts you damage for 20 seconds, making you significantly more powerful with only a slight change in attack speed. And you don’t need to trait for piercing arrows, and instead can have the new +150 precision to self and allies…

But it’s not as FUN as the SB. :/ I’m using it, because it’d be just dumb not to, but…. I want my 1200 SB back.

Is the theif range 900 with the Power Shots trait or without?

I don’t know, but based on the way you asked that question, you do. I was agreeing with you; I’m not sure why you have to be a jerk to me :/

Ahh with the trait it is 1000 that what I mean’t by the thief having more range I was just making sure you where aware of that factor

Serraphin Storm.2369:

at the very less most classess use thier #2 skill as thier main attack thieves and warrior are prime examples.

Also like many have said 900 was the range during beta and was intended to be the range until anet neft the long bow and increase the shortbow to compenstate. Now that the Long bow has recieved its buff. The short bow reverted back to it’s orignal range of 900.

Despite it being 900 in the beta, beta is beta whilst at the time it was intended to be 900 when the game was officially released it was 1200 so it’s not a very relevant statement since the game technically wasn’t released.

Furthermore like I said above if they did intend on changing the range to 900 why did it take 10 months in order to do so. Why wasn’t in the first few months of the games initial release.

Also whilst the longbow may receive buffs it doesn’t mean the weapon is especially good in the rangers hands, whilst they may be better then a warrior that doesn’t mean the weapon itself is any good.

Serraphin Storm.2369:

Just as the first sb nerf, It’s the best thing for the class. The ranger class made great progress after the sb nerf. Yes the short bow is use alot by rangers. In fact it’s over used. It really made no sense for a long bow and the sb to have the same distance it’s inherent in thier names. The short bow has been given a range reduction but a boost in damage.

Ranger are still able to kill at range in fact they can kill faster now. If you were using the short bow at a range of 1000 + you were doing less damage then if you used the Lb.

Rangers have been given a bad name because they auto attack to win. It isnt the most effective use of the class and just plan lazy. Now you are force to really consider your weapons option. It’s best for the class as a whole.

We made great builts after the first sb nerf and I am sure we will make even more with this nerf/buff.

Rangers are still unparalled archers more so now than ever.

That doesn’t really answer the post, it is true that a long bow does a lot more damage further away but I can’t see how it’s relevant to the Rangers sb range.

Also the notion that Rangers auto attack to win just seems silly, you could say that about a number of different classes on the game such as Engineers, Memers, Elementist’s, Necromancers etc. Every time I’m on wvw or spvp I use my weapon skill effectively, I switch weapons when I see the right opportunity to use my secondary weapon effectively.

Also rangers have skills/traits which effect there evasion forcing the player to time his skills just right in order to evade the opponent. So I can’t really see how there a lazy class to play as :/

SafiMoyo.5130:

Psst, theive’s SB has been nerfed to the same distance, and I disagree that we have poor condition removal.

Aside from those two points though, I agree whole heartedly. I stuck an axe and warhorn on my ranger… she is much stronger without sacrificing…. well, anything. 1 hit of the axe does more damage than the SB, but it can also hit up to 3x making it 3x more powerful, but then there’s also the warhorn’s 5 which boosts you damage for 20 seconds, making you significantly more powerful with only a slight change in attack speed. And you don’t need to trait for piercing arrows, and instead can have the new +150 precision to self and allies…

But it’s not as FUN as the SB. :/ I’m using it, because it’d be just dumb not to, but…. I want my 1200 SB back.

Is the theif range 900 with the Power Shots trait or without?

Meglobob.8620:

It was nerfed for 1 reason and 1 reason only, to force Rangers to use LB…

Force players to stop using a weapon they liked to use a weapon they hated…

In Anet world it makes perfect sense…

They have done this tactic loads of times in the past and will continue to do it in the future…god knows how many players have quit GW1 and now GW2 over this type of attitude to balancing…

The big problem for the ranger is it doesn’t have anything going for it anymore, all their weapons are rubbish (since each weapon the ranger can wield another class can utilize it better expect the longbow which isn’t an amazing weapon and the warhorn), they have no skills which can be used as there trump card (for instance Thief’s have stealth to disappear, Mesmer’s have shatter abilities), there stats are painfully average, pets is buggy at times, rangers die if they catch a cold.

There really is no reason to be one since there now useless and have no redeeming factors anymore. It seems like Anet are trying to get there player base to avoid being the class altogether.

I have been playing guild wars 2 ever since Autumn 2012. Since then my main character has been a ranger and each and every day I regret that decision more and more, not because I dislike the class but every month Anet finds a new and annoying way to nerf the class.

But I think that the sb range is the last straw for me, what was once one of the rangers most favoured weapon which had a fair range of 1200 was nerfed to disappointing 900 and why well it’s apparently mean’t to balance the game but it seems it’s more like to balance spvp rather than the game as a whole. For instance since the ranger’s can’t afford to get hit by condition damage (since they have very few skills to heal from condition damage) they need to be able to keep a large distance between them and the enemy, 1200 range it’s fine you can keep a good distance whilst supporting your allies but 900 and it becomes unnecessarily difficult.

Now this definitely annoyed me more than any other nerf because it makes no sense, why is a ranger a class which is meant to have superior skill in long ranged combat (hence his name) nerfed in the shortbow where he now has less range then a thief, that is embarrassing.

The worst part about it is why did Anet decided after 10 months since guild wars 2 was released to change an entire weapon set range. Why has this change been made. I could understand after 2-3 months of the games initial release you would see it as a problem but 10 months seriously its all of a sudden become such a big problem.

I also have to point out that it seems that Anet are trying to force rangers into using their pets more, here is the thing about pets, there broken they don’t always respond to commands, they are painfully weak in dungeons frankly all the pets are really useful for is drawing agro away from yourself and becoming a handy decoy. If your ranger just think about all the times your pet has screwed you over, could being doing a run through a dungeon and your pet pulls an enemy or when your downed and your pet doesn’t heal you.

I am having problems in guild wars 2.

1. The textures will flicker white occasionally and it will be at complete random and quite often.

2. Occasionally my screen will go completely black for a split second and it’s extremely distracting also at completely random times.

My computer is less then a year old, everything is fairly new and my temperatures are fine when playing guild wars 2.

I have a amd Radeon 7950 and a Intel core i5 processor

Also I never had this problem until the end of March.

Please Help

It’s not just sharks. Jellyfish and Armored Fish as well, Tyria as we know it is doomed!

So yeah bet your wondering what this is about. Well in the Halloween event I found a very strange (yet funny) bug turns out your underwater pets can work on land.

Basically during the Halloween event I used a witches cauldron and turned into a spider. I started messing around with him using his attacks, seeing what he could do.

Whilst doing this I wanted to see if they could work underwater, turns out they can’t (obviously) so when I went into the water as a plastic spider I got turned back into my original form (human ranger).

When this happened I decided to teleport to a gate hub plaza waypoint, as soon as I did my underwater animal (which was a shark) was still with me, on the land.

I just wanted to make it clear that I had no intention in looking for glitches or finding a way to cheat on guild wars 2, I enjoy the game and would like to carry on playing it that why I am bringing this bug to Arena nets attention.