Sad and true…
i have played with you Jumper.And i faced your thief….Pick an Engi and do the same thing that you did to me with the thief……2 sec combo with steal-run away with SB-return for some HS-dead-inv stomped bb…..i can always see other class coming and i can prepare myself,you cant prepare against thieves since they have millions of ways to lock you down and escape..
Yeah how about removing this “best suited for PvP” label and let other classes play too?What do you think people?
We can link all day random games…but the fact is that Engi dont have 14k burst in 2 secs,stealth bb qq.and in my games most class played is thieves by far
i feel that the 2 is more correct..its not a secret that its Anet favourite prof….the whole community was expecting a major nerf in the Steal-BS build and never happened….it seems to them ok
Seriously.Im still doing some hotjoins for relaxing and in every game the same thing…4-6 thieves in every team…i mean why?why everyone is playing thief?Wheres the diversity?Is anyone from Anet noticing it too?Right now thieves are making pvp unplayble.Dont know if they are op or just people need to L2P.The fact is that its annoying seeing games full of thieves…
Hi
I started a Guild for casual PvPers.Feel free to wisp me for inv.The goal is to gather enought people and make a place for someone to find a tournament team and more organized games.
Everyone is welcomed
Hi
I started a Guild for casual PvPers.Feel free to wisp me for inv.The goal is to gather enought people and make a place for someone to find a tournament team and more organized games.
Everyone is welcomed
its not a secret that Mesmers and Thieves are the best burst classes
Other classes have burst options but they are not so good and they dont have the escape mechanisms that Mesmers-Thieves have..
Its a mistake imo,you give in 2 classes the most awesome escape mechanism (stealth) and automatically they become the best burst classes but in the other hand you cant give em many other defensive skills cause this would make em the ONLY classes.
My main is Ranger and im playing a Mesmer also..
i found Mesmer easy mode,many escaping skills and dmg while in my Ranger when i become focused im dead
so this is why i cant run a burst build…Not to mention that the existance of pet makes the Ranger itself doing less dmg.How i can do a burst build since a percent of my dmg is done from my pet and my pet cant execute a burst combo
Yes 16000 is good with a lot of toughness.Armor decrease the dmg taken from hits..In condition dmg armor doesnt matter,so a large Health pool is a way to defend.Also theres some skills removing conditions,its an another way to defend against conditions.To be honest from my experience in PvE ive never had a prob with conditions..and i dont even choose healing sprint.i choose the cond removal signet and im ok.
But you fill a slot with a defensive skill while you can fill it with a offensive one…I think tho that Rangers are lacking of offensive skills but its another story
Hi my name is Dardamaniac (you can call me Bill if you like) and im searching for a PvP guild so i can do more organized tournament matches.I dont feel confortable with the mic cause my english sucks so i want first to see where things are going before establishing communication.
I hate ragers,i hate formalities
I like GW2 PvP,i like jokes,i like Ranger
Im 26 yo and im Greek..I have a job so i can play after 20:00 everyday (Greece time,always confused me the other times).
Hey,just looking for a casual PvP guild..Im 25 rank right now i want to do some organized tournaments.Im not really confortable in using speaker and mic cause my english sucks,but if things get serious i geuss i will have to.
Wisp me ingame or PM.Please i dont want “serious” pvp guilds with huge sites,aplications and stuff..i hate formality and i like friendly people who dont rage and make jokes
Depends.if you want to take Undead runes,pick toughness,if you want to build vitality pick other runes and i geuss it will be fine.You can build vitality instead of toughness for survival.It was just an idea
Range as axe and slow attack speed
1.A chain skill.First dmg,second dmg,third chain dmg + criple
2.Throws an arrow attached to a string,Press again 2 to pull back your foe
3.Throw 3 arrows in cone infront of you doing dmg and healing your pet
4.Shoot an arrow in the neck dazing foe for a 0,5 sec and doing dmg
5.Knock back foes in meele range and gives protection to you and your pet for 3 secs
Greetings my friend.Welcome to the world of top level Rangers.
Its kinda easy to build a survival-condi Ranger since you boost some of your toughness with traits(toughness is in the same line with cond dmg trait line)..So you are in the right way imo.
Shortbow nowdays its number 1 weapon whatever build you are running and the most reliable Ranged option for any kind of dmg.But i would advise you to use Torch instead of Warhorn.
