Guild Wars 2

@Taym.8326

Are you serious?Primal Reflexes(15sec CD), Vigorous Renewal(with Heal as one every 20sec 5 sec of vigor), Vigorous Training, Lightning Reflexes(40sec or 32sec)….

Y its so hard to keep vigor all the time..I dont say that it worth it but Rangers can defently do it…Combined with some other traits-skills-pet choices you can also keep protection 100% uptime

Or like stacking like 20might to yourself and goind in for a Maul..That would be crazy….
Activate signets=9
Swap weapon=3
swap pet=3
Jungle stalker F2=5
Total=20 might + 20% dmg increase with stability + 10% from Frost spirit…Thats crazy you know

My only concern is what i do next..I think it will be a suicide build

You know. you could take Elite Spirit and make it follow you with less trait investment..If classes like Eles and Mesmers are back to the game,conditions wont be such a problem…
I dont know, im just geussing..

I find some potential in power Rangers after patch..

Sol.4310:

Well I know for sure everyone will hate the new ranger build.

0/0/30/30/10 – Shamans – Healing Spring/Sun Spirit/Stone Spirit/Guard/Spirit of Nature/Fern Hound.

So Super bunker/condition spam – with perma regen and swiftnes + the Spirit of Nature and your looking at stupid amounts of healing. You add a guardian on top of that and you have one hell of mid bunker team.

First it was a passive healing build.Then a passive condi build..Now both of them…
Anet seriously wants us to use that Guard shout, even tho is so badly designed…Whos gonna have fun playing with this shout?Seriously?

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

google.3709:

New skins were adding to the tourney chest? : /

If not, i don’t understand the QQ about the Trick-or-Treat bags, If you have a decent win/lose ratio then you’re making decent money. and if you have been PvP’ing for more than 4 weeks, you should have the mats to craft w.e you need

I like to open tpvp chests and get random skins, thats the only reason to play tpvp.

I wish we could take Signet of Beastmastery, Enlargement and Bark Skin…Unstoppable Greatsword Ranger..Even without the empathetic bond when you have 50% damage reduction with stability,25% more dmg and a Maul that hits like a truck in 5sec CD…you are a beast

Marksmanship VI – Beastmaster’s Bond. Decreased the cooldown from 90s to 60s.
Hmm still i think that this trait needs some more work..maybe make it every time pets takes dmg,with internal cd of 90sec,or every time pets get hit gain 1 stack of might,or fury,or swiftness with a 10sec ICD..its still too RNG and most of the times you dont want your pet under 50% health

Atherakhia.4086:

Still no where near enough for a power Ranger. Shortbow is still a stronger power weapon it looks like at anything but max range (that can’t be maintained because there’s no kiting allowed in GW2). There’s still no reason whatsoever to use Remorseless. Especially not when Signet of the Beastmaster still exists. Moment of Clarity is still a VERY underwhelming trait. It needs to provide the damage buff for 5 seconds. Next hit has the same problem with remorseless…. we have no real burst! Maul is it. A 30pt trait just to make use of the hilt+maul combo?

These changes look like they’re just going to help the bunker and condi players out there. I’m not seeing enough impact on power builds.

What about the might stacking?Signets active-pet swap-weapon swap-RaO

Might stacking Longbow Ranger the new meta..Yes without Empathetic Bond, no need when you stack like 20 might

Ive tried it, many times.Shouts need some improvemets

I did some maths,not very accurate but i found some very interesting intel..Half dmg in half attack rate does more dmg than full dmg in full attack rate in the same timespace..And the adding of crit chance seems to benefit the faster paced attacks more than the slow ones.
Lets say we have a long cd heavy burst skill..If we have a 50% crit chance it has a 1 to 2 chance to hit for the crit dmg.In this long time that takes to recharge is better to invest to “if its hits it for crit, it must hit as hard as it gets cause it will take a long to recharge and it will get full potential of it”

While a “many hits” skill with the dmg seperated you must invest in criting as much as possible cause it separates the total dmg in many hits.

