Guild Wars 2

what about removing the 1% condition duration and add a “increase range with bows by 10” if you trait 30 points into marksmanship your range will be increased by 300 for both bows

my 2cent

with the patch lightning reflexes will remove immobilize so you will have a strong option vs entangle and longbow warriors.

i love both bows but always need either the GS or the sword for the extra survivability and movement

do you play a ranger? i noticed 3x more exotic and rare drops on my warrior then on my ranger ( true story )

kiwituatara.6053:

-Don’t even think of using GS#2, that super telegraphed skill will land 1 :10.

LB#3 → weapon switch → GS#2 ( superior sigil of intelligence on the GS )

i never have problems with GS#2

Deli.1302:

Riverside – Kodash – Baruch Bay is looking pretty awesome this week!

if you break the points down into ppt and non ppt the statistic is very interesting

ppt points only:
1. Baruch – 109828
2. River – 108767
3. Kodash – 94910

kodash is way behind the other 2 servers because of the weak coverage. it is very hard to defend wooden towers at our prime time

points from kills:
1. Kodash – 60807
2. River – 50225
3. Baruch – 49735

this is where kodash shines. we always habe 2-3 ruins and all the smallscale roamer and havoc groups do an incredible job, even after losing a lot of our most famous smallscaler and havocs to eso.

baruch and riverside are pretty even in their performances.

Hayashi.3416:

Power rangers are just asking to die. To pretty much anything.

i can handle everything with my power ranger spec if we are equally skilled as players. thief is one of the easier enemies. full bersi warrior the hardest coz i cannot maintain the distance i need.

Isaiah Cartwright.8569:

I would love to get people thoughts on what stat combinations they would like to see added to the game?

Hey Isaiah,

i came up with something different, something “special”. why dont you implement empty armor with stat slots. these could look like:

legendary armor ( total stat poll: 288 – breastplate – same as ascended armor):
Type 1 || primary 106 || secondary 76 || secondary 76 ||
Type 2 || secondary 96 || secondary 96 || secondary 96 ||
Type 3 || primary 82 || primary 82 || secondary 62 || secondary 62 ||
Type 4 || secondary 72 || secondary 72 || secondary 72 || secondary 72 ||
so on ( dont know if 1stat and 2stat combinations would work balance wise )

to fill the stats in, one way would be with a drop down menu ( the boring soloution )
the second idea is to implement a new crafting profession that can create stones with stats. these stones will be fit into the armor slots.

EG:
major stone of power
minor stone of power
major stone of presicion
minor stone of presicion
major stone of toughness
minor stone of toughness
so on

now when you slot a stat stone into the legendary armor the right amount of stats will be calculated. a great amount of new builds will become available.

i hope you like my idea

edit : i should have read all posts above :P

1) SFR – strongest wvw coverage EU atm
2) Riverside – will never focus SFR to stay 2nd all the time
3) Vizuna – lost its power after season 1
4) Jade – dont know what to say here, overall strong server in every section
5) Desolation – the big unknown. i expect much from deso
6) Baruch Bay – weak prime time, strong night and morning crew
7) Kodash / Elona Reach – ER stronger in PPT, Kodash in “points not from tick”
8) Elona Reach / Kodash – ER stronger in PPT, Kodash in “points not from tick”
9) AR – the underdog, but you never know. i love to fight AR

if your pet is alive

i take the extra conditions. – and yes, it is too much condition remove, but fights 1on1 in wvw roaming are rare. i always face multiple enemies. the build just shows how OP the new condition remove of the ranger can be

this is from a wvw roaming perspective. with the upcomming new GM trait ( Nature Magic: Survival of the fittest – Remove two conditions and gain fury when using a survival skill. ) will ranger have the most potent condition remove ingame? i remember all the whining about warrior not being sustain enouth and anet boosted the class a little to much. will this new buff for the ranger have the same impact like the warrior buff?