Also i saw that you bought a Shaman amulet.It gives some healing power too.Heres my though and my very enjoyable build in sPvP.
Choose the Beastmaster trait line and use jaguar-raven as pet.They do a lot of dmg.
So in the end boost Condi dmg-Healing power and toughness for survival.Pick some undead runes,5% of your toughness will become cond dmg,and here you go.Its my favourite build in PvP but i dont know how it works in PvE..Im hard to die in PvP since i got like 3k armor and i geuss it would be hard to die in PvE too.Also the healing helps in the survival.
You will have low hp tho.
In skills singet of the wild will help you and your pet (mostly your pet) to stay alive and the others are kinda optional depends in your playstyle.Many use QZ,many use Sharpening Stone,others prefer entragle,other Rampange as One..
I hope i helped you a little..
this build is awesome!!!!!
…if you find someone in a non strategic point you just ignore him.i mean how much do you earn by killing him?i dont remember..5 points?lets say you kill em all at once.25 points and they got a 15 sec respawn.You dont have to kill someone to win,its just cap and defend and thats what takes away my fun
I understand what you’re saying and I agree. I don’t find conquest to be very enjoyable either, but raising the kill value any amount that is substantial enough to matter would probably take away from the objective play for those who do enjoy the gameplay and strategic intriciacies that conquest mode offers. I think that they just need to implement a DM/arena gametype so that everyone will have something.
LoL did a conquest map and as i know it failed big time..People imo need the satisfaction of making an effort and be rewarded.Defending a base for a long time its giving you that satisfaction but i believe in every game and always killing>surviving
Pets being all functional.Hitting everyone-casting F2 fast-aoe dmg reduction.Thats the main problem with Rangers.They want to make him so much dependable in pets but the pets arent dependable at all
Stealth is a problem in every game..till wards come out or other ways to reveal the stealth.then the stealth dudes become extremely weak.I dont think that anyone can balance stealth
One day i did a swoop with my greatsword and i noticed something..My pet was way behind me and i almost could hear it saying to me “hey dude wait”.So i asked myself,why my pet cant just come with me.
While sometimes a saw it run so far that i loose eyesight and even his name in my screen.
I think that there should be a pretty large inv cone around Ranger.in 1500 range.In this cone the pet acts.everyone that is inside this cone must take the dmg from my pet.I swoop in you my pet comes with me and attacks you cause you are in my cone.Like an constant aoe..i mean it makes sense.What doesnt make sense is the fact that i must wait my pet to come to me to enter a battle and my pet misses.Why should my pet miss?if you dont want to have big dmg output just lower the dmg,not the change to hit.It a unique mechanic and Rangers depend on it.when i put some effort to drop someone in 100 life and just when is about to die from my pet hit,the hit misses is also a unique mechanic for Rangers.
I love pets,i never thought that the Rangers should be petless but i want to depend more on it.
Drakes have like 5 secs casting time in their F2?for what?make it instant and lower the dmg.
1 bunker can hold for a decent time 2 dmgers..so one team has 4 players to do cap-defend-whatever while the other has 3.in a 5v5 match the -1 matters.In LoL you dont have to be under a tower or in stragegic points to fight.But in GW2 if you find someone in a non strategic point you just ignore him.i mean how much do you earn by killing him?i dont remember..5 points?lets say you kill em all at once.25 points and they got a 15 sec respawn.You dont have to kill someone to win,its just cap and defend and thats what takes away my fun
I think the games are very focused in this cap-defend type..Thats why many builds that can make a undying guy (yes im talking for Guardians and Ele) or a teleporter (Mesmer-thief) outshine.In a 5v5 match you cant kill many and with the cds in their deaths you also cant kill em very often.It feels like kills are for weaking the opposite team.
I mean is very important for a team to be able to defend but is the best for fun.
Lets see a game like LoL,in fights,sure theres a guys that can defend with a lot of defense,also theres a guy who roams(jungler)..But theres also someone who can kill and all the other guys support him.Theres a really good reason to kill someone and the rewards are really good.
