Guild Wars 2

I cannot say the same for the excitement level. Shouts are actually my least enjoyed mechanic. Protect me and search and rescue are quite forgetful, and sic’em and strength of the pack do not offer good synergy to get us into groups more often. I was really looking for sword, short bow and great sword changes. Hands down my favorites weapons are short bow and greatsword. The two could not be more different so they do not work well together, but a chance to at least one of them would be nice. I will wait for the patch notes, as I should, but this does not look promising. I do not want to be closer to my pet, until they overhaul pets (stats being adjusted with the ranger, more control, to allow build options. Nature is great to be closer to as a ranger, but this sounded like a PR vague statement. I hope they consider both ranger and Druid for two possible play styles competitive for raids. Honestly, the one thing I want is more presence in this forum for people’s suggestions on QoL changes and proposed balance changes. They seem to be not very active in discussion. Rangers are great in solo play even outside of the best and long how. Which I do not partake in. My damage does not feel great, my weapon mechanics are very clunky, utility feels like a banner with passive affects for others. If we want to dodge, we should be able to. Most encounters give little time to dodge, we should not have to wait for clunky monarch leap, sword no evade time, or greatsword reduced frame dodge. Evades with a cast time feel very awkward. We should be able to hit a button and evade starting from that time. Most abilities: sword 2, 3, dagger dodge, greatsword buggy double leap, are horrible. The best one is on our short bow, but the damage on it is conditioned off being positioned correctly which cannot always be ideal. For such awkward mechanics, we should be rewarded moreso for being behind a target of this is the case they really feel is good. Either that or offer better ways to position quickly behind a target. That feels more their like though

We are so mobile. I really love the mobility. I think the pets look good, I am still looking for more diversity of more pet families. (Wolf, cat, drake, bird etc.) I like greats word despite it being not optimal for damage. It is great because I can stay alive in melee really well and maul looks awesome. I also love their underwater combat surprisingly. It is a very small part of the game, but it is very enjoyable on ranger. I like the bow and arrow class in most mmo’s which is what brought me to ranger. Usually they are the kiting class, which I like. (No tank and spank for me) short bow kiting is really fun on this regards. I do wish that I could have a build to mix short bow and great sword, but they are used in exact opposite builds of condition and power. All in all, great mobility and survivability really enforce the archetype of a ranger.

I will say our damage is not the best nor worst, but it does feel weak. When I say weak, I mean we only have a the buff ranger for pure dps. I feel build diversity could use some work. I wish talents choose more of the type of damage you did more than the weapon. It would make for more interesting combos that are usually not seen because one weapon is a power weapon and another is condition. I also feel like with micro managing a pet we should have a bigger boost in dps than other non pet classes. I honestly feel greater diversity in my choices for my ele, warrior, and guardian than my ranger for Group PVE. At the least a 2nd high dos build would be nice: maybe we have not found it yet, but there should be more than just one option for competitive dps in raids and fractals.

I have definitely noticed my pet takes a lot more damage than before. I honestly believe they messed something up with the last few patches. I wish they could check on obvious oversights or list all changes Instead of hiding some. It really makes communication frustrating

I am also on Yak’s Bend, and I can confirm having the exact issues….practically unplayable. These disconnects are random…it has happened twice before and for the entire day I could not play because of the laggy disconnects. I go without seeing it for a month, but then randomly happens again….Played other games such as team fortress 2, League of Legends, Diablo, and starcraft in testing and have not had any problems…only this game.