Guild Wars 2

This is Anets version of a ranger…..it is their design and they have stated what their design is based around. Its not real life, its not a real life ranger they are talking about….its a made up class for a game. Stop being so kitten and arguing about what the ranger really is and does…its anets ranger and they have said what their ranger is and does, sorry people who don’t understand this.

urdriel.8496:

you can read in the description, that spike trap pulse three times, but i only see 1 pulse.

btw. damage is ridiculous

Finally somone else catchs it! i was wondering the same thing….hopefully Anet can look into this and give us some feedback.

firebreathz.7692:

If they have been downed and then you u lay a trap ontop of them how is that going to activate the pressure plate that’s on top. With the downed player underneath he has no way to put weight on the trap..

/realism

You can throw your traps on to Wurms and other immobile foes like that and they set off just fine….

/Its a game not real life

Jelle.4623:

A bat who, with it’s senses, can reveal stealth players. Whoop.

you are a genius!!! i second this one

Pet perma stow is reduced damage for the ranger if the ranger chooses to stow the pet…..it does not buff or cause the ranger to become OP and im pretty sure no other class is going to whine that the ranger doesn’t have his pet out in a fight. With that said….all your arguments against not having it are invalid and lacking of an real excuse. Nothing bad is going to happen to the ranger if their pet is away….it just causes less frustration in some areas. Please stop being so kitten over all this its rediculous. Its an option just like if a warrior actually wants to use his adren attacks or not or if a mesmer wants to use their shatters or not. Get over it!

Sol.4310:

Leuca.5732:

Sol.4310:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Sol.4310:

Levetty.1279:

Based on your posts on the PvP boards I doubt you are as high up the ranks as you claim you are.

As for your build I don’t really like the look of it but I will probably try it out to see how it goes at some point before I make any comments on it.

Don’t worry its only good for dodging and holding points. It has near to no chance of killing anything.

I’ve beaten this build 1v1 with my ranger. I’ve watched D/D roll over it 1v1. Thief’s and Mesmers well you know the outcome.

And love it how you think your pets are you main damage. Let me tell you this at a professional level your pets are useless. Only classes it will hit are Necros/Guardians/Warriors, everyone else takes around 30% damage from the pet’s, there just to much cripple/cloak/chill/evade.

I recommend if your new a ranger finding build fits your play style. This build will not work in WvW, its strictly TPvP. Check out Bunker/Trapper builds they are better then this build.

Why are you lying to people? This build kills people easily. This build counters ele easily as well

Your the one lying here mate. This build might work less skilled players but doesn’t work against skilled players and that’s fact.

The player base is evolving these type of builds are done and dusted.

In a 1v1 a bunker ranger can kill most anything 1v1 given enough time bar tanky staff mesmers/pure bunker eles.

Keep telling yourself that………..

I agree wholeheartedly with you Sol, this build is pretty much useless anywhere but Tpvp and even in Tpvp its only for 1v1s. Anyone who thinks this is a good build hasn’t fought a really good mesmer, thief, or guardian who actually know what they are doing. This guy has been spamming the forums trying to get everyone to believe pets are ok….they are completely worthless if you play against someone who knows to kite them. Yes I will admit my trapper build lost to this build but my trapper isn’t built pure bunker like this one but when I go 2v2 trapper helps alot more then this single target damage build.

DaisyRogers.6837:

Taruvoyant.4318:

I completely agree, and it’s horribly annoying!! I have no control over where my pet goes and what it aggros. Its idiotic pathing aggros everything in sight, pops traps, and causes me to take damage that I’ve otherwise already avoided. At times it makes me nerd-rage.

Why not just make the pet aggro-less like in every other game? Simple solution.

I would laugh if they made the pets agrro-less… all the QQ rage from short bow rangers no longer able to get their flanking bonus bleeds. All the Glass Cannon Bow Rangers going sploot because the kitten pets they are always complaining about are no longer taking the beating for them… oh I can taste the tears already… yum yum yum yum

Half the builds i see people running on here are pretty much bunker builds….only people who like to hide in a zerg would consider running a glass cannon build other then that they are worthless on any class. So I highly doubt there will be as much QQing as you say.

