Guild Wars 2

Returning to the game after being away for close to a year.

Due to work, I can only play during NA EST hours.

Every time I log on to my current server, I’m faced with an “outnumbered buff”. : (

As a result, I’m looking to join a server that has a good turnout during those hours.

I don’t care about the final PPT – I simply would like to avoid facing the “outnumbered” every time I log on – in other words, it would be nice to actually have people on the map.

Thx for any advice.

YUP…..stale as hell!!!!!

Every single kittening match can be determined as soon as they are released!!!!

In tier1 TC will roll over BG and JQ as usual

Why bother even logging in to WvW….simply get your dailies in ad then log off!

I’ve been with JQ since the start and truly love the server. Unfortunately I’m a casual player looking for a half decent representation during the NA primetime which JQ doesn’t have. Is there a decent server with good coverage during this time zone?
I really don’t want to leave my server but, logging in every evening to see an outmanned buff is getting to be a real pain in the kitten .
I truly don’t want to leave my server, but as a casual player, this seems to be my only option.
Plz only respond with decent answers.

Thx.

JJBigs.8456:

raoul.4218:

I wonder what the British thought the first time the Germans used a Flak gun against armor during WW2. “Hey they can’t do that……I’m gonna post something in forum!”

Using a weapon for a purpose other than what it was originally intended for is simply good ingenious tactics.

Whether it’s open field siege or defensive trebs in a tower, all’s fair in luv and war. : )

If one blob throws down open field siege than why wouldn’t u do the same? B/c its not honorable? WTF….are u serious!!!!

Your signature screams why no one will take you seriously.

Level 80 ranger in wvw.

Server : JQ

WOW….your riposte has left me mortally wounded.

You sir, are a true master of the rhetoric.

I applaud your witty and unforeseen attack.

I wonder what the British thought the first time the Germans used a Flak gun against armor during WW2. “Hey they can’t do that……I’m gonna post something in forum!”

Using a weapon for a purpose other than what it was originally intended for is simply good ingenious tactics.

Whether it’s open field siege or defensive trebs in a tower, all’s fair in luv and war. : )

If one blob throws down open field siege than why wouldn’t u do the same? B/c its not honorable? WTF….are u serious!!!!

I find it difficult to understand the reasoning ppl are using in order to defend Anet and their inability to provide the product they promised.

For nine weeks they dangled a carrot in our faces and then once S2 was completed failed to deliver!

Maybe they should have devoted a little more time to ensuring the rewards system would work instead of locking threads as quickly as they did.

And for those of you dragging real life into this for comparison….people play MMO’s to get away from real life problems and the bullkitten associated with it. So plz stop comparing this screw up by Anet to real life situations and telling upset players to chill out b/c of what is actually happening in the real world.

As for my advice to the Anet team…..maybe u should hold off on S3 until the fallout from this mess and S1 is sorted out.

I have agree with everyone here……my ranger is a lot more fun to run than any other class I have tried.

The flaws that have plagued this class from the start have forced players to adapt and become very good at developing a situational awareness in all aspects of the game in order to survive and contribute effectively.

Once you’ve been forced to develop this plays style and become good at it, all other classes become boring to play. Between my ranger and warrior in WvW, I’ll spend 90% of the time on the former. After 5mins of play with my warrior…..I’m bored to tears and have to change to my ranger.

Rangers lead the way!!!!!

I have to agree with last post….your are pretty much glass cannon. If you really want to run a sniper build try to use pets that will provide you with a buff like jungle stalker or red moa. That is pretty much all they can do in WvW before dying- so don’t waste any traits on improving their dps.

As for duelling….you may want to add a little more into toughness, healing power and vitality. Trying to run a LB sniper and great 1v1 build is a really tall order. You simply don’t have enough points to spread around to make it work well.

Try mixing up your armor for more toughness and vitality. I run a hybrid build which gives me decent dps and some survivability when dealing with a 1v1.

This is the condition build I’ve been using in sPVP for the last couple of days and the results have been insane!!!
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQRBHhx+1IhKtsWzizKUtGQQoWFAtrhkdZdfELxXfyK+yL-TpRAwAfOBAAeAAM3fwwRAocZgAHEAA

I had to see it for myself to truly believe it – they removed the ranger training npc in heart of the mists.

WOW!!!! Could Anet be anymore obvious in showing how little care or thought they have for rangers. Why not simply remove the class once and for all……simply end the suffering, it’s gone on long enough.