here is some theorie craft for a solo roaming build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vMQQRAsf3YjEqUzaHLusQ1agYVQQtHcy8Yy9w/dCAnMqrsC-zECB4iCy0CIEIBiEBOTtIaslhFRjVJjIqWpEjUAQMNC-w

Trait: keen edge 2 conditions every 45 ( 36 ) sec // 4 conditions /min
Trait: empathic bound 3 conditions every 10 sec // 18 conditions /min
(switch for bark skin again burst classes, 50% dmg reduce will activte with 7500 hp left YOLO )
Trait: evasive purity 2 conditions ( poison + blind ) every 10 sec // 10 conditions/min
Skill: sharpening stone 2 conditions every 45 ( 36 ) sec // 4 conditions /min
Skill: muddy terrain 2 conditions every 25 ( 20 ) sec // 6 conditions /min
Skill: lightning reflexes 2 conditions + stunnbreak + 1 condition ( immobilize ) every 40 ( 32 ) sec // 8 conditions /min
Elite: entangle 2 conditions every 150 ( 120 ) sec // 1condition /min
Pet: brownbear 2 conditions every 25 sec // 4 conditions /min

condition remove / min = 55

+ healing spring 6 conditions every 25seconds // 12 conditions /min

condition remove / min = 69

on top a high boon uptime: might 6-9, protection, vigour, fury
nearlly permanent chill, bleed, burning and poison + dd with pet ( hope they are able to hit properly and respond fast enouth ) and 1400 power with buffs
massive CC with chill, muddy terrain, entangle
stunnbreaker with keen edge ( when proc times well ) , sharpening stone and lightning reflexes
vigour + weapon evades on both weapon sets to avoid burst
condition dmg more then 2300 with might stacks and wvw buff
30.000 hp with wvw buff

i hope they need another 9 month for the next balance patch, this will be fun

kitten YOU!!!!

DejaVu.9825:

Stability makes the game too easy, limiting the player’s skill at dodging CC… not to mention that professions such as engineers, necromancer, warrior, ranger and guardian can not stall once on the ground (about to die), because enough to have stability and died.

I propose to reduce the time of stability at 2-4 seconds of basic utilities, or because they see certain traits … that activate it for 8 seconds, even when it may increase with duration boon is disheartening.

PS: I use warrior with build condition and I have 30 seconds of stability, is it seems normal?

google translator.

35sec stability on my ranger elite

it is always the same with ranger weapons and utility skills. they all need GM traits specced to be viable. i would have never think of a build with 3 survival skills. now we have a new GM trait to boost them. we face a non condition using enemy and will become totally torn apart. ranger can be the strongest 1on1 class, but where is always just 1 counter build we can use. warrior for example has some very strong builds that work in so many situations, it is just ridicules.

doublepost …..

im glad i play a op ranger and never had any problems in 1vs1 – 1vs5 situations. my bear soaks all the dmg while i can stay still and pew pew with my longbow

maybe the other 4 gm traits are weaker on these two classes and the other classes get something awesome

hello fellow rangers,

like in a few posts mentioned, the “read the wind” trait sounds very underwhelming. i play my ranger for around 2 month with longbow / sword axe exclusive and have no problems hitting moving targets. the problem a ranger with a longbow is facing are lack of condition remove and lack of gap openers, which are necessary to survive and do damage.

i have come up with 2 alternatives that i think, would fit a lot better and are worth a grandmaster trait

Close Quarter Archer the damage reduction when close to your enemy is off

Quickly Pull the base attack speed is increased by 20-25%

Leader of the Pack – Beastmaster

Both of your pets are active all the time. They have to be from the same family.

