Guild Wars 2

Valentin.2073:

Dardamaniac.1295:

its still too early..i would say that ive tried some power builds in spvp and they seem to work but the are too selfish to compete the standar spirit build..

power ranger is still viable. believe me. i’ve just beaten a warrior and a thief playing zerker in tpvp. that was a 1v2 fight. :P

I didnt said that its not viable.I said that Spirits is still better for your team…

if Rangers still play spirit builds i wont watch..

its still too early..i would say that ive tried some power builds in spvp and they seem to work but the are too selfish to compete the standar spirit build..

yes it is..combined with the sigils of purity gives a fair great cond removal..no more need for EB imo

Deal with it..The OP things wont be balanced..There will be always OP things..especially with GW2.

LoL do it and its totally fine..
Every time a new OP cheesy heroe is out teams ban him and GG

I tend to believe that a ban system will work well in GW2 sPvP..
Before the match starts the team captains can ban 3 traits.Captains will be able to see both team composition

I think is a good way to get rid of OP and cheesy traits in this game and not affect the pve-WvW part of the game..

This is sad
Inb4 thread closed

Give to Rangers weapons access to immob.

We need to counter so many gap closers that is hard to stay ranged in spvp

Still the damage is too low..Dont overestimate the regen…combined with an other source of healing thats not a boon is something..(Warriors healing signet).the healing from Signet of the wild is too low.
Imo you need to put more dmg into it..

Still a nice build to play probably

I like the idea of Aspects, to be honest i would like any idea..Pets as they are now are a burden..
But in the other hand i dislike the idea of waiting for something too long..GW2 got a lot of problems that took away my interest in this game.
I dont want to create more i want to fix the alrdy existing in a small timeframe so i can log in again with excitement..

azuzephyr.7280:

Lordrosicky.5813:

Besides it really doesn’t matter. You guy have waited 2 years for a pvp patch so what is an extra couple of months?

An extra couple of months = time enough to get bored and move to greener pastures set to release soon. Now I’ll be honest, I think GW2 is a better game than anything else in this genre coming out soon, but that doesn’t mean it’s good enough or that it will indefinitely retain even me who is in support of it, pvp is very un-fun atm, highly frustrating and that isn’t what you should expect from a leisurely pass time.

ESO looks grim, poorly animated and just generally not my thing, Wildstar looks alright but I just don’t personally feel the future cyborg vibe. GW2 looks better than either of them mechanically, but you can’t look past the glaring problems here like it’s fine.

It’s like driving a Porsche along the French valleys while someone punches you in the back of the head all the way; technically you are getting something great but the experience is being ruined. And even if the new car models coming out in the next few months don’t appeal to you quite as much as your Porsche does, you might just take one out for a test drive and see how it feels to not get punched constantly.

15char
You made me cry bro..Im not the only that feels this way…

When im thinking “lets play some GW2” i also remember all that waiting ive done for great balance patches..The immob stacking patch was the best imo…..Ive waited for like 8 months for totally nothing.And they went on the forums saying “let the meta settle”..

Keep that in mind while you are waiting folks

Specific Game Mode
sPvP

Proposal Overview
My ideal aproach of pets will be a Ranger shooting arrows from a distance while the pet is in the middle of the fight supporting the Ranger and the allies with buffs, boon etc.

Goal of Proposal
Pets diversity..Reduce the frustation when you expect some of your damage to be made by your pet and it misses a lot

Proposal Functionality
The ranged damage is lower in this game cause of the risk being meele close to the boss aoes..You take out some of pets damage and you are adding it in a aoe around it.

Examples: Cats give aoe fury on every crit..No need for selfish skills, reduce the damage and add more support in every pet.Birds can give aoe swiftness, bears aoe cond removal on hit, wolf fear enemies on hit etc etc.

Associated Risks
Exept the buffing and nerfing adjustements we need to rebalance-rework some F2 skills.If a wolf has a 5% chance to fear on hit for example the F2 must be changed.Maybe you can put there the knockdown.

jcbroe.4329:

It’s a whole bunch of changes that don’t in their totality even remotely address the balance equilibrium whatsoever.

The weakest part about ranger power builds, or the thing they are lacking the most, especially with the underwhelming burst options outside of Greatsword, is the inability to remove protection/regen/stability/etc. If we had a reliable, consistent way of removing boons like protection, then even in their current state, power builds would immediately become more viable than they ever were.