Lets say that both skills do 100 dmg
The first one in a long cd with one hit
The second in 10 hits with a shorter cd

With 50% crit chance the first has 2 dmg chances:100 or 150 (0 crit dmg boost)
With 50% crit chance the second has more chances to do more than 100 dmg but again it does less dmg than the first with the same crit chance (if the half hits crit the dmg will be 125..)So in the second skill its hard to stay in non crit base dmg of the first skill cause you got many chances to get a crit.You dont need hits to crit hard, you need to crit as much as you can cause your dmg will be less than a long CD crit but better than a long CD no crit.
If you had a 100% crit chance and 50% crit dmg both skills will do the same dmg, as crit chance falls the 10hits skills falls in total dmg…

I dont know if my assumptions are correct or my numbers are reflecting reality.Plz correct me if you like..
Enough brainstorming for tonight :P

I tried a standar 30/30/10 power build with Rampagers amulet and zerker jewel.
Longbow-Sword/warhorn with Sharpened Edges and Keen edge..
I found the dmg way much bigger than the standar Zerker build..
I dont know if its the bleeds but i get a feeling that fast attacks need more critical than the slow ones..
So the Rampagers with a almost 90% crit chance (with Fury) is better than 70% crit chance in Zerker build, even tho i lose 15% crit dmg.
I really dont want to do the maths
I just see it

Im really glad to hear this..Theres a reason streamers dont stream anymore and that reason still exist.
I wish you good luck but how can you find new streamers, how can you grow this channel when ppl are leaving?
Caed left recently and what tells you that even if you find 5 more streamers wont leave in the next week and youll have to find another 5?

Thank tho cause i still watch this channel and its good that someone is still trying

Yes this would be wonderfull and very interesting.
Yes this would be a huge buff.

Spirit Rangers actually now are fine.They are still braindead and boring but not as much OP as it used to be.And it has to do with the counters they found on their way..I would like to use spirits in a way Mesmers use portal….Without needing to go all the way to 30 points and pick 4 of them.I dont understand why other classes can take skills without needing to trait em for 3 major traits to make em strong.While Rangers have to invest at least 60 points to make a build viable for pvp..First you take Empathetic bond for 30 and then if you want Signets you must go another 30 to affect you as well and if you want spirits you must take 30 to follow you..Ppl never played Ranger dont know this but most of the Rangers hate spirits but we are forced to take em to be effective in a spvp match, otherwise other classes can easily take Rangers place..Its a “bring aoe rezz or gtfo” situation

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAT8YnIVUZZfFaBxahgofQTsC8/pIWs3zw/daC3A-TsAg0CnI2RtjbHzOSgsAN+YBx+DA

Great survivalbility without the need of Empathetic bond, you wont be impressed by the dmg but it can kill low armor builds.Ive tried a condition amulet but i found the dmg less cause you cant do much without a good burning source,such as spirit

Its a pressure almost unkillable build if played right..
Discuss

just a troll build..Trying new stuff instead of playing braindead spirits

A thief can spent 5 initiative to deliver 4k dmg in one second,evade and steal a boon from a 3100 armor target..

Seems legit

Many have state the moba word..I wont.Making an mmo moda isnt possible imo.
What i really want is the core mechanics that make the moba succesfull pvp games.With the great combat system of GW2 it could make a great pvp game..
The core mechanics imo are:

Leveling your character through the match..Everybody starts from the same point but depending on the circumstances you adapt your playstyle.You are being rewarded that way for playing good while the ones playing bad are left behind.Not much, just a little..

Conquest is fine..Mobas are not arenas, are not Deathmatch..Still killing a player rewards more than the current killing in GW2..So you have in your mind the greater goal but you know that to get there you have to kill some ppl.In the current conquest mode killing is viable only on points, its not necessary,you can just let your enemy go..I dont like the absolute killing mode on arenas (the first one who dies loses the match, its almost imposible to win when you are 1v2,2v3,4v5).Still you must spread the pvp in the whole map..

Some ideas:
Points should be in the same distant..No need for the far point, its too risky and mid sometimes becomes too zergy

No regen when out of combat, make places where ppl can go and regen there or to use their own regen skills

Skills and traits are unlocked as you gain points..Capping and holding rewards you with points as well as assisting and killing

No need for new maps, keep the one you got.

thank you

I did a format and i saved the GW2 in the other partition, yesterday things were alright.Now when im trying to start the client it says to me that i have no internet, which is not true ofc.I tried to dl again but it still says to me “downloading failed, please check your internet connection”

shimmerless.4560:

Kentrey.3251:

The one reason i came to Gw2 last year was because i hear about the amazing pvp oriented game. Gotta admit i wanna backhand whoever said that.

Same. Part of me feels even worse though because deep down I think I tricked myself.

Come on..You made me realize it too..It was better believing that devs tricked me

Its not the stun, animations with hammer are SO obvious..Its the healing signet that needs nerf, they wont, they prefer putting in every class a huge amount of poison than nerfing what they buffed

Y i agree theres no pvp mmo out there…….yet.You know a lot mmo are coming soon, we will see.If GW2 had a solid pvp i wouldnt bother checking and spending money in other games but as i said, it doesnt, and it would take a long time to have even if it started tomorrow(which it wont)

JPeters stated yesterday in ESL tourn chat that they want to release the next balance patch in 12th dec…They want means that they may not make it.And its a balance patch, pvp besides balance takes nothing.
Seriously, you so dont care about pvp at all..and you cant prove the opposite now, noone believes you

Its a major question that i think every dev in every game should ask himself..