P.S If you cant handle the agro run a trapper build….its powerful and allows you to solo big groups without having to rely on pet.

Aveneo.2068:

Casey.9687:

There’s a bug with the rangers pets underwater where the pet will keep using lick wounds on his owner even after the pet is dead. This has happened on my ranger many times and has ticked off alot of invaders lol

No, the bug is that Lick Wounds doesn’t work at all at times and your pet just sits down next to you and watches you die.

So I’m happy that it seems to work underwater at least, as on land the pet flips a coin first.

I know it doesn’t work all the time and it frustrates the heck out of me cause it seems to never work when i most need it. I was just stating the bug underwater, i know there is a bug with it on land also but they are completely different bugs

There’s a bug with the rangers pets underwater where the pet will keep using lick wounds on his owner even after the pet is dead. This has happened on my ranger many times and has ticked off alot of invaders lol

tiboi.3108:

stop showing how OP ranger is, they’re gonna nerf us…

Lol thats not OP anyone can make a Bunker build on any class and do that

Troll unguent keeps rangers alive more then healing spring , i tried using healing spring many of times but kept going back to troll unguent, yes the combo healing field is nice but why w8 15 seconds for a 2.3k heal on top of a 4.9k heal = 7.9k which healing spring is 30 second recharge, when you can just use Troll unguent for 10 seconds get 8.5k heal and its only a 25 second recharge.

I agree wholeheartedly with the OP hopfully more people get on and see the post before the trolls come in and start ruining the conversation.

There’s this one bug i’ve seen floating around the studios that seems to render the Devs incapable of getting on and replying to some of the issues for weeks on end. I would love to see this bug fixed.

Sol.4310:

This is just for WvW btw, I think SPvP has it allot easier when comes to balance between our pets and builds.

WvW has some major problems with viable builds, and they all point back to our pet’s being % of our damage output. It’s more less telling us to be Beast Masters in WvW, that just isn’t viable vs’s the current meta of WvW.

Sure rangers do well in 1v1. I’ve been spending allot of time doing duels in WvW Vs the current meta, FOTM, Ele/Mes/Thief builds make our pet usage more or less useless if we haven’t invested X amount of points/traits into improving our pets.

For E.g. say we wanted to use the Raven for our burst damage pet without investing in trait’s and utilities to improve our pet they get stomped, one burst from any class and they are dead. Now if we trait and invest utilities skills into our pet they are some what improved but at what cost. Puts big limit on ranger builds.

Oh and pets are more less useless vs Zerg’s and that’s the current meta, so we always on our back foot when comes to damage output.

Couldn’t agree more

The lack of responses from Jon Peters is frustrating…

Whats your build?

Comalies.6295:

What? ….
I literally just used this combo…and i didnt see any problem….

It used to shoot way more faster before the .04 second speed reduction, The .04 second reduction was actually a lie because it was tested and proved that it was alot greater then the .04 second reduction Anet told us. Which is why us rangers are angry.

Ursan.7846:

Casey.9687:

I just don’t understand why they play around the truth like this….why can’t Jon Peters or any other dev get on here and give us a firm answer on why they continue to keep the nerf on it…Because they didn’t want us spamming 1 is a horrible excuse because we are still spamming 1 while other skills are on cd….they just made spamming 1 slower for no reason.

I’m not sure what you mean by “play around the truth.” They gave a pretty firm answer in why they nerfed Crossfire (they don’t want to encourage spamming 1 gameplay), like you said.

So the original answer being a animation issue we just forget about that? We called them out on it and they had to come up with a better answer which wasn’t really all that better. Anet lies…..best get used to it buddy

Healing spring is terrible….when you get to 10+ levels its best to run Troll Unguent it heals you for more, me and my cousin attempted a duo healing spring to keep everyone up but no one stands still long enough for i to take effect and we get poor heal out of it

I just don’t understand why they play around the truth like this….why can’t Jon Peters or any other dev get on here and give us a firm answer on why they continue to keep the nerf on it…Because they didn’t want us spamming 1 is a horrible excuse because we are still spamming 1 while other skills are on cd….they just made spamming 1 slower for no reason.