It is why thief and mesmer burst builds are so strong; they have readily available means of removing protection so that they can guarantee their maximum damage output. Warriors not so much, but Healing Signet and good damage coefficients and stability access gives them ridiculous staying power in order to keep in an opponents face until they have an opportunity to deal their burst damage.

The other issue is Empathic Bond. No ranger player in their right mind is going to stop running Empathic Bond in PvP or small scale WvW because of the plethora of condition spam and the lack of valuable removal options outside of Empathic Bond.

Until either of these issues are addressed, ranger builds will stay largely unaffected unless the weapons get retooled.

I have to disagree in some points..Prot is getting countered by vuln…Longbow and Greatsword have some good access to vuln..

And LR removes 3 very hurtfull conditions from Ranger in a good CD..Its will be ok for an “oh kitten” skill..

I have to see the dmg that the maul will make and its reliability, cause if its high enough im pretty sure that some ppl will glady ignore the cond removal

i see some potentials on this new moment of clarity..

A x/30/30/x/x Ranger with a zerker amulet, Empathetic bond, moment of clarity and a Greatsword can hit for about 3,5 k dmg with maul..
If we assume that Signet of Beastmastery becomes an elite skill you can pick signet of the hunt and deliver an 7k maul…

The changes feel good for me..

Sneakier.9460:

Valentin.2073:

15k? is that for real?

On sPvP i hit a thief with a 10k maul, you can only have 60% critical damage in sPvP so in WvW am not suprise biggers hits can be achieved

Me too..10k is the highest ive ever reach with Maul in sPvP…
Too glassy tho..And i was getting a feeling that i was a burden

Dat aquaman patch left a scar..

Anyway its a step in the right direction, we cant deny this..Also it says the whole responsiveness not only the F2, they are using it as an example only.
Also they mention that it will be easier to command.

I know, i wont hold my breath about this..I geuss this improvements will be very minor.Like increasing pets speed for 5% or something.

Thats they way Anet delivers balance patches so far…
We receive the first pet improvements after half a year and we are receiving some new after 1 year and a half…Minor changes and very slow..

And we are talking about pets, the core mechanic of this class..Imagine when we will see improvements into shouts for example.

heal as one is the worst heal in the game..Y we know it.
So many patches and no improve at all..

I remember a balance dev searching for like one minute for a Ranger trait in a livestream..
I believe that they dont that the skill exists at all…..

Hi i mainly sPvP and my main is a Ranger

I wont suggest something, ive already said enough..

There are plenty of them in Ranger forums.What have you doing so far?Do we need a special CDI to suggest things?Dont you read what we say in Rangers forums?

So you increased attention now and what?
We keep suggesting a thousand ideas that you dont want to or cant do?

You may consider giving us some info on what you thing the problem is and on what area you can work on..

I wont be suprised if Anet thinks that Rangers are ok and have no idea why we picked em..
If this is true it has no meaning and its unfair for all of us to take this seriously..

Dalanor.5387:

Wintel.4873:

Ele’s? What about Ele’s???

Wait for your turn after they done with rangers.

They wont be done with Rangers for a long time..Baby steps and adding 3% more dmg on some weapons it will take forever to even consider Rangers a good class to play..The Rangers are doomed to be the biggest failure cause they have a monster AI as their core mechanic..As long as this mechanic exist Rangers are gonna be one dimentional and weak.

So i wouldnt hold my breath either for Ranger either for Eles..We will all probably move on another game…

Ive never played GW1 but this seems interesting..

The pets are a major problem since day 1 for GW2..I dont know if i want pets or not but certainly the way they are now i would prefer anything else instead.

Im not sure if Anet can bring pets to a place where they are functional enough for someone to enjoy playing the Ranger class..And if they cant it will be better to remove em than keep defending a bad mechanic

someone to rescue her!
/15char

After a year and a few months of this game and you need to ask?

Does anyone of you play the game?

And if Rangers come first what are you planning to do?
Add 1% dmg to Longbow?

Whats the point of giving you feedback if you think that small things like fury on crit on Eagle Eye is too much?

What can i suggest to someone that thinks that fury on crit on the Eagle Eye is too much?
What can i suggest to someone that put such a bad design in his game (pets) and he kept defending it, nerfing it and providing such a little help on it (wow now Bears F2 cleanses 2 conditions instead of 1, wow awesome)?

You should consider that too…

1.Ranger (pets are by far the worst mechanic in this game, still after 1 year the improvements are not helping much)

2.Ele

3.Mesmer

I wonder..