Its feels like if you could make 3 full defense tanks with perma stability the other slots would be little “ehh! ok i assume you can play since theres 2 slots empty to fill it with anything.”,“oh i see you won a very entertaining 1v1 battle.thats nice,but noone really cares.”
what does it means “everyone wants to play a sniper with a bow”?did you made some research or something or you just assume?i can believe that many ppl choosed Ranger for the ranged dmg but you choose also a game that every class has a ranged dmg option..think about it
i used to play BM very early in the game and worked just fine,tanky with a lot of dmg..actually i stuck 2 traits…BM 25 (5%healing to power) and 10% vitality to power..i got like 3k attack + a nice boost to heal and around 24k life..
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fMUQNAnXVnAVUFciF+VAaZAgz4QF/MaNWniRR9irSrC;TgAA1Ctoey8k4J7TunkPB
this is an old i changed it a little since the last updates.
Anyway im a fun of the BM Ranger.
Why use 2 cats?i prefer using one bird instead,for more diversity.cats are full dps pets but birds got a nice swifteness buff..or wolf for the awesome aoe fear.Ranger got so little utility skills with boons and cc and he depends in pets to get em.
let me understand this..Ranger didnt get any major dmg buff,just some fixes so that he can do the dmg more reliable and dont miss a lot.Both at his bows and meele pets…So hes OP now just because he can actually hit and miss less…….seems legit…
I ve always been a pet lover.In a friendly way..
Thank you Mr Peters
Stop arguing if the tests are “legit” or not..Thats ridiculous,its a forest and we are looking in one tree.
The OP did great job.
There are some serious problems that are not only affecting the Rangers,sure it affects more than other classes but its not just a Ranger problem.I believe it involves all the combat system as its designed.Seconly i believe hundred of Ranger bots come in and kittened everything..I dont excuse Anet,in these situations you make fast and risky steps cause theres a lot of other promising-coming soon mmo in the corner.
I understand the “we want to be carefull” policy but if Newton was “carefull” he wouldnt have been hit by that apple..
It would be really funny to see this in the next patch..
Now Signet of the hunt improves your swimming speed by 25%,the land speed stays the same,5%….
Every day i feel more and more sad..Its to late for me,i fell in love with my Ranger,save yourselves people
I wanna hear what the PvP community have to say about these videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPEbzNl_mDE&list=UL
Noone comment the close-open thread,fear of infraction..I would say it as i always say things.Straight and clear.If creating Ranger was MY work and someone showed me this videos :
1.I would be fired
2.I would be ashamed,and acknoledge that i didnt work hard enough
3.I would ask sorry from someone
Well even if you didnt care for the change,even if you think that it didnt changed much and was a fair desicion,you cant ignore the fact that there was not straight answers in this matter.
First was an animation glitch that noone ever saw it ,then a 7% nerf for a spammable,no fun ability and after this silence…Well some state that with QZ its slower.The fact that they dont come here to prove us wrong is very suspicious.
A simple “NO ITS NOT 30%,ITS 7% AS WE SAID” would be gold.
I dont think that they afraid to hurt our feelings,they surely got something to hide.In my opinion
Well if we speak in numbers.A broken trait took 3 months to be fixed…so find out how many traits are broken,add 3 months on each so i geuss we have a responce.But i repeat these are just cold numbers..
Ok guys,lets keep calm.Im frustrated,im frustrated cause i pay some euros for a game that i really like overall and im not getting 100% of my investment.My gain is fun..
I think that the people who work in this game must realize that they must keep the fun levels high no matter what..Although is more complex that it sounds you must take some risks in that directions.What im trying to say is that the Rangers in the current state can take much buffing without breaking the balance..
I mean devs must head to this directions and even risking to have something OP in Rangers..They must take huge steps cause right now almost every class has something really good EXCEPT RANGERS.
Lets see what LoL does..every so a new champion comes out and ofc almost every time its OP,eventually they are nerfing it and goes to a normal level..But still is a very succesfull game.
You must start from the top to bring down to normal something in games,you cant start from the bottom cause the fun goes away with the people
this prove that dueling is more exiting than this bad conquest-bunker-roamer thing that we are playing for 3 months now..
Aeri.5738
This makes me want to duell people to practice those situations.
Glad ANet finally gave us this possibility in the 13/3/7 patch!
When did they said that?
You know,im not a pro player..I never was that good in any game.I study Geology,i work right now.I return home from work,i put some sweet music and i play GW2.Just to relax,just to have some time with myself.