Truly pathetic. Shame on you! : (

Anet….plz read this post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Creating a visible system of ranks would go a long way in assisting commanders when leading a zerg of PUGS. This would allow the pin to instantly see the level of experienced players he is leading, and help him decided how aggressive they can be when running into another zerg.

ATM all a pin can see is the number of players with him, the # of supplies, and up levels. Even if the pin is using TS to help direct a fight, u generally only have the regular players on TS and not the newbs, who instantly become rally bots.

So c’mon Anet……get this going. BTW….thx for acct. bound WXP . : )

arKRazor.8654:

Bazzoong.7145:

arKRazor.8654:

Contribute here.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Looking-for-info-on-lag-in-WvW/first

The issues at hand have nothing to do with lag, lag implies delayad communication between clients and servers. Nor does this have anything to do with package loss.

The issues at hand are related to what is happening on the servers and the processing of information on the servers.

On a side note: There are obviously ways to provoke those issues.

(edit) the issues arise even on “empty” maps like obsidian sanctum with only interactions by less than 15 players.

Lag is being used as an interchangeable term for the game not performing as expected/desired.That thread is the place to report such issues, the dev team can diagnose the root cause.

If you want to be constructive it’s better to put it in a thread that’s at least being loosely monitored rather than having multiple threads that either end up rehashing the same points of view, devolve into inflammatory nonsense or simply get pushed off the first page.

Just my 2c.

I’m not sure exactly what would lead you to believe that the dev team cares about what it’s customers have to say. The same problem occurred T/O S1 and nothing was done about it. I find it difficult to understand that Anet did not foresee this problem prior to S2 considering the number of bandwagon guilds that jump ship prior to the tournaments and swell the ranks to crazy numbers. They are supposedly knowledgeable, intelligent individuals with the experience to necessary to resolve such problems – the fact that it is taking place as we speak is proof that they can’t be bothered to deal with it.

If they truly did know of this in advance but couldn’t do anything about it, then S2 should never have been allowed to take place. I would rather continue with WvW as it was than try to put up with lag, queues, and PVE title hunters spamming chat looking for the kittening JP!!!!

Just my 2c

I realize this post will leave me open for a tonne of flames but I had to ask! I played WOW for several years as a hunter and everyone in pvp hated rogues. The only class that could deal with them were hunters b/c of special trait to detect hidden. They were the weasels of WOW, and no one could stand them. When I got to GW2 thieves took over that role and I still couldn’t understand why ppl wanted to play them. As a ranger with a lb I come across as an easy gank in WvW, but b/c of my armor(PVT) most thieves end up running away when they can’t one shot me. I can never chase them down b/c they run away so quickly – which leaves me to wonder why would anyone want to play such a class? Your only chance at a kill is a cheap shot? I’ve never rolled a rogue or thief in either game so I cant comment on how it plays but from the view point of another class it simply seems like a class that excels in ….well you know!
I’m not the best at pvp but I’ve yet to come across a thief in WvW that will stick around to fight once they’ve tried to one shot me and failed. It’s spam stealth over and over until they are light years away and beyond 1500m lb range. Come on, we are both wearing medium armor! Plz stay and fight me and my loser Anet style pet until you kill me. I hate running after ppl….it’s bad enough warriors run away from rangers on a regular bases… ; )

Freyja Ernouf – Ranger
Thora Ernouf – Warrior

I recently crafted a couple more weapons for my main but not really thrilled about the look. In the previews they looked fine but once crafted and equipped they appear oversized…..the sword tip is buried in the ground and my arm disappears into the warhorn. My toon is a Norn at max height and the weapons still look way too big. I’ve tried getting used to them but still find it looks weird.
I was considering transmuting an exotic skin onto them but wanted to get a few opinions first. Do people like the look of all the ascended weapons or does vanity play a role in leaving them as is? I realize there is a small improvement in stats, but not by a huge amount. Just wondering what to do before I waste money on transmute stones.

Thx

Name: Freyja Ernouf
Server: Jade Quarry
Interest: WvW

Dear Anet,

Thx for the crash. You guys are simply the best. I hear your local community college is offering a couple of night time courses on how computers work. Ya may wanna check those out. Luv ya!

Spies!!! Are u serious? Do I need to send in a DNA sample, be checked out by INTEROL, get the POPE’s blessing…..? How exactly does one of these community leaders check u out in a matter of seconds before letting u join TS3 or Mumble.

How do u identify these community leaders? It still requires u to jump through some sort of hoop to get into TS3 or Mumble.