You can use Rampage As One with anything
You can use Natures Spirit (mostly on spirits build but its strong even without traiting)
You can use Entragle with anything

Who gonna use this elite without 3 signets?Even tho i like it as idea i dont think it will open more build possibilities…You will NEED again to take 3 signets…

“Here, take an elite skill that does NOTHING as long as you dont have 1 signet equipped”

I dont think that this is happening to any class right now..
Thieves use the Basilisk Venom with anything, not only with venom traiting…

That constant NEED of taking ONE kind of skills and heavy traiting em is ridiculous…

i would love this for my Ranger too..

they will rework sigils-runes..They wont leave it this way.I geuss they will increase some ICD so we cant be sure by now..

y, no way a standard trap build..Nice video

caveman.5840:

really it does not affect pvp? my mistake .
but don’t get me wrong element and mesmer could use some kinda buff
but i don’t think nerfing thief every time there is a problem is the answer

Yes nerfing thieves is the right way to go..Ele and Mesmer are already very strong….

I think too that Spirit Ranger is in a good place right now..

I really hope that they will do the same with Empathetic bond as they did with Spirits unbound..

Wow..
I didnt knew that so many ppl acknowledge that Rangers have major problems..

Spirit Rangers is a viable build for spvp but its so boring that everyone is hating it..Now with the few nerfs is in a fine place..

Still Rangers need more viable options away from the constant NEED of Empathetic Bond for cond removal and the NEED for high toughness amulets…

I dont think that its too hard to fix em as soon as you realise those 2 problems….

Nice to see a dev post in this thread..

I thought of it and i dont see any reason for Remoseless to be a Grandmaster trait..

Beastmaster’s Bond is a worthless trait cause its uncontrolable (you can decide when your pet will reach 50%) and it has a low benefit compared to other adept traits..

We need a little help with Guard shout

Pets need a massive help..Its the first thing i will change-improve…

Thank you for your time

Soilder.3607:

Aveneo.2068:

This game would have been better off if the Thief class had never existed. Stealth in and of itself is inherently broken in most MMOs and giving one class access to a dynamic initiative system while keeping all others on a static cooldown system was a recipe for disaster.

Thief has to rely so much on stealth to get anything done as an old man has to rely on his cane. And personally I find the Thief class very unfun both playing one as well as playing against one as there is little to no counterplay involved.

+1

Agree..
But i have to add that almost everything in GW2 has no counterplay…
How do you counterplay the Healing signet?
How do you counterplay the no obvious animation condi hell from Necros?
How do you counterplay the autoattack from Spirit Rangers?

Agree with the OP..
Take a look at this pic

thief did more dmg than Ranger..Rangers Longbow attack speed is 1sec and must be at max range for max dmg..

Thief did a leap, a gap closer and huge dmg..

Sol got some very solid points..He is right actually.

But the power Ranger is the one that needs the most help right now..Ask again Grouch and let us know if he will say again that “power Ranger is fine”…

^^ this..

I totally agree, its time for everyone i think to face the truth..GW2 had potentials but it failed in many aspects in the end..

totally agree..
Perma stow aint an option..
Ppl saying that 40% is transfered to our pets is untrue..

But still the current design is bad..And they said that it was worst a few patches before so i dont see a fix in the near future.Anet must make something drastic with pets, must find an easy and fast solution so pets wont feel a burden..

Fror.2163:

Dardamaniac.1295:

Dungeons should be all about 5 guys forming a party, communicate and having fun with the dungeon…Thats a “mature” approach..

Well, just create a LFG that goes that way. Also, read the FAQ, given your answers you still haven’t done that simple thing.

For the last time, i dont want to make my own LFG….I just find selling paths a very very bad thing….

Am i clear now?

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Dardamaniac.1295:

Sanderinoa.8065:

I dream of a world in which people visit the dungeon forums for any reason which does not involve insulting/blaming people or just plain ignorance.

As long as you support selling Arah paths dont exept ppl to take you seriously…

Gathering gold is noobish-childish activity…..

Anet is fine with the selling of dungeon paths for gold as long as the sellers do not use exploits, or kick people to sell their slots. It requires skill to solo a dungeon without exploiting, so… Well, I don’t see your point.

It shouldnt be fine…My point is we bought this game to have fun playing it…Weres the fun when you know that you can also achieve something without even trying…..

“Look i ran a lot of times the Arah but i finally got my gear, i had fun with many guys and on my way there i met some interesting players”

“look i payed 20 g for Arah gear….Y awesome”

Is the first sentence crazy to you?

Dungeons should be all about 5 guys forming a party, communicate and having fun with the dungeon…Thats a “mature” approach..