Agadar.4931:

Agreed. With sword, dagger, and shortbow already supplying us with poison and at least one of those being in virtually every ranger’s arsenal, we have pretty much no need of a mere poison trap. A trap which supplies a poison combo field however would find itself competing with the other traps on an even level.

But you’re asking Anet to properly buff rangers. The moon will sooner fall out of the sky than that happening.

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Batlav.6318:

Ripcurrent.9780:

Just giving this a bump, since having a pet out is annoying for the whole party in the Jade Maw Fractal. Let pets stay put away until we want them back.

oh yeah this needs to be fixed my pet got targeted 4 times i n a row
and overall every 3rd cast was on the pet so we had to wait one hour to finish it

i support the idea pets should go away untill we call them back

^ just giving this arrow hear to show my support =D

evolverzilla.2359:

1 – Restart the personal story, make arrangements to not receive any loot creating more and more code in “quest programing system” (if you don´t know what is it try asking some MMORPG programmer) and more things to bug.

2 – the same…

3 – Change a BOUND in a game that has JUST ONE RACE and you are trying to compare with the bound system in a multi racial game. Yeah, rational…

4 – And if people don´t save the skills points, or there are another that don´t have what you want uuu, just reset them, them people just get the ones they want and save the rest. Oh and if it bugs the system because some tied in programming on skills, don´t worry it will just kitten more the game.

Please don´t try the dumb mode, there are LOTS of tie in in the RACE system of the game. The ones we are talking are just the ones we CAN SEE, try to imagine how much we can´t see.

Btw, merry xmas and goodbye, this post is out for me.

sucks that people like you have so little faith in anet and don’t think they can fix their bug issues….it really is sad

Don’t understand why people think clipping is an issue….have you not see all the other armors and weapons that clip horribly? Just try to equip a 1 handed weapon on asuran and you will see.

Marcusdeblack.2307:

Casey.9687:

So stop using this excuse also….and for you trolls telling the guy that every game has a cape is a stupid statement….just lay off you negative nancys everyone has used the WELL EVERYONE HAS THIS OR THAT excuse in their life time, silly trolls.

Pretty harsh to call me a troll.
If your statement is true, you’re a should be called a troll too, ’cause you want capes just because you want.

I don’t want capes, because they would look ugly on most armors, In My Opinion.
It’s hard to decipher what you wrote, but you seem to have some pretension of me saying that argument “All games have it, we should to!” is stupid. Maybe I was too harsh, but still it’s really naive argument. I was mererly saying, that not every, let’s precise, Fantasy MMO has capes.

I was talking about sqwt when I spoke of “All games have it, we should to!” My comments weren’t directed at you. My apologies if you got this mixed up. I understand alot of people think they are ugly and alot think its cool, that why it would be an option to have the cape on. I think the tier 3 armor for asuran is ugly but I see other people wearing it, that’s their choice.

Soulstar.7812:

Imagine trolls getting their hands on your suggestion custom armor builder.
Now imagine protruding armor crotches and boobs.

Yeah that is a nightmare you are suggesting.

Look at what they did when black ops first came out and we had the option to customize our emblem to that great of extent…..you couldn’t go a single game without seeing 4 or 5 male genitals and 4 or 5 pairs of boobs….the trolls will find a way….

Why are so many people against this? Is it really that bad to have capes in a game? Who cares about the clipping….have you ever seen a sword, axe, hammer, greatsword on a asuran? i bet you haven’t cause it clips right into the little guys…stop using this clipping excuse. Also some of you are saying it’s to much work for Anet? Have you not seen the game they have produced for us? I think if they could get a cape in guild wars 1 it wouldn’t be all that hard for them….every other piece of event armor they come out with has to be worked on just as well. So stop using this excuse also….and for you trolls telling the guy that every game has a cape is a stupid statement….just lay off you negative nancys everyone has used the WELL EVERYONE HAS THIS OR THAT excuse in their life time, silly trolls.

Ronah.2869:

Guild armors should be marketed better. I think people who want capes, either don’t know about guild armors, either they don’t like the current mechanic of transmutation.

