Guild Wars 2

thefantasticg.3984:

Would help if you put PVP in your title so that people looking at the Ranger subforum who know about those kinds of builds will know what you’re looking for.

Ex:

[PVP] Ranger Swift Build Help

Thanks but i need that build for PVE now, just wondering about the skills i need to use and the weapons that are recommended.

Hey all
I finally chose my first character to be a ranger though i want to focus on a build which i’m not sure that is working.
I want to use swiftness and evades and i though about using skills such as lightning reflexes and zephyr and rampage as one but i wanna know if it really works because i hate the feel being weak and useless in teams.
I tried kind of a spirit build in PVP and i pretty did well but i wanna try another build.
I’m thinking about using Shortbow + sword/torch.
So can you give me a good swiftness build that includes the skills i typed and can you tell me if it is any worthy?

Thanks in advance and have a good day ^^

Hey all,
I have finally chosen my main to be a ranger.
I enjoy using the longbow and the gs and i want to go dps.
I’m not sure my build is good, and i would be very thankful for someone to give me a recommended build or his thoughts.

Thanks in advance.

Phadde.7362:

Antalore.4206:

Engineer does sound nice although i find him a little bit weak at pvp.
And i find boring uninteresting attacks, maybe i’m expecting too much from mmo’s xD
the game itself is awesome, i just need to choose a profession.
Thank you very much for the help!

The Engineer is a very complex profession. All of these problems are easily fixed with a fitting build. I used to play a Grenade-engineer, which was the dullest thing imaginable. Then I tried something else, which is very challenging, rewarding and extremely fun to play.

Did you use the flamethrower? Which build was the one you most liked?
Thanks for the help.
Glad to see such a great community over here ^^

Dodosaur.6324:

Don’t pick a class based on the metagame at the moment. ANet rebalances everything pretty much all the time, and they’ve been promising Ranger changes for a while (so it’s bound to happen soon). If you think you’ll like Ranger, then play Ranger.

However, I also want to point out that other classes might also fit your playstyle. Warriors are pretty decent at long ranges, and Thieves, while lacking the longer range weapons, still does well with Shortbows and Pistols, while having traps to boot. The concept of “playing at range then moving into melee” is pretty prevalent among many classes – it’s how you want to play this style that should determine what class you choose.

I’m sure as you already know, Ranger is pretty cut and dry for this style. They have more mobility than others, and have the traps you like.
Warrior is also pretty cut and dry, but they’re less mobile and have more straightforward utilities. Adrenaline skills can really pack a punch for ranged weapons.
Thieves have to fight much closer than rangers, and have lots of skills and traits to keep them mobile and avoiding attacks. They also play a bit differently because of their Initiative class mechanic, and have the traps you like, although these are more for CC than for conditions like Ranger traps are.

From your description, it sounds like you didn’t like Ranger very much. I’d give Thief a try – their playstyle certainly is faster because weapon skills have no cooldown.

Thanks very much for the help, i’ll give it another thought, I haven’t played ranger a lot but even though i think i want to go with the one who has more interesting attacks and skills between ranger and thief.

Taygus.4571:

Try an engineer or necromancer. They seem to be the most fun to play. engineer can be tricky to play well, Necro has a nice selection of builds and ways to play. (you don’t need to bother with minions if you so choose)

Elemintalist suck up to about lv 40, after you might enjoy them more.

what is it exactly about playing that you find boring?.. do you die lots? struggle to level? Uninteresting attacks? Not good in events? PvP etc?

Or is it less the classes and more the game itself?

Engineer does sound nice although i find him a little bit weak at pvp.
And i find boring uninteresting attacks, maybe i’m expecting too much from mmo’s xD
the game itself is awesome, i just need to choose a profession.
Thank you very much for the help!

Hey all,
I’m pretty new to this game, bought it a few months ago but haven’t played so much yet because i didn’t enjoy much the classes but this game is epic, i like everything but the classes, i find them a little boring but i still want to play.
I created an elementalist, played for a couple of days and got bored, now i created a mesmer and i enjoyed a lot pvp but pve is boring.
So i’m just thinking about playing either a Thief that was my first character but i quit him because that i am really attracted to cool animations which i didn’t find the thief has but i still think he might be enjoyable for me.
And i thought about creating a ranger because it’s mostly my combat style, playing with a bow and switching to melee combat from close, using traps and speed but even them i find boring and i’v heard the are the most useless class and pretty weak in everything.

Now, sorry for digging but i need your advice guys because i want to start playing this game but enjoy it without switching a class again.

Thanks in advance.