Can someone plz explain to me why u need to be verified to get on any type of group communication. Once u log on to WvW all u see in chat is GET ON TS3 blah, blah ,blah…..and once u get into TS3 u have to wait for someone to verify u??? WTF, I waited over 45mins for verification despite asking on map several times and getting no response, all the while ppl going on in chat to get on TS3!!!! There has to be some better system out there? Mumble uses the same bullkitten VERIFICATION/PERMISSION system, that forces u to try and find someone busy in the game to give u permission to join??? Just looking for some type of COMMONSENSE explanation.

OMG!!! Are they friggin serious. Another trench coat medium armor set. How little imagination do these guys have? There has to be over 90% of medium armor sets consisting of a trench coat combo. The light and heavy armor sets have enough differences between them to show a little thought was put into creating them. But as usual medium armor group gets the shaft in the imagination department.
C’mon Anet, u guys should google leather armor in mmo’s to get a few ideas, hell I don’t care if u rip off a WOW creation just stop with the tench coats already!!!!

Just some food for thought, but what would you think if titles were given to players once they maxed out on siege. For example you would receive Flame Ram Master title once you were maxed on flame ram mastery. By displaying this title it would help commanders and the rest of the group to ensure only players with the proper siege mastery skill got on certain siege once built. I realize it won’t stop the “I bought this game and I’ll do what I want” moron from jumping on siege but at least we’ll have something to yell at them for.
Playing devil’s advocate, some players might feel slighted b/c the haven’t reached max level on certain siege and therefore are unable to use it. But if a player is able to do more on a particular siege by having reached max level, shouldn’t they be the ones to use it until the aforementioned player has maxed out?
In the end it will only help out the group by ensuring only the most skilled player jumps on siege and not some newbie or PVE player who has no idea what they are doing.

I’m looking to transfer to a lower tier server. About 90% of my game is in WvW and with all of the recent changes in WvW, trying to play in a T1 server is ridiculous. The queue’s and skill lag make it next to impossible to actually enjoy the game. Never made it into EB t/o entire weekend due to queue, skill lag was sooooo bad that there times when I couldn’t even pass through a keep gate. We could tell when a zerg was close by before actually seeing it b/c all of a sudden game sounds would completely disappear and at one point while kiting a player I could no long stop my toon from moving!!!! Anyway, the list of problems goes on and on. I’ve played on lower tier servers before but would always get outnumbered buff every time I logged on. I play mostly in EU and NA time zones so if anyone can suggest lower tier server that has solid representation during those times I would greatly appreciate it. Thx.

Since the reset on Friday I have not been able to enter EB despite various attempts throughout the weekend. I’ve tried at different times, requeued every 15-20mins, different toons, but nothing worked. I would generally log out after 90-120 min waits, when I would run out of things to do while waiting. I fail to understand why after buying a product you are unable to actually use it. Is anyone else as frustrated with this issue as I am. And please refrain from providing the usual mindless answer of “change servers”. After being on this server for close to a year now I would rather avoid leaving my guild and friends for something that shouldn’t be such a problem. What are we going to experience once the leagues begin??? I’ve begun to notice that more and more toons are left in EB afk but running in place to avoid having to queue again. This appears to be to only solution since Anet is unable to address this issue.
I really don’t expect any answers but had to vent my frustrations at being incapable of participating in the only aspect of this game I enjoy. I tried to get an answer directly from Anet but was told to post my problem in the forum. So I guess that if I run into a problem with my car I should avoid going to the dealer and simply try to get an answer on Facebook or Twitter.

I agree with the previous threads in that u should play the class u are most comfortable with. Whether it is GW2, WOW, or any other MMO, there will always be players looking to play the “flavor of the month” simply b/c it has the greatest dps for a given avenue of the game. They will run those toons until the next patch and never really master any class/profession b/c they don’t take the time to learn all of the little details that make the class enjoyable. You will contribute much more to a group if u know how to play your class, something that only comes from experience and trial and error along the way. Rangers are a very fun class to run once u l2p. In WvW you will notice the top players are always on the same toon while the lowbies usually represent the “flavor of the month” crowd, they die quickly not b/c they are low lvl but b/c they don’t know how to play the class. In the end if u like your ranger then by all means stick with it.

The amount of grind and cost required to create both Ascended and Legendary weapons is certainly not worth it. The stats on all ascended gear is a joke when you think about what they cost in both grind and time and Legendary weapons are nothing more than bling. They don’t represent any type of player skill other than time to grind away at gathering and gold. At least possession of higher level gear in WOW shows that the player has achieved the skill level necessary to obtain such items by participating in raids. Basically it’s the same as someone driving around in a high performance car but not having the driver skills necessary to handle the vehicle beyond 55mph.

