I been into GW2 and GW2 only since its release but recently i tried TERA and i love the archer there, wish i could enjoy the ranger here but i don’t, is my main and all but is just bad.
I don’t think no one have asked this question in the forums or at least i haven’t see the subject been bough to light. How will the coming Berserker changes affect rangers? I mean classes like warriors do lot o damage we all know that, a reduction in 10% crit damage might not be much but what about rangers?
I might be wrong but our damage is lower than other classes by a wide margin and now a 10% reduction in critical dmg, doesn’t this change once again affect the ranger more than any other class?
lol i remember, i played wow when hunters sucked, to be honest i stopped playing just before lich king arrival so i never saw the new changes to ranger and such, not many of them. But yea the Hunter forums were full of complains, riots, protesting and everything. Even famous rangers at the time with 2k+ arena rating protested and got banned, forgot the name of the guy. When he got banned the forums became crazy with spam and messages to free him lol, it was caos. But i think all was worth it, AoE dmg reduction (i played at that time and did saw that change) were very nice, dont know why Anet cant implement something similar, would probably fix a lot of wvw problems with pets and dungeons.
the pet, the bow, the signet..i even dont want you in my group
Sums up the whole thread and “issue”
:)
lol i was in open world, obviously i am going to use the signet. Anyway im not the best but no one have a problem with me been in a group and always say compliments or whatever.
i run with 20/20/5/25, some people put those 5 points into MM but i like the endurance regen, i use shortbow and sword/warhorn and is very good. I use knight armor to have some toughness but i do ok damage, very ok build plus you can change to spirits if needed since you have 25 in that traitline. The build could probably also work in wvw, i hate respecting everytime im step in wvw so i just go in and probably swap some weapons like maybe axe for zerg bag farming or greatsword.
people that say there are lot of whiners here, this and that really haven’t played much the game. Yes rangers are playable in a way, yes my main is a ranger and i always come back to him after a few days playing my other classes (mesmer, guardian, warrior is lvl 40 only) but once you play other classes you really start to notice how much the class (ranger) is lacking and after 1.3 years i honestly not keeping my hopes up for fixes to the ranger class. Just learn to embrace that the ranger class do suck and it wont get better, it will probably only get worse.
you guys think i can use this in fractals and dungeons? This build seem like it might be useful in wvw kinda but well i hate having to respec all the time. If not well ill stay with the build everyone kinda use for PvE with spotter and all that
I tried it, yesterday ~1200 dmg with crit on lvl 80, today ~800 dmg.
wow that is too much, i dont know like i say i respec a lot so i didnt notice much change but if this is true well i suppose once and for all i will put ranger to rest, like seriously what else are they going to nerf?
I wouldn’t be surprise because well like the other guy said is not the first time they nerf SB to make longbow looks good
well i dont look at numbers and such but i went to my farming spot and seem to be doing kind of the same damage it always did. I respec a lot tho (i did yesterday like 30 times no joking lol) so my damage fluctuate a lot depending on build but i didnt notice anything weird.
you know i respect like 20 times yesterday because i just cant find that sweet spot, i find it with mesmer and guardian, i knew what i wanted to do and how i wanted it to be geared and such but ranger i cant and yet another nerf? Now what im going to do, go Axe main hand LAWL
plz tell me this is a f… joke. I have been using the SB since the beginning even after all the previous nerf because i love it, i just cant use longbow. SB already do a lot less damage than other classes, i have more prec, crit and power in my ranger and my mesmer is way better (that is why i am gearing it with ascended and have been using it lately more) but another nerf? Come on seriously, if you want people to stop playing this class just say it
been playing my mesmer in the last week and honestly i am liking it again, i am gearing it (ascended) and well i love my ranger and all but i think my main character will change, cant take all this BS with the rangers. But year mesmer are very good and fun
sometimes i wonder if they even test this stuff lol, i know they dont care for rangers but come on seriously. I tried the water spirit even spec for them to follow and all, what a piece of garbage, animation to cast, animation to cast the heal, plus animation to cast the other spirits, plus it doesnt even heal that much. Worthless, seriously i have been using my Mesmer n guardian a lot more in fracs and dungeons and honestly i will keep it that way. Love rangers and all but the class is a mess and honestly it have been a year of promises and nothing
lol rangers, didnt you get the memo to reroll warrior or any other class? Rangers suck, pets suck and will always suck and even more with the upcoming patch nerf on endurance regen.
the nerf is huge, it will hurt a lot. Same happen with quickness remember, it was a nerf for “every class” but it affected rangers more than anyone well same will happen here. Again just another patch full of nerf for an already struggling class, well honestly not like i was expecting much from the devs and i dont know why you guys keep your hopes up after all this time (1.5 years) with the same, nerf and nerf and nerf.