Please read my other thread for a suggestion on this matter
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Guild-Armor-Skin-slot/first#post1080766

Here is the example. Every guild member can customize the colors of the armor as they see fit not like in GW1 where only the guild leader could color the cape.
In here the guild leader(s) can modify the emblem.
Also, please notice the guild axes having the same emblem.

The guild armor isn’t all that great….i want a cape because its a cape…i could care less if the cape had my guild emblem on it

evolverzilla.2359:

@ehragus

Are you just playing kitten?

Don´t you really read all the posts and all the topics relating to the same problem.

Did you at least noticed that this a post 2 monts old?

All right I will clarify something.

1 – Story mode, it´s almost racial based, if you change races how they could adjust to your new race, your decisions?
2 – If you are one of those kitten the story mode, well if they put more stories in this game based on your actual race (not the changed) imagine how broken things can be in the future. And if your future story be broken you will come here again complaining that it´s broken.
3 – Tere are RACIAL equips, and will not be just a change to another race because we have BOUND systems.
4 – We have RACIAL SKILLS and most people don´t even buy this skills, or they have a very different funcionality in most cases.

So if you want another class, just delete your char and create a new ONE, don´t come with this ideas to create more bugs than necessary.

1. Just let them restart their personal story and don’t allow them to get any rewards until they reach the point they were at on the last personal story….problem fixed.

2. number 1 pretty much explains this also…your fear of it being broken is irrational.

3. Tier armor can just change over to other races tier armor….don’t cry out about BOUND mechanism….when you changed from a guy to a girl in guild wars 1 the armor had to change with you, so argument is invalid on this one.

4. Getting the other Racial skills is a major part of this thread, unless you didn’t read the OP, People can either save up more skill points to get their racial skills again that could be a price for changing races or anet could just give them the racial skills based on how many they purchased.

eh anyone can set up an anti ranger build mate, thats why you were stupid for even suggesting a 1v1….so easy to build counter builds, if you took that build against a warrior or guardian they would stomp you in the ground. My build tho would destroy them

NaturalPortman.9562:

Casey.9687:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Durzlla.6295:

lol um… you compared signet of stone to a guardian ELITE? I agree though that signet of stones CD is a little long, but still, it’s not -that- bad especially if you have it traited, it gives 2 people (when traited) complete immunity to damage, that’s pretty freaking good.

And signet of the wild does MORE than grant stability, it also increases the damage of your pet by a whopping 25%. As for signet of renewal it’s the SAME CD as guardians and it doesn’t kitten you over when you pull every condition from every single ally in the area onto your pet and can auto cure it by hitting F4, oh no, so bad rolls eyes. And warriors only cures THEIR conditions not their allies as well. And signet of the hunt actually needs to be reworded it’s next skill, not attack, use that thing on a drake breathe (you know after they’ve started the long kitten animation of charging) and watch the fireworks.

PS: As above poster have said i don’t think you’re doing signet builds right if you think our signets are bad, we have some of the strongest signets in the game, and the similar sigs to SotH all only do an aoe Blind or an AoE life steal (which is REALLY strong, which is why it has the CD it does), they’re all on equal footing when you compare it to the other 30s CD ones.

Signets would be overpowered if they were less CD if you ask me. They are just fine if you trait into them just like everything else in this game.

Apparently you and durz don’t really know what you are doing on your rangers

Want to 1v1 my signet ranger? I can guarantee that you will lose and lose hard. Inb4 1v1 means nothing excuse.

This isn’t a first person shooter rofl…the fact that your even bringing up a 1v1 means your no good mate but yea sure ill 1v1 ya just for kicks and giggles

NaturalPortman.9562:

Durzlla.6295:

lol um… you compared signet of stone to a guardian ELITE? I agree though that signet of stones CD is a little long, but still, it’s not -that- bad especially if you have it traited, it gives 2 people (when traited) complete immunity to damage, that’s pretty freaking good.

And signet of the wild does MORE than grant stability, it also increases the damage of your pet by a whopping 25%. As for signet of renewal it’s the SAME CD as guardians and it doesn’t kitten you over when you pull every condition from every single ally in the area onto your pet and can auto cure it by hitting F4, oh no, so bad rolls eyes. And warriors only cures THEIR conditions not their allies as well. And signet of the hunt actually needs to be reworded it’s next skill, not attack, use that thing on a drake breathe (you know after they’ve started the long kitten animation of charging) and watch the fireworks.