In WvW my ranger will collect a lot more bags and badges than my warrior will on any given day of the week. And as far as support goes, with my pets on passive they provide group buffs, my healing spring keeps rams alive, LB #5 provides decent AOE, and with buffs I can crit for 3.0-3.5k hits repeatedly which certainly helps to keep ppl away from the walls during siege. So as far as I’m concerned rangers not only provide group support in WvW but can put out awesome damage in solo and zerg play. If the US Rangers are considered to be the world’s best light infantry then that’s how I see rangers in this game. We may not be able to survive toe to toe with a heavy but we’ll put a world of hurt into ya before we go! Ranger’s lead the way baby!!!!!!

Does anyone else feel like even though you bought the game and should be able to develop your character as you see fit, Anet has decided to tell everyone they MUST change crafting choices to the three they have chosen with this patch in order to use the ascended drops. We should have the choice to make a crafting change if WE so desire or sell the ascended drops on TP and make some money. As it stands my bank is slowly filling up with all of the drops b/c I really don’t feel like being forced to level a new craft simply to use the drops. I guess big brother decides not only which profession you should roll but also which craft we should choose.

I think this combo really has a “Ranger” look to it. The gloves look like something an archer would wear.

It saddens me to read all of the Maguuma posts indicating an inability to demonstrate the superior pvp skill possessed by all members of the server. This is due to the pesky JQ blobs running around taking over towers and keeps and steamrolling the poor individual player simply trying to gank a player attempting to return to the blob. Here at JQ we know we have a problem with always trying to win, and admitting it is the first step.
But fear not Maguuma players, I have stumbled across some information that will allow you and all of the players currently stuck in WvW and hampered by an inablilty to properly pvp (due to those blobs) to finally showcase your talents. Apparently it is called…..are you ready for this….sPVP. Yes that’s right!!! Finally a place where all of you will be able to go and demonstrate to the GW2 community what true pvp skill is without those annoying blobs getting in the way.
You will be able to 1v1 to your hearts content and even garner titles….WOW, could this get any better you say? Why yes Timmy, for a small shipping and handling fee we will also include tPVP at no extra charge.
So I hope this information will help your server finally obtain the respect it truly deserves in the area of pvp, while the rest of us “WIN BY ALL MEANS” addicts try to cope with our little problem of blob performance in trying to win WVW. Hopefully someday we’ll get that monkey off our backs and realize that WvW is not about taking over keeps, towers or camps , but looking for that 1v1 match and the influence it will have towards the final result.

Wow, already over 20 pages and it’s only Tuesday. Last weeks matchup never exceeded 12 pages by reset time and the only thing different this week is Maguuma. Hmmmm….. makes you wonder. All I keep seeing are posts about how skilled the Mag players are when compared to JQ. I must be logging in only when the “B” team is on, which is great otherwise it would cost me a fortune in armor repairs.

Waiting over 85mins to get to play a kittening game that you have BOUGHT doesn’t make any kittening sense to me!!!!!!!. Only a company like ANET would allow this, and not give a kittening kitten about it. For Christ’s sake really, all maps despite repeated queue’s over 85 kittening mins!!!!!!! If any kittening moron from this kittening organization is reading this get off your kittening kitten and find a kittening solution ASAP.

I think I’ve raised enough hackles…….my job is done. LOL.

I agree with all of your explanations in theory. But the reality of WvW is that blobs take towers upgraded and all. This is the way Anet allowed it to evolve as unfortunate as it is and T1 demonstrates this more than any other tier. I don’t care how anyone tries to justify it but you’ll never make me believe a solo roamer from the 3rd server in T1 will influence the outcome. Servers have come to realize this and are spending more time recruiting guilds to fill up weak time slots in order to create the blobs necessary to win. I know this translates to an undesirable situation but it will never change. A solo roamer may flip a camp once in a while but you can bet that the blob will be around shortly there after to flip it back and then grab a tower or steam roll a group of 10-15 players so quickly you’ll not even get a skill off.

