Guild Wars 2

@xLiveLucidx

You could always run a Warrior……or some other class.

Coming from a FPS like BF3, one build standing head over heels above the rest is not that surprising. To elaborate on the BF3 example, the Assault class was pretty much forced to use the M16A3 to be competitive since it just flat-out outperformed every other choice in pretty much every situation. There will always be hipster out there that want to be different or people who love a particular setup for whatever reason, but that doesn’t deny the fact the with some number crunching build will crap on others.

So you can continue to play a ranger. Yes you’ll be able to log in and play, maybe even kill a few people. However, you could always do better with another class. Ranged DPS? Rifle Warrior does better from a pure numbers point of view. Bursting? Kinda of the job of the of thief….Support? Guardians and Elementalists, and even Engineers to a lesser extent.

Mother Melandru loves all her children, Rangers and Elementalists included.

Um….what? I pretty sure it’s not 40ms if people can feel the difference…
Either way started a mesmer for now, and to my surprise, they’re really funny to play. Trolling people with illusions and chaining stun.

I do look forward to them shaking up the skills for the SB though. Pretty much any change is better than it’s current form. Let’s just see how long it takes…..

Sorry if I wasn’t clear, but I meant go with a Carrion gear for the malice/condition damage, in addition to vitality and power.

Honestly I don’t respect a change until at least a month later. I play BF3 on the side and I’m sure the other players out there remember the infamous MASS HBar glitch that took forever to get fixed.

Oh well, we ranger players have 3 options:
Wait it out.
Roll another character
Stop playing the game

Personally, this gives me a reason to test out the other professions more extensively.

I can vouch for Carrion, but from a sPvP stand point. Not only does it buff your malice +798, but I also increases your Vitality and Power. With my Ele Runes and traits, I’m sitting on ~2700 Power ~1300 Malice ~2200 Tougness and ~2200HP
Condition Damages
Bleed: 108
Poison: 214
Burn: 653

I’d like to see more pet combo skills. Hilt-Bash>Rending Pounce(Lynx)>Maul would make for a fun combo.
However, that’d require fixing pet AI and buffing greatswords, which to be honest, isn’t going to happen, at least anytime soon.

Time to throw in my 2 cents.
But first my credentials:
Level 80 Ranger currently in Malchor’s Leap
No Dungeon experience
Rank 6 PvP
~160 Hours logged as Ranger.

I just got back from 3 games of sPvP W/L is 2/1
Placed in the bottom third in the first win and about 4th in the second.

I didn’t notice any MAJOR performance change. The shorbow is doing as good/bad as it was doing before despite shooting slower. QZ is definitely slower. No numbers to back this, only anecdotal experience.

I’m just an average schmuck who happens to like rangers. I don’t have any technical or experienced background in the game, and I’m as dumb as a rock. However, I, as a casual player, still feel that the class is still playable. If some skill-less noob like me manages to pull off 5 kills in PvP against some of the “unlosable” professions like Warrior or Mesmer, I think it shows that people are blowing this out of proportion. Either that or I faced off against 3 trash teams in a row. But then why wasn’t everyone else scoring 200+ points vs my ~85?

In conclusion:
On the bright side we still have our defense and utility. I’d like to see a warrior dodge with this rifle, or interrupt someone stomping a teammate. And Hide in Plain Sight/Shared Anguish has helped me escape near deaths to recoup and exact revenge numerous times.

Also 1v1s are fine for the most part. We’re not killing anyone, at least in a timely fashion, but we’re not getting rolled either. Thank goodness Anet hasn’t touched oursuperb kiting ability, yet.