“Why someone should play this game?”

You should have fun playing a game but you ALWAYS must have a reason, you want to kill a boss, you want to see the end of the story, you want to gear up and do more dmg, you want to climb up a leaderboard, etc.Noone play a game just to get better..

“Today i will log in and im gonna increase my skill” said noone

“Today im gonna farm some glory to buy new skins that i can use in pvp only”said someone once, he bought em and never said it again

“Today im gonna play some soloq ranked games to increase my rating”said someone for 14 times, then he akitten and stayed at 1 for like forever.

Its pretty clear that this isnt an AAA pvp game as many said before release (dont make me find those videos on youtube)

I know the devs may say “yes we know there are problems but we do care about pvp, and balance patch will come soon, etc etc”

As long as you cant say with a solid statement that this game IS a AAA esport material you cant also say that this wasnt a marketing move to lure dissapointed pvp players.

Sorry for the judgimental tone.I have no intention to be offensive, i just want some clarity on some major things.
I saw some videos on youtube that were advertising this game with some specific statements that werent true at the release and not even now after 1 year.

I pay some money for this game and i support it as much as i could cause i believed that i could play this game in semi-competitive level, cause i wanted to have a great experience in pvp..
How do you think i feel now?

What reason do i have to still log in and play pvp?

Top players left.I saw ELS yesterday and most of the matches were boring as hell.(500-150).

Small population.

Same game mode over and over.

Ppl are exploiting ranks.

Leaderboards are bad and doesnt provide true skill(why should i try to be in the top 1000?).

I cant buy Custom Arena cause i pvp.

Soloq has bad matchmaking and in the end i cant carry my team.

Boring rewards, im tired of farming glory and making dyes to earn gold, or taking skins.

So what is there for me?What should i do?Should i continue playing just cause its “fun”?How many times should i kill or get killed by the same guys?Should i just go to living story pve when every week something new pops out?Or should i just quit?
Im asking for a solid reason to still play pvp

taking back the 60% buff is stupid, i mean its like they are just throwing things out there..“lets put 60% and see what happens,oh lets remove 20%,it was too much lets put another 10%,i get it now,we should remove 5% and then buff for 15%”

Taking buffs back is a wrong..
What they need to do is make spirits less visible and dont force ppl to take 4 spirits and trait for 30.
Its a common problem with Rangers, when they need to specc for something they need to go all the way down the traitlines.Signets-Spirits-Traps….Everything needs 30 traits in some traitline.
Skills like spirits are too weak without the proper traiting.So if you invest 30 points and 3 major traits for some current skills you are forced to fill every slot you have with them.Otherwise traits are wasted..
Spirits doenst need nerf or something, its the Ranger that needs buff

Hey noone noticed my great skill skins idea..
How about a Warrior screams something special while doing hundred blades?(like “you are dead meat” or something)
How about Thieves Guild elite skill put out 2 Quaggan thieves to fight for him?
I dont think that gold will save tpvp.The fun is the first and main reward

custom arena tokens
special skins that you can use in pve too
gold
skill cosmetic skins (like thiefs basilisk venom makes you a statue,Rangers Rampage as one change his apperance in something cool, like LoL when changing skins some skills effects change too)It would be awesome but i geuss it requires too much work..

Eurantien.4632:

There isn’t a high enough population for people to run things that aren’t FoTM. Like condi medic thief with a spirit ranger owns all but no one knows that because who would dare run a condi thief? There are elementalist, mesmer, ranger, and guardian builds that can own warriors but people don’t use them because they don’t fit in with the rest of their 4 teammates running meta.

And also, a lot of people aren’t great. So they cannot win when they need skill and need a full counter spec instead which just isn’t really possible most of the time.

This, this and this..I totally agree.But one reason for this low population aint the boring builds?

i dont like the Spirit of Stone dat much,it doesnt fit..
With this build you are gonna be tanky and you are gonna have a nice sustain dmg but pvp is all about team..
You are tanky———Guardians,Spirit Rangers are tanky too and bring support to the team
You have sustain dmg————Well S/D thiefs have more dmg(almost burst) , a lot of evades and Shadow Refuge.