Can someone plz explain to me the allure of solo roaming in WvW. This is an aspect of the game in which control of keeps, towers, and camps wins not ganking the odd player. I see so many threads throughout all of the classes looking for solo WvW builds and it makes me wonder what difference do you think you’ll make in the grand scheme of things by reset time. If your zerg needs ppl to grab a tower why are you roaming around looking for one person to gank and then crying on chat about losing a tower. Sry about the rant but it’s become so frustrating when ppl spend so much time creating solo WvW builds rather than helping out your team. If you enjoy solo play then sPVP may be your better option. I realize ppl will respond by saying they bought the game and can do whatever they want, well NO you can’t!!! I can’t show up in a dungeon and do what I like without getting kicked b/c I’m not helping out the group it’s simply common sense.

It is sooooo nice to be in a tier in which you are actually required to use your skills as opposed to simply using a blob to steam roll everything you see. First time in months back to WvW and really enjoying it. I hope we don’t get bumped back up to T1. TC and FA have been great opponents thus far, really enjoyed the fights, something you don’t get in T1 anymore. The lack of lag also makes this much more enjoyable. Sorry about the rant but T1 really sucks at this stage, the should rename it BLOBvsBLOBvs(server to be farmed). Anyway looking forward to rest of fun week until bumped back up to T1.

When I purchased GW2 I did so b/c it contained a “hunter-style” class I enjoyed playing in mmo’s. I played a hunter in WOW so it was only natural this would be the class I rolled. One would suspect that ex-WOW pally’s rolled up guardians and roques created thieves, etc.. You tend to play the class that suits your playstyle. Why force yourself to roll up a class and then force yourself to play it.
When I began to realize just how broken the ranger pet mechanic was only several months into gw2, then I looked to playing other classes but simply never enjoyed the play style. I went back to my ranger only to become more and more frustrated with the pet in areas of the game such as WVW.
I don’t believe ANET won’t fix the problem, as much as they simply don’t know how to fix it. If they could give rangers a choice of creating a build that does not include the pet it would be a start. And before all of you ANET defenders respond with " but pets define rangers" crap, plz let me remind you the the pets role is to not only to provide dps but also to keep your enemy at bay whle you pewpew them down. Most of the time they can’t even hold aggro or die so fast you are unable to swap them out in time.
In the end people should be allowed to play and enjoy playing the class they PAID for and not be told “sucks to be you” play another class.

I would like to thank GW2 for two things. The first is helping to wean me off WOW by introducing an mmo with great graphics and a unique playstyle which helped to revive my enjoyment of mmo’s in general. My main t/o this game was a ranger with a warrior as an alt. . Both are at lvl 80 in full exotics and world map comp. and 400 in crafting. I’m part of a great guild and spend 90% of my game in WVW and spvp. Never big fan of dungeons in WOW or GW2 so can’t really comment.
Lately though my warrior was becoming my main due to the current frustrations with ranger, most noteably the broken pets mechanic. As any ranger playing WVW will agree with, the ranger pet is an extremely broken aspect of WVW. I realize some of you out there will disagree and indicate that your pet never dies……..but I’ve yet to have my pet survive a zegball for more than 3-5 secs. As a result my pet stays on avoid combat and is used for the buff it provides despite losing a good portion of my damage and the kittening thing still screws up at times!!!!!
So now I mostly run my shout warrior in WVW which is okay but much prefer my ranger. The game has become very dull and boring which leads me to my second thank you to GW2. You have now successfully weaned me off mmo’s in general. I’ve tried taking several breaks with no improvement and the lastest patch pretty well did it for me.
Best of luck with thr game boys and girls , time for me to catch up on some reading., cya.

When I’m in WvW I always keep my pet on avoid combat and use the F2 skill for group benfit. But lately whenever I hit my pets F2 it simply goes into combat without giving me the benfit of the special ability. Can anyone clarify this. Thx

Okay…wow thx for response. I guess i’ll stick with open world pve on my lvl 80 ranger and get more practice killing risen and such.

Chopps.5047:

raoul.4218:

It’s incredible how much of a difference there is between a WOW hunter and GW2 ranger. In WOW dungeons I could finish # 1or 2 on dps meter with my hunter and NEVER have my pet die, but in GW2 dungeons NO one wants a ranger with them due to how little they bring to the fight.
I realize this game was meant to be completely differant from WOW in all respects, but cmon!!!!! Anet has basically eliminated this class from certain areas of the game and simply does not care. I dare say that Anet dev. team does not play rangers due to how little they respond to threads.
Luv the graphics though.

The dungeon designer, Robert Hrouda, mains a ranger. Honestly, to be honest, I think you need more practice with ranger especially if you main warrior. It’s just a completely different style of play. In short, your opinion is based on misperceptions purpetuated by players who bring no data to the table—just anecdotes.