PS: As above poster have said i don’t think you’re doing signet builds right if you think our signets are bad, we have some of the strongest signets in the game, and the similar sigs to SotH all only do an aoe Blind or an AoE life steal (which is REALLY strong, which is why it has the CD it does), they’re all on equal footing when you compare it to the other 30s CD ones.

Signets would be overpowered if they were less CD if you ask me. They are just fine if you trait into them just like everything else in this game.

Apparently you and durz don’t really know what you are doing on your rangers

Agreed, Please allow us to get this helm in PVE

they are to scared to bring their noses into this topic….i brought this up a couple weeks ago on a thread asking them to return shortbow to its original ways but I got no reply from them just a bunch of trolls who told me to get over it. Finally people who share my thoughts keep on the good fight people!

agnostAnts.7065:

It’s the pet class because the core mechanic is a pet. Arenanet has said it’s the pet class. If you roll a ranger in GW2, you have to expect that you’re going to be using a pet! They don’t need to get rid of the pet, they need to improve it! Stop trying to cut off the arm when all you need is a splint!

Rangers rely on a keen eye, a steady hand, and the power of nature itself. Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows. With traps, nature spirits, and a stable of loyal pets at their command, rangers can adapt to any situation. PLEASE POINT OUT WHERE IT SAYS WE ARE A PET CLASS.

NaturalPortman.9562:

Casey.9687:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Casey.9687:

i say throw away the worthless pet….didnt need one in guild wars 1 don’t need one now, enough said

Pet’s save my kitten / kill people for me, no thanks.

then use your lame pet….but for us who don’t really care for it allow us to put him away for good…whats so wrong with that?

It’s the class design…. deal with it. Don’t play ranger if you don’t like the idea of a pet class.

rofl you people and this class design argument……so tell me why the ranger in guild wars 1 had the option of having a pet or going full marksman? don’t try and feed me this bs that its the class design…..theres a reason beastmaster has only 1 trait line. It’s there for the option of having a powerful pet or you can use marksmanship for buffing your ranger attacks instead of relying on your pet to do damage(which half the time it doesn’t)

NaturalPortman.9562:

Casey.9687:

i say throw away the worthless pet….didnt need one in guild wars 1 don’t need one now, enough said

Pet’s save my kitten / kill people for me, no thanks.

then use your lame pet….but for us who don’t really care for it allow us to put him away for good…whats so wrong with that?

i say throw away the worthless pet….didnt need one in guild wars 1 don’t need one now, enough said

Mine is doing the same thing hopefully a moderator can see this and give us advice on what to do. Seen this same issue in other threads but no responses from anet.

Aerwyna.2541:

Esrever.8613:

pets die instantly in dungeons

Um, my polar bear doesnt die hardly at all in dungeons. He is like having a mini tank by my side. Sorry yours does. My pet has tanked and lived through many boss battles, sometimes even to the point that my team mates agreed that if he wasnt “tanking”, the battle would have been harder.

mini dungeons don’t count…..

gotta love food buffs and the 25 stacks of (x)

HawkMeister.4758:

Battletorn.4102:

How about the necro one? 10% for them too and a pithy lifesteal attack on use. Just throwing that out there.

Pointing out the out pointing!

This!
(I´m pointing right now.)

Necros have better ways of applying speed buff then rangers same as eles….i was just running beside a necro in WvW i cast my call of the wild for 15 second speed buff….target the necro i came up beside and she had a 37 second speed buff from her skills, i think necros are fine

Worst devs i’ve ever seen…..would only make since that their main characters get the attention they deserve.

Even with the reduced CD its not worth it….i’ve put 1,122 hours into my ranger and i know its pointless to run lightening reflexes and and signet of renewal for its stun break is a 60 second recharge its pointless to run signet of renewal and im not coming up with personal attacks to get my point across…..im just tired of this kid argueing with everyone….apparently you don’t read his posts….so shut the kitten up ya jackwagon

NaturalPortman.9562:

Drago.1634:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Drago.1634:

Lysico.4906:

Drago.1634:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Drago.1634:

NaturalPortman.9562:

Drago.1634:

So walking along in WvW… Panning my Camera around to watch my 6. Panned it back around to watch my front. Started to pan it back around to my 6 again and ended up on the ground. Full tanky spec ranger. .2 seconds to die. 1.5 seconds to hit the ground.

