Guild Wars 2

Dolores.5471:

You don’t need to “place” the aoe for that skill, just need to have an enemy selected on it’s range. Every scepter ele uses this and quite frankly complaning about it when you’re using a cata behind a gate doesn’t really makes sense to me.

He was just looking for clarification.

purpleskies.3274:

Xae.7204:

Thieves need to be nerfed, ASAP.

I’m tired of eating 20k Combos in a kitten bunker spec.

http://i.imgur.com/g3euq.png
That was in a full bunker spec with ~3000 Armor and through protection.

Mug needs to go.

Buff P/P for all I care (Yes it is bad), but this instagib kitten needs to go. This is not 2006 WoW, Comboing someone is dumb.

I completely agree with this. I have been killed several times this weekend, taking over 20k damage in the standard steal-c&d-bs combo. Every piece of armor I have had toughness or vitality and I am speced into a defensive line. It is one thing to do that to someone in full zerker gear, but someone who invests into defense should never be downed almost instantly.

I tried to learn, I made a thief because people who play them said it helps you counter them. I only learned how ridiculous they are and how simply they are to play. There is no set up or skill required to do this combo, it is just a cheap I win combo.

QFE – I also made a thief and did the same thing. You do not even have to go crazy and pop every utility skill to get this sort of result. Fights can be over in a matter of a few seconds and if the thief is unsuccessful then they can just disappear. All this on top of the rendering bug – it is just frustrating.

Why isn’t this class named ‘Assassin’? I have ~3000 toughness and still get hit for over 5k in heartseekers alone. Not a fan.

Nothing changed for me personally. I’m still doing really well in PvP. I’ve never had an issue with the class and this patch did not change a thing. A few niceties but that is about it.

I personally think that too many people are calling for too much to be granted/changed to the class. I know there are things here and there that need fixing but the Ranger overall is a mean killing maching imo and experience.

roostapro.9827:

I don’t get why people cry about this……………

Ele downed state sucks, yet im not complaining and i don’t have a problem with downed state.

People need to realize that its part of the game.

Get used to it or go L2P.

also, competition time:

how many threads can you link crying about the downed state?

Ele downed state sucks? Perhaps you need to “L2P”.

I don’t mind people complaining about mechanics in the game like this. It is sometimes frustrating to beat someone a second time after you’ve already…beat them. Especially in <1v1 situations. I personally like the down system but I can see how it would wear on people.

By the way, classic comment engineering here by roostapro. People will label a thread/post as crying or QQ to immediately belittle the topic and think they are somehow glorifying themselves. If you are so much better than a post where someone is “crying” then you should go ahead and not reply to it. You add nothing to the conversation.

I can take on two or three people at a time for a few minutes IF they are just average pvpers. With more than two it usually ends in my defeat but I can take two at a time (again, if they are average pvpers) and almost anyone 1v1 – except thieves of course. To much stealth for my pet to work effectively.

I’m all for this idea. I’ve come from past MMOs where having certain pets brought a level of pride. Plus, I really like pets so I’m all for variety.

P/D as well as other thief builds are difficult to deal with just by virtue of the class. You constantly have to reacquire target on them after they’ve hit stealth and your pet has to begin combat again. You are going to be on the back foot of the fight by design. It takes a better player to beat a thief than it does to play one. That is just the mechanics of the class.

The pets attacking thieves after they’ve come out of stealth is my biggest gripe, sometimes it takes them a long time to decide they actually want to attack again and by that time the thief will usually just pop stealth again.

This is particularly difficult for me b/c I have a lot of my damage coming from pets on my current build. For you, I’d say make sure you are really amping up your condition damage and go full on trap ranger. Throw traps, 50% larger, conditions lasting twice as long etc. and you should have less problems. I know I didn’t have many issues with them as a full on condi/trap ranger. Happy hunting.

Use pets with higher toughness. Time your healing and pet swaps intelligently. If it is a boss with massive melee or aoe damage then use spiders and hit them from range.

Pets really are not THAT weak but you can’t just send them off to attack and forget about them. You need to take care of them.

I think you might could use Signet of the Beastmaster for your last trait in Marksmen and Compassion training for your first trait in Beastmastery and you’d be set up to do what your aiming for. Just my opinion of course.