It’s incredible how much of a difference there is between a WOW hunter and GW2 ranger. In WOW dungeons I could finish # 1or 2 on dps meter with my hunter and NEVER have my pet die, but in GW2 dungeons NO one wants a ranger with them due to how little they bring to the fight.
I realize this game was meant to be completely differant from WOW in all respects, but cmon!!!!! Anet has basically eliminated this class from certain areas of the game and simply does not care. I dare say that Anet dev. team does not play rangers due to how little they respond to threads.
Luv the graphics though.

I think we would all agree that the majority of WVW players are there for enjoyment of competing. Yes some servers and guilds may have done a few " suspicious" things in the past, but in the end we are all here for good old beat each other over the head pvp.
The sad part of this weeks’ havoc is the failure of Anet to attempt to stop such activity which has obviously been a major issue in the past.
We have to push Anet to address this issue now and not later if they want WVW to continue and not slowly fall to the wayside as a hackers playground.

I have been with JQ since last November and this has to be the single most frustating week of play i’ve experienced since then. About 90% of my game is WvW and to arrive in our keep and see all those flame rams along with seige facing the wrong direction resulted in a great deal of rage. It’s unfortunate that the only way to become #1 has pushed people to such tactics. Whether it’s someone from BG or SOR, I really don’t care at this stage, but I am curious as to what the server leaders think of such behaviour.
If we have to endure another week of this nonsense I think a long solid break from GW2 will have to take place on my part. So a big thank you goes out to bla.2971 the individual I caught creating this havoc in our keep, you were very successful in kitten off an entire server. Enjoy your win.

Anet’s defination of a ranger involves using pets to distract enemies while you strike safely from a distance. This means rangers are meant to be range experts b/c our pets can grab and HOLD aggro. Unfortunately this is false as I have yet to see my pet grab and hold aggro vs npc’s beyond one hit. By then the npc is on his way to attack me and I didn’t even fire one shot. This begs the question why have the pet if it can’t even hold aggro for a ranged class. If I have to use moblity to run around and evade all my targets in order to survive then why bother creating a ranged expert class. Rangers wear medium armor so allowing anyone to get into melee range means that we failed to accomplish our role as ranged experts, or more precisely our PETS failed to do their job by holding aggro. As for the role of pets in WvW…..plz lets not even go there, if anyone sneezes to hard in WvW our pets die. How anyone can still defend the role of ranger pets in this game is beyond me. And plz no l2p noob answers. Thx

Paken Kai.5970:

This has been brought up as a “solution” many times.

But, the solution that the development team has given is, if you don’t want a pet, don’t roll a ranger. They are not intending to implement any perma-stow functionality, so either learn to use your pet with your build, learn to do what you want with your pet dead and limping at your side, or don’t play the ranger.

I’m sorry if that came out being dismissive in an way, but I don’t know how else to phrase the situation.

I would like to extend a big thx to Dsfgaaaaa for all the lovely rams you left in JQ keep this evening. Your building skills exceed anything I’ve seen in WvW to date.
Your pitiful attempt to represent Choo as your tag was sad at best since it changed to Agg later on. I tried to invite you to a group and even talk to you but your only reply was Rams Endure, and then you went offline. Looking forward to running into you again once you’ve restocked on pizza pockets and redbull. Plz next time try not to tarnish the good name of some of the better fighting guilds in WvW.

I run a lvl 80 ranger and really enjoy the play style. Had several hunters in WOW so rolling up a ranger was only natural. The only aspect I don’t enjoy is the pet system.
I’m not even sure where to begin with the problems I have with ranger pets so I won’t.
What I would like to know is how other rangers feel about the choice of running a ranger build without pets. For example, if you really wanted a pet then you would have to throw points into beastmaster traits. For rangers that didn’t want a pet then they would have pet damage factored into weapon damage and deal with creating a build that would have to down opponents asap before they got into melee range.
Anyway just food for thought b/c I’m really getting fed up with how useless pets are in areas of the game like WvW.

Did this part on my warrior several months ago without any problem. Now I’m trying to run this with my lvl 80 ranger but can’t get more than 2 shots off on the cannon before risen have killed half of my npc’s and then proceed to wipe me out when I get off the cannon to help. I’ve tried to run this over 5-6 times with same results despite trying diffrent approaches. Did ANET buff the risen attacking the cannon b/c I don’t remember it being this difficult on my warrior. Ready to forget completing story on my ranger due to this rather annoying story section.