One guy exploiting this bad designed dungeon and selling it to other guys just for the gold is totally noobish…..

“kitten , i have like 1000 gold”

Sanderinoa.8065:

I dream of a world in which people visit the dungeon forums for any reason which does not involve insulting/blaming people or just plain ignorance.

As long as you support selling Arah paths dont exept ppl to take you seriously…

Gathering gold is noobish-childish activity…..

Its even more stupid than Healing Signet…
In Power builds with Signet of Beastmaster trait the passive feels worthless
In cond BM builds the active feels worthless..Its the casting time and the unreliability of the pet that does it..

Sooooooooo bad design..Sooooooo little thought on Rangers signet……….

Is it true that this immob buff came out of nowhere…

I found 2 logical explenations..
1.Anet doesnt care what we say, they found it right, they did a terrible job…

2.They prepare some new gamemodes that the immob stacking would be vital.Or it will determine fights etc…It has to do with the new upcoming gamemodes in general

DanSH.6143:

The funny thing is that 10% isn’t even high, power rangers deal so little damage than it basically does nothing, it will still heal a lot less than Healing Signet.
But I think something like that should be a trait, and leave the signet as it is.
Changing the signet will nerf to the ground all roamer BM specs, which will be very bad to rangers since it’s one of the only viable specs in wvw.

Maybe by adding also condition dmg into the 10% lifesteal..A 600 burning will heal you for 60 hp/sec, aint bad imo…

Its stupid giving us an active and then forcing us not to use it..

“its right there but do not use it, its more fun not using stuff”

Hi!
After i reached 80 with my main i was doing mostly spvp..Just a few dungeons with guildies just for fun..
The other day i said " Lets do some Arah" i made only one path in the past so i was looking forward to do some more..
I used the LFG tool and i found only dudes selling them and some other that said “Warrior-Mesmer Zerkers only”…My main is a Ranger….

The first shock was big.Hey is this a failure or not?
Whatever
I had the impression that dudes were selling paths by carrying the party, means he knows well what to do and how to move in the dungeon so he can carry us noobs till the boss…
But no..The second shock was even bigger…
I payed, i entered and i waited at the entrance for the tokens and the gold…
He was a thief and he was kitting the boss in 1% till the party was full to end it…….

Ok…Are you serious?
How much fail is this game?I payed 60 euros for this kitten?sPvP is fail but i thought was because Anet put more focus on pve and stuff..
So this is what Anet wanted for dungeons?One to solo it and sell it?Did they wanted a few classes to dominate while others just sit there and watch?

You took a great gameplay from the designers team and you turned it into kitten..GJ

Lexandro.1456:

No because as I said we already have the same effect with life steal. Life stealing as a skill is essentially necromancers ability, not a rangers.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Life_stealing

I got this idea from LoL.Essentially the only way for the ranged AD to survive and stay in teamfights is the lifesteal…They have some ways of escaping, avoiding skill shots but you will no doubt take some cleave dmg..Escaping also means that you also do 0 dmg..So there must be a way to take some healable dmg from cleaves in order to deliver as much dmg as it needs to kill the target..

Coarr.3286:

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.

I would say that Ranger has a lot of access to some self healing traits-traits and regen.Is it enough altho?Hambow Warriors are able to take Zerker amulet and be tanky enough cause they have a strong (passive) healing skill, it doesnt requires healing power investment and it takes only one healing slot…
In Ranger you must try to combine a lot of defensive traits-skills to be close to a what healing signet can do..

I mean running 30 points in BM traitline for Natural Healing(it doesnt scales with healing power), you must probably take Natures voice and Guard to keep 100% uptime regen and Signet of The Wild for another 64 hp/s..Without a clerics gear you wont get any close to what a Healing signet warrior can do…And with Cleric you lose about 70% of dmg

Lexandro.1456:

10% would be seriously OP. Thats much higher effectiveness than healing sig for warriors, which is already a problem. A barrage and rapid fire attack would give you way more healing than the standard healing skills on a much shorter cooldown.

And we already have a feature in the game for that with life steal, which can be added to any weapon.

agree..10% is too much….The number can be changed.Do you like it as an idea?

Chokolata.1870:

you would make it worthless for non power specs then. How about you buff its base value instead and slightly tone down the scaling off HP?

IT SHOULD be worthless to non power specs..Cause its stupid to have it just for the passive…The non power Specs take it and never use the active….

In power specs tho it will be good to use it with Signet of Beastmaster when you dont take so much dmg