Can anyone guess what killed me?

If anyone see’s a Random Mac. Truck in WvW please let them know hit and runs are illegal. Ty^^

If you died in .2 seconds to die I don’t believe you are tanky at all lol.

You forgot my 1.5 Seconds to hit the ground =P

I still dont believe you are tanky at all then. I’m a tanky ranger and I don’t get dropped in even 10 seconds.

Okay, maybe not 1.7 seconds but it felt like it. Was just a lil story of my experience, was meant to be for the lol’s factor. Not to start a debate on my spec or every little detail of my post. =)

So why post it though? People that totally over exaggerate things like this, give a really poor reflection of the real situation.

And what situation is this that you speak of? Am i not allowed to post my experience of ranger in the ranger update forums? This whole thread is a reflection on how poor the ranger is as a class atm. And how poorly Anet addressed this “Real Situation”

But you’re expressing your experiences as if it’s the classes fault, you mentioned WvW. So my real guess is that you are not geared and got ganked by a better geared played and got killed instantly, surprise! That would happen to every poorly geared class.

You are suggesting sense i mention WvW i am not geared? That is simply not the case. I am geared, and i do know how to play my class. I am not just some mere nooby that had just entered WvW. I have 900hours invested in Gw2. With 200+ hours on Ranger alone. Granted that doesn’t mean i know everything there is to know. But it is not hard to distinguish between a well built class and a class that is just lacking.

How do you die in 1.5 seconds with the most dodging capable class with 4 built in evades in a weapon set and with several stun breaks. Do you not carry stun breaks?

are you an idiot? stun breaks? you say that like we have multiple….we have 1 stun break and that is lightening reflexes but the recharge and damage on it make it pointless to even have on your bar. 4 built in evades? Your dumb if you don’t run a shortbow and that comes with 1 worthless evade too. Running with a sword that has sub par damage and a dagger just to get evades? Your doing no damage with those weapons and sword roots you in place. So no we don’t have 4 built in evades that can aid us. Stop trying to argue with everyone you come across…every time i see you replying to somthing its to start an arguement. To finish it off you say ranger is the most evade capable class? apparently you haven’t played a thief or an ele before….

NaturalPortman.9562:

Casey.9687:

Why is anet so worthless when it comes to keeping us updated? Its been 3 fracking weeks without any form of information about upcoming updates….

Did you not watch the jonathan sharp interview lol

He doesn’t talk once about the ranger at any give point in that interview and did ya notice when they(top players) all said their main were thieves and mesmers? Isn’t that all you see in pvp and WvW anymore? nice job balancing your game anet…..

Why is anet so worthless when it comes to keeping us updated? Its been 3 fracking weeks without any form of information about upcoming updates….

That build is horrible lol….trap ranger so much better

DaisyRogers.6837:

aPutridCorpse.8792:

So when is the next patch?
It’s been over a month since JonPeters posted here and he hasn’t come back since…

Honestly don’t blame him for not wanting to post anything with the juvenile tantrums thrown and the huge amount of personal attacks levied against him.

Honestly… what else would you expect?

Fanboy alert!

Ursan.7846:

Panther Chameleon.8465:

Furthermore, Reveal would work with EVERYONE not just Thieves. Anyone regardless of profession will be revealed.

Do you really think this ability will be useful against any other classes other than…Thieves? Do you seriously think this ability will be at all useful against a class like say Mesmer? Why would I slot in this ability over, say, RaO when facing a Mesmer?

And that is exactly the point I am trying to make here. A skill that’s only useful for one specific matchup is not a good idea.

I’ll say again the thief counters every other profession….i’ve seen thieves wipe out groups of 3-5 without missing a beat…and your saying because a ranger would be able to beat a thief is a bad idea? because 1 class shouldn’t primarily counter another? THE THIEF COUNTERS ALL….your arguements are invalid