So it comes down to what can you offer to a team that other classes cant..And what can you do that a team will find usefull enough.
Sure you will be able to 1v1 Mesmers eventually but in pvp selfish builds dont do well

why not just throw pvp items somewhere and dyes come out..?why we have to open the chest, salvage and go to mystic forge to make the dyes?Why the pvpers have to push like one million clicks?Why Anet?Why?

im sure they will remove it..There are some traits-skills that need some changes, im sure in time they will fix em

Great build, even tho i do sPvP mostly i can see the potentials..One thing i would change, i will drop the hunters tactics and go for the Martial Mastery

Come on Sensotix..Its silly to say “ask me dude, i know the way”…The 90% and the 10% are just numbers that came from your head, its nothing reasonable or objective in them.

So everyone need to say how they feel and its up to the devs to weight things over.
Its not right to treat casuals that way.
As Allie said they listen to reason and objective feedback.The end

The Good
Nice tooltip info

The Bad
Many bugs

The Missing
Amulets-runes-sigil changes
Balance changes,(still the same builds)
Rewards

1)Build diversity in roles (not 2 condition viable builds)
2)Game modes
3)Leaderboards

Well this kinda of behavior its what makes psychologists rich..Have you ever heard of the narcisistic behaviour?
Ok it may not go that far for you but its a good start..

Allie gave a excelent answer to that and i respect Anet for this philosophy.

Its completly different to not hear the hasty and confused opinion some ppl may have sometimes from be expected to be given a throne were you can bless us with your knowledge..
Grow up, its a game

Agree 99% with Xsorus..
Bears are defently more tanky than Drakes, so i feel more comfortable using Protect me with Bears
Also Devourers have an autoattack with 2 attacks, thats mean that with RaO you get 2 stacks of might every 1 sec, i know that its not a reason to pick over spider but sometimes with a good might stacking party is usefull

Bredin.5368:

I just hope that when we do get some Anet communication in the forum, we don’t act like jerks and try to keep conversations and comments mature and productive. I got the feeling that even Robert didn’t post here often because he would be crucified made comments that the some of the more vocal posters didn’t agree with.

Y i remember him saying that Rangers dont have the burst a thief has but they are more tanky..I dont know but i think that devs arent allowed to say things like that.They cant give dates and they dont want us to know what they think of classes, if a dev admit that Ranger doesnt have burst everybody will go crazy and say “we want burst”…So to avoid this they say minimum.Thats the way big companies work imo
Anyway lets stay on topic cause they will delete it

Last dev comment in Rangers forum was Robert Hrouda 6 months ago..And hes no longer in Anet team..Come on, we have any right to feel neglected here

So we cant have active use to another pets ability cause there will be to many things to press..

Ok.

How about then combine another skill to the F2.

Like Wolfs fear also knock down in a small area
Moas F2 also heal for a smaller amount
Spiders F2 also throw a poison field
Devourers when using the F2 first pushback foes in a small area and then cast it
Bears F2 make it immune to dmg for a while
Felines cause inv when using F2
Birds give aoe swiftness with F2
Drakes use the tail swipe and also cast the current F2 skill.It spins around and unleash a aoe depending on which drake it is..Something like Thiefs Dagger storm animation without too many spins, just one
Pigs charge and at the end of it find a random whatever

Did i forgot something?

Adjust some CD and dmg values to not make it OP and here you go..Pets feel more of a extention to ourselves than a thing that we must micro manage all the time with F1-F3, and lose some hits in the meanwhile…
I know even if its decided to be done we cant expect it by the end of 2013 but it wont hurt to throw some ideas out there..

PS
We are sad cause we have a long time to see a red topic in our forum, dont know if other class forums have but you used to talk to us.What happened?

I think that we still need a little more hp buff tho..Especially for birds and cats

Ill take my time and wait for some major traits to be fixed..But i want to experiment with something in spvp and WvW(even tho i dont play a lot)….Ive seen 2 major issues that a Ranger can take advantage.
1.A lot of access in immob (spiders with malicous training can chain a 11sec immob)
2.Pretty good Vigor aoe sharing, its rare for this boon to be shared aoe, most classes are keeping it for themselves

Can we fix the gamebreaking ones first..its kinda annoying.Tooltips may came later as long as they do what they suppose to do

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/buffing-fernhound-s-f2-first-fix-it/first#post3029045

I just used Fern Hounds F2, went on CD but no heal or regen..It was right after swaping

Plz no more balance changes guys, enough..we allready have enough broken skills.

There are a few tooltip errors too..Lets focus on the gamebreaking first

The Malicious Training doesnt work on every pet..In some pets increases the cond duration in some others it doesnt…
The pets that doesnt increase are
Krytan Drakehound
Marsh Drake
Murellow
Cave Spider(only F2)

Vigorous Training doesnt work at all
Hide in Plain sight triggers everytime is on CD