So i geuss i will never understand how Xeph feels.
But i have a principle that i will hold on no matter what….
I would never answer pre set questions in anyone.
If you want to talk with me you ll have the real me,not a “speaker”
ye ye whatever..
Here comes another animation fix in traps build….
Ok guys..im BM traited in pve and i can see that sometimes pet die pretty easily but not 80%..Its too much..And i use cats.I think its like 30%,but still is too much since you want your pet to do the dmg.And yes the master bond doesnt make sense..They lower the swap cd by passive trait and then they give the option to not want to swap your pet……..
Meanwhile devs are talking….“Rangers make totally sense,we did a great job.Give that female Drakehounds some underwater changes”
Lets think what a normal person would think about all this…“Lets see..Lets go and dig some threads in forums to see what the people need and where they have problems..Hmm interesting!They mentioned something about weapons-signets-shouts-spirits-pets…It was the 80% of the complains…Lets dig a little futher into this..Ok we found some issues indeed.Lets test it but dont mention something yet,we dont want to make the overpower..Lets give some small changes at a time to make them assure that we are working on it..”
Step by step the community fall in love with dev and the game offers a zillion of dolars-euro.
Now lets think how a company thinks
1.Phantom nerf(dont speak about it,whistle and keep walking)
2.No changes-fixes at all(We are testing ppl,get ready for some major changes)
3.BANG!!!!give that female Drakehounds some underwater buffs
I totally agree..They should buff more the spirits so we can build a strong bunker build..Maybe add more boons,i always felt that Rangers are lacking of boons…I think we are the only class that doesnt have any source of Retaliation boon.Maybe spirits should give more boons or just something else.The Swiftness boon is totally useless and the burning and the +10% are so ehh..They must be more defensive benefits rather than this minor offensives.
But first we need to fix weapons-pets-signets-shouts..Im feeling that this is the right order.
I geuss for devs is: phantom animation glitch – no change, testing – BANG!!! huge underwater buff
Then i’ll reject my opinion and return to my statement:
Rifles are far more superior than a Bow because of many obvious reasons, that which is already stated.Why Anet fails to see how broken this design is, I will never know.
They just made a huge mistake,they ignored the Ranger and focused on their favourites..Dont ever expet to turn and say “we are sorry guys”,they are a company.The apologies are for humans.they will ignore everything we say rather than deal with the elephant in the room
Longbow is a good weapon..That was stated by JPeters,who plays a Warrior……..
Riffle has a combination of Longbow and Shortbow best skills.Bleeding in autoattack(from all sides and more sec),rapid shotting,pushback,vunl and slow..think about it…they have the best skills of our bows with bullets,that travel faster.and ofc a 1500 range skill that does insane dmg…it would be so unfair if they didnt have the range too.
There shouldnt be a Ranger class in the game,or it shouldnt be in this way,or they should put more attention and work on it..but now they cant take it back.
I really hate the day that i bought this game and i trusted the Ranger concept..and its not a negative comment-whining its just MY opinion and a honest way to express my feelings
So?I was asking why someone will choose an weapon that shoot Arrows instead of one with bullets?What are arrows doing better than bullets?
+Bullets——passive pierce,faster
-bullets——dont know
+Arrows——-ehh i geuss they are going futher…long range or something
-Arrows——obstruct,miss,dodgeable,no pierce.
It seems that i cant delete a character to free some space.I have some characters lvl 2 that i use only for pvp and i cant delete them
yesterday,my Jaguar did on a warrior 9,8k dmg with one hit..(Ofc i was BM,ofc he had the haste debuff on him,ofc there was some might buffs).I love my pets but i feel that there should be a little less timing in their animation.Sometimes they used to not attack even when i was pressing F1 like hell,and sometimes they take a long patch to reach my target.
But i love them..Im a Ranger i suppose to have pet,thats my difference from warriors and thiefs.And some pets have nice skills that can make a lot of combos with the Ranger…Just not yet,they need some improvements..Some are allready done but theres still more
Pretty nice video friend.And what about PvE?I know that it works pretty well in PvP but im saying all this time that theres a very small change that youll have to chace down a mob.And as a beastmaster build i dont want the leaps but the might buff to my pet..
Its a very bad weapon,no matter how hard JPeters and some other guys are trying to prove us that elephants are pink and fly,its useless.Period