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

Chill i personally think is okay, No one really has enough access to it to really it a game winner. Immbo on the other hand is simply broken. They really need to add Diminishing Returns to this game for CC and Immbo.

my ranger ( 50% condition duration increased in wvw):
4,5sec chill every 10 seconds on weapon swap
4,5sec chill every 10 seconds on winters bite
4,5sec chill every 20 seconds on chilling slash ( F2 skill owl ) with malicious training traited

-40% condition duration buff food can help a little

Solandri.9640:

10 sec you have the best condition removal in the game (Healing Spring – even works on AOEs which reapply conditions). The next 20 sec you have the worst.

strongest condition remove is shadows embrace
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow%27s_Embrace

ranger is the best class for healingpower as a stat. your main heal + sigil + regeneration + beastmaster grandmaster trait, they all profit from the stat. you can achive more than 2000hp/second with troll urgent and the elite spirit. no other class is as potent in self healing as the ranger.

make yourself a minion master necro, then you have moa pets then the ranger :P

im running LB + s/a atm. the pull does up to 11k dmg ( 1hit when the axe travelles to the target and up to 2 hits when travelling back, each hit for 3,6k dmg ) thieves that run direct to you are easy prey. axe5 is good for staying on downed ppl or defence wise when a lot of range dmg is incoming

axe mh is only viable in a condition or hybrid build.

mesmer with traveller rune

Power build with heavy focus on bow for solo roam:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQNBjYDrEoS09KL+VYtIIWKAUfaF0E7B/Z0icF8fJjqC-jUDBYfAofRmgAjwAgABmIAKzsIaslhFRjVXDT5CQFbR1WzDZ2gOqyAwMGA-w

group roam version:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQNBjYDrEoS09KL+VYtIIWKAUgaF0E7B/Z0icF8fJjqC-jUDBYfAofRmgAjwAgABmIAKzsIaslhFRjVXDT5CQFbR1WzDZ2gOqyAwMGA-w

shout version:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQNBjYD7EoiugrCyvCWLDI9DaCnB/xIuH+HqEilMqKA-jUDBYfAofRmgAjwAgABmIAKzsIasVWFRjVXDT5CQFbR1WzDZ2gOqyAwMGA-w

enjoy

Fuzzion.2504:

Should we have our own mounts i.e. Horses, or even rideable dragon ? *Like in DAoC *

daoc had mounts?

urdriel.8496:

disappear while you are near a tree or bush?

i would always bring a sylvari friend with me :P

everything that gives you 400 more precision for free is welcome and would increase your performance. after the last balance patch we had perma fury with longbow for 2 days after it got fixed

kill the warriors and dont let them run into rezz range. problem solved.

when they run with stabi and endure pain simply use daze skills on them while they cast the banner and kill them when EP ran out.

Chrispy.5641:

Edit : And our lack of team support (aside from spotter, frost spirit and other spirits, natures voice, search and rescue, signet of renewal, healing spring, pet support F2’s, etc.)

and aside from: fury, might, regen, swiftness, vigour boon , waterfield with condition strip + vulnerability, immobility, weakness, chill, fear, knockdown dmg reducing for our group. we are really in a bad spot for group support.

when i fight a ranger and play a condition dmg based class, the pet dies within seconds coz i know how the condition remove of ranger works. that leaves the ranger for 60 seconds vulnerable for conditions

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Merciless_Hammer
+
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Burst_Mastery
=
4.5k + dmg every 7.5

1 every second and you have to stay inside. staying around in pvp is not an option

ranger heal as one
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heal_as_One

warrior mending
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mending

active condition remove is rangers greatest weakness and i know no ranger who uses “heal as one”. why dont anet makes it more like mendin from the warrior?

would be easy to implement and increase the survivability again condition dealers without being OP.

urdriel.8496:

You cant change your build to each enemy in WvW ……..

i know. that is the only problem the ranger currently has ( + missing aoe dmg ). only thing i do is to change 1-2 utilities and maybe a weapon and bufffood, depending on the enemy i spot on the horizon

makes a lot of things easier

name a class / build and i will give you a ranger build to beat it ( no PU mesmer, that is impossible with ranger )

your server and guild tag would be nice to know urdiel

urdriel.8496:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

If you can’t survive with a Ranger you’re doing it wrong.
If you think they have the same range as other professions you’re wrong.
If you think they can’t tick 16k with Rapid Fire you’re also wrong.