I’d also suggest (seeing you are using a sword) considering using healing spring as your heal and see how you like that.

Jeqevan.5729:

But the legendary bows are powerful for us, right? I mean, I know The Dreamer shoots rainbows and Kudzu shoots flowers (Hooray us, lol), but they are still have some use correct? I was originally aiming for a Sunrise and something else, however I was told the two bows would be better suited for our class. And on the terms of looks, which looks “best”, in terms of the bows?

Kudzu looks better between the two imo. If you like memes and ‘bronies’ then the Dreamer might be for you. It is true that they are slightly more powerful than a capped exotic weapon but only marginally. It isn’t anything you are going to notice. It is purely aesthetic.

Same as Indoles. I’d really like a legendary bow but I don’t care for the look of them.

fancy dagger feast.7520:

I dont see why your complaining… every server does it. me personally i dont emote only if it was a fair 1v1 fight (Bow/Cheer). however i can count the times on my hands ive been killed 5 v 1 and i still get emoted when im dead. Sure it might be distasteful but if you dont like it just respawn.

Thanks for your two cents.

Cakoluchiam.6901:

• Ranger
  • The ranger class combines its own innate abilities with the skills of their pets. We’ve balanced the class around the idea that you always have a pet with you to aid in any fight. The fact that the ranger can have multiple pets allows them to combine their pets in ways that most impact the current fight. We want the Ranger to have some of the evasion enjoyed by the Thief, as well as the mobility other classes employ. The class is able to deal physical or condition damage, and it can do this in melee or at range.

… and yet still no fix for the fact that ranger pets die instantly in dungeons, can’t attack from keep walls in WvW, and take 60s to respawn -AFTER- you’ve switched them out, regardless of how long they’ve been dead. Excellent.

1. If your pets are dying instantly in dungeons then you are using the wrong pets or not controlling them well.
2. You can’t attack and damage walls in WvW either (without seige) so why should your pet be able to?
3. If you let your pet die or stay dead for a long time, then that is your mistake. You can avoid the 60 second timer most of the time.

Iggy.9482:

RyuDragnier.9476:

I’ve fought against a good guardian. Was a complete and total stalemate. I took down his HP by half, he healed it back up, he took down my HP by half, I dodged and kited to fill it back up. Kept going back and forth for 5 minutes, with neither side winning. It would have kept going had that thief not shown up.

Quoting a story without any kind of backup or sharing of information isn’t going to benefit anyone. Not that I won’t take your word for it, but bragging about something would be really good if you could maybe share your build with the rest of us, if we are doing something wrong we are, but I really doubt that so very many people are getting the same results from our class because all of us are doing it wrong.

It is kind of a Hive mentality isn’t it? It is nice to know that others are struggling just as you are so that you can not be blamed for a poor performance. Meanwhile, the horde of disgruntled rangers pounce on players like Ryu that don’t feel they are having as hard of a time with it. Because, after all, if he can play well and successfully as a “broken” class then that levies a strong case against everyone that complains about the classes overall quality. Maybe they are not as good as they thought they were. Must be tough on the ego and tiring to constantly defend it.

This wasn’t a nerf.

It was an interesting watch since you play a different style than me completely. I closed the video once I saw you trolling in chat though.

There is not issue here. Nothing was changed that concerns you as a Trap spec Ranger…Unless you were exploiting.

Yes, those traits that lower the Survial CD’s would be beneficial for Muddy Terrain.

Same. It is unaffected because it is a Survival skill not a Trap skill. With a full trap build I prefer the Ice trap over Muddy Terrain.

Way too many complainers here. I hope you do quit playing your Rangers. You are giving it a bad name. If you can’t make your Ranger work ‘as is’ then your problem isn’t the in-game mechanics, sorry to tell you.

I don’t understand. First time to the forums in a long while.

Why is the Ranger class broken exactly? I play a full exo’ed Condi/Trap Ranger with double canines and I rarely have problems with anyone. I have a friend who also plays a ranger that doesn’t seem to share in the same woe’s as I’m reading on these forums either. The only profession that frustrates me at all is the thief and that is solely due to my hatred of stealth mechanics.