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there is one thing, rangers are best.
imobilize.
muddy terrain + entangle = epic imobilize
if you got 2-5 rangers in a zerg (with 20-80 others), ranger can be op.
in times while everybody uses stability before zerg fights it’s the only way to split the enemy zerg. static fields are no longer an effective way. good used entangle takes 3-5sec from enemy commander, because most of the players react very slow with condition remove. for static fields and hammer stuns you don’t have to react while you got stability.
and an other point: ranger is very variable. you can play melee, you can play ranged (with piercing arrows you do aoe dmg), you can aoe (yes, aoe!) siege on walls with barrage or traps, you can do solo 250 camps without any problems, destroy some arrow cart spots with 1500 range which are not attackable by and other class (nearly no ranger knows those spots, that’s the sad point), you got a explo finisher + speed and fury, you can hard-spike targets like the commander or caster from the enemy zerg, aoe fear, cover conditions, and and and …
(i know that at each of these points there are a better class, but no class can do all of this)
yes there are better classes. but a few rangers (which are competent!) are not bad. warriors don’t need any skill, rangers do. that’s the difference. guards or warriors are good all time, rangers just if they are competent. guard staff skill 1 needs no “skill” to hit lot of enemies. ranger piercing arrow need “skill” (=good positioning)! micro manage pet in zerg fights that it don’t die need “skill”, guard F1-F3 don’t. of course there are some better and some worse guards or warriors, but it’s much harder for most of the players to play ranger well than guard or warrior. this is the bad thing, most of the rangers are completely bad. best point for that… have you ever seen a ranger who sends his pet to outstanding enemies (to avoid the aoe with the pet, not to attack them!) and than on the enemies on the end of the enemy zerg while he himself fights with his own commander in melee? i’ve never seen one beside myself and i think there are just a handful of such players.
(i learn that in gw1: i micro-managed 2 years one of my heroes myself – each of the 8 skills. i’ve done duo speed clears with anton, it was very fun!)