Guild Wars 2

Here’s my Ranger.

I’ve been putting Search and Rescue on my bar for dungeons. Used with QZ, it revives people very fast. I honestly believe Anet wanted it to be a defining Ranger skill but people don’t want to “waste” a spot for it. If specced into BM, the “pet heals for more” also applies to S&R it seems. I have gotten many compliments for using it. A lot of non-Rangers don’t even know about it.

I highly recommend putting five points into BM for the two seconds of quickness when you swap pets. It doesn’t sound like much but that really helps your DPS.

You can also use a tank type pet to help you escape from overwhelming odds. If you get swarmed by mobs, call out your tank and have it attack. They’ll turn to hit him and you can run. I guess you can do that with any pet but the tank gives you time to get a little further away.

If you need to harvest resources near a tough mob, put your pet on it then get the node and run.

Also there are a lot of F2 skills that are nice. The Lynx’s knockdown is especially awesome as is the Shark’s self buff. If you use Quickening Zephyr before the F2 it will come out almost instantly.

Manoa.5897:

Wojo.7906:

Things stopping me are near 90 degree turns (yes using right mouse button to turn)….

What is your camera rotation speed set at? Perhaps you need to go into your options and increase your camera rotation so it’s more responsive (I have mine set to 50% and have no issues with the puzzle).

Actual;ly on jumps like that I just turn like 45 degrees then adjust in midair. Keeps me in front so those dang Ckitten’t block me

Yep it’s too easy…

I bought the game after Halloween so I didn’t get to try that one but after hearing how difficult it was by so many people, I was expecting a challenge.

It wasn’t.

Maybe I’m just good at jumping or whatever but I failed it four times when I was learning it and now I don’t fail at all. I don’t expect anything harder anytime in the future because it would probably upset a lot of players but I just wanted to let my opinion be known.

Thanks for reading.

Well the Norn are the best crafters on Tyria so it would make sense.

TheDaiBish.9735:

This would be pretty cool.

The entire zone being covered in lava / water except the parts you jump across. No waypoints (except the entrances to the zone) either (because that’s cheating).

Actually I would love to see it in the Straits of Devastation and eventually be so high up that the dragons take notice of you and start trying to knock you down with their breath weapons or something.

Pets that can stealth should be able to see through it I think.

Angryjanitor.5940:

I just want more jump puzzles not necessarily longer ones. That said, I’ve absolutely loved all the jump puzzles so far, ESPECIALLY the clock tower. Took about 30 minutes to 45 minutes before I could do it in 1-3 tries.

That’s this thing, though. They’re too short. Things like that don’t have that much replay value except for the few that have random elements.

I didn’t mention it in my OP but if ANET wants to fix their clipping camera that would be nice as well. Sometimes the camera shows you the inside of a wall instead of your jump and it kind of makes for “leap of faith” situations.

LOL@ the SNL reference in the chat.

Hello.

As the topic title suggests, I would like to see a GIANT outdoor jump puzzle that spans an entire zone (or is just really, really big.) I basically leveled up my Norn to get to all the jump puzzles and I loved them all (even the Rookery and Clock Tower.) The problem is they are all too small. Even Obsidian Sanctum was too short for my liking.

I’d really love to see a giant jump puzzle over some mountains or even a volcano and who knows? Maybe if you’re willing to sacrifice a few hours of work and jump off at the right spot…

Also feel free to up the difficulty. Moving platforms, smaller platforms etc.

Thanks for reading.

Let’s hope it’s a difficult one.

Seriously what makes the jump puzzles hard is the shoddy camera clipping through walls. That’s why I like the open air ones

All the Norn girls and boys love death and destruction.

Sleepy.2647:

Also, what’s the deal about loving PvP but saving “time” spent on ranger when you can create a character in 2 minutes and get it ready for sPvP.
If by PvP you mean WvW then ranger it’s quite good, there are far worse classes for WvW.

I love how time is in quotes and then you go ahead and explain how it saved me time.

Anyways. I meant PvP of all kinds. If I meant one type of PvP I would have mentioned it.

I actually have a level 34 Ranger and they are great for PvE I’ll give you that.

Unfortunately, I love PvP and I don’t want to bang my head against the wall waiting for AN to decide to make Rangers a viable option.

I just wanted to say thanks for saving me some time and grinding. I’m a big PvP player and after reading these forums, I’m abandoning my Ranger for another class. Just doesn’t make sense to PvP with a class that keeps getting nerfed patch after patch.

Maybe I’ll go Ranged Warrior since they actually buffed the most OP class in the game this patch (again).

It seems AN wants to keep you guys nerfed forever. Maybe they just hate Ranger/Hunters? Who knows?

Thanks again, though.

Siv Steelrend

Sounds kind of dwarfish but it’s alright I think.

I agree. I picked the bigger bodystyle because they’re supposed to be warriors but it just looks like the only things bigger are the boobs and the hips. The arms did get a little bigger so that’s good, I guess.

We also need a Norn female face with wrinkles around the eyes maybe even chapped skin. I mean they live in the tundra after all.

Ravens are one of the best pets, idk what you are smoking.

Id say worst pet is the bear or anything related too. Or moas, they really dont serve more than 1 purpose and for pvp that isnt very important. Drakes are pretty bad too.[/quote]

How are bears bad? They are some of the best tanks and the brown bear removes status conditions?

What’s bad about that?

“I’m dying?”

Yes. Yes you are. Get used to it.

Oh so we’re kind of stuck being mediocre until the patch (and maybe even after)?

I’m new to the game but I’m noticing my ranged is kind of weak compared to other classes ranged (even melee based classes.) Rangers/Hunters/Archers are my favorite classes in MMOs so I want to stick with it even if I have to play differently.

I was thinking Greatsword main wep and maybe axe/torch secondary weapons?

Is it even doable?

With all the birds flying around everywhere I’m tempted to jump off of some cliffs and hope there’s a nice stack of hay on the ground.

I love fishing! What would be an interesting mechanic would be, every once in a while, have the player hook a “hostile” mob and have to kill it for special fishing-related loot (rare poles, lures etc.). I mean there are so many mobs and hostile fish in the waters it would only make sense to snag one, right?

Also maybe, in high level areas, have special “Karma fish” that act like a jug of karma? Just a thought…

But yes give me fishing!