L2P.

16k with rapid fire? you must have zero defense dude, or perhaps you hit a upleveled player, ofc, you can kill Upleveled player with a ranger.

It is a fact that , when both players have same skill, ranger class is the worst.

you have no idea

pro:
perma fury, perma might(7-10), perma regen, perma vigour, perma swiftness, ( speed is king in wvw ) nearly perma protection, 30 sec stability on demand, perma poison, perma bleed, perma chill, perma burning, perma weakness, lots and lots of evades, high mobility, lots of cc, water field, fire field, poison field

con:

weak condition remove, weak to immobilize, no real AOE options

i do great with my ranger + 4 guild mates vs zergs ( 20+ ) dont see any problems.

P Fun Daddy.1208:

I don’t think engies or rangers can hit the same raw numbers, but engies make up for it in other ways, and rangers have that whole pet thing sapping their damage.

12-16k with maul is possible ( one trick pony )

best part is if you imagine the face of the mesmer, thief or warrior player behind the screen you just killed like: wtf just happened?!

sad part is: they wont come again expect they are in superior numbers next time.

if you hit esc 2x you can press: log out and create a new char that fits you better

just kidding. practice is all you need. enjoy the ranger class.

yay, masses of pve player in the wvw again. this will be a massacre

i would love to see a map wide kill message like in daoc + name tags. everytime i have invited an enemy ( dont matter if i lost or won ) we had a nice and polite conversation.

+1

ranger allready has the strongest self healing in game. i dont see a problem with the healing. the power scaling and distance keeping is the problem.

pro:
i like the overall package. matchups, scoring, place for all kind of gaming philosophies, 3 factions, build and support diversity, ruin buff, keep attacks / defenses

with a few little tweaks the overall gaming experiance could improve a lot. the current main issue is the so called “karma train”, the main reason for this is that it is to easy to capture a keep. the is no challenge behind this.

con:
- most reward for least effort. 70man smashing on a keepdoor and open it in less then 30 sec, without the need of a ram. everybody gets full reward ( should scale down with more ppl involved in the siege). also something like the upgraded doors should be imune to non siege weapon dmg ( implement a portcullis ) to slow down the attacker and give the defenders time to reinforce.
- the way wxp is gained. a player should be worth a fixed amount of points. when the player loses a one on one the guy who won should gain full reward. if 5 people zerg down one, the reward should be split down in 1/5th / attacker involved in the kill. same for camps, keeps ect.
- the way cc is implemented makes it difficult to fight a larger group. you bring 1 or 2 stun breaker and the enemy group 3-4 skills that apply these effects. the result is you ending in a stunn/cc chain without a chance to do anything. an imunity timer after you have became cc’ed 2 or 3 times should apply and make you less affected by cc effects.

Eugenides.1274:

Ele is by far the most annoying because of how their skill allows then to enter portals into keeps and towers.

imobilize

instead of new class, i would prefere something like a second tier class. eg:

ranger: beastmaster or archer
warrior: berserker or lanzer
guardian: paladin or dark knight
mesmer: illusionist or mentalist
necromance: lich lord or summoner
elementarist: theurg or runecaster
engineer: constructor or rifleman
thief: assassin or raider

level cap will be increased to 90 and you get an additional trait line with a passive skill and one active to choose from a list of, lets say 5 traits. the 10 additional trait points you earn can only be applied to you new traitline. the individualism comes from the 5 traits you can choose from. you dont gain any additional stat points from increasing your level, the only way to become a second tier classman is with a new quest line.

every class brings 2 new utility skills and 1 new weapon with unique skills( eg. spear for the lancer class )

winning as the underdog

Snow Owl: Uhuloge

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