I still use shortbow, i try and try to get the feel of the longbow but i just cant use it, too slow for me and sucks. Sadly SB i dont think will receive must changes, the class overall is receiving more nerfs than anything so doubt it.
i didn’t even want to comment, lost all hope seriously. No change to shortbow, sword or any of the real problems the class have, the change to the spirit trait is nice but doesnt make them better, they will still be useless and people wont use them.
Overall the patch is a big nerf to the class, they put up some nice things to try to cover up the nerf and some people felt for it. Same happen to quickness remember? yea it was for “everyone” but the class that was most affected was Ranger. Same with vigor, the only good thing probably that we have is dodging and avoiding dmg now we wont be as good while warriors and others vigor abilities, as someone else said, are not been touched. Then is just rangers that are getting the nerf, because is so overpowered, those 5 points in WS is one of the only useful traits we have.
some changes are good, others are meeh but overall i consider this another huge nerf to an already weak class. Why? because as a ranger we rely on dodging, yes apparently they are nerfing vigor regen on all classes but like the nerf to quickness some months back it affect this class more than any other probably so yet again we are getting hit with the nerf bad and hugely.
I wouldnt change all the fixes and “buffs” in this coming patch for the 25% in endurance regen, is just too important.
looks right, like the guide but i saw a version earlier with a little more toughness. i think he had some chavaliers trinkets. wonder if that is viable.
so i just got to 80 on my thief. So now i need to geared him and all that but i want a build that is useful in PvE, wvw zergs and small fights (even tho i dont do that much).
i saw a build earlier, was something like 0/20/30/20/0 with dagger/pistol and shortbow. Apparently is very common and useful in many situations, does anyone have the link to that kind of build.
Also i don’t have a class (character) specially build for conditions but i think the thief is not that good with conditions right? better to go more direct damage i think? just asking.
rangers are in majority easy kills as many have said. In fact i was in wvw with my lvl 79 at the time thief with lvl 60 gear and was doing better than with my ranger, lot more escape mechanism and stuff. I was even criting for 1.2k (not geared keep in mind) with my ranger even with full crit, power, prec, dmg % when flanking and all that i barely reach 1k
dont know what your talking about, i just got to 80 on my thief (seriously just a minute ago) so im not expert but rangers have lot of issues. Yes rangers have survivability but is certain builds, maybe 1v1 with bunker conditions they can be good but the rest of the game we lack. I am not even going to start to mention the issues ranger face, go and read yourself but you are the first thief that i hear complaining about rangers lol seriously.
Last night i change to the bear for the first time since release tho i logged off and didnt get to try it but i will give it a shot today and see how it works now, also with protect me it might be good. since in wvw pet are useless well better to have him by my side and remove condition/take damage for me lol
no, reroll warrior or guardian. I always play my ranger for some reason, maybe nostalgia since is suppose to be my main and my first character even in beta but you would be amaze how much a Guardian (which is my second best geared alt) can bring to wvw, group support, tankiness, so much better plus you don’t have to worry for pet or your class mechanic not working.
No reason to play ranger and for what i heard warriors are the new anet babies (were they always were) they have better range, group support, survive more and overall is the complete package
no I dont appreciate the patch at all …
the so called balancing team is incompetent at best,
(or maybe they aren´t they just dont have a clue about whats the problem with the ranger so they wildly change things) as they have shown in the patch preview video (well they sure know their stuff with warrior or guardian.. thats true)
so speak for yourself
I DONT appreciate the latest balance patch
truth be told I feel a bit offended by it…
… but not that much because I bought Torchlight 2 and have some easygoing fun with that (and my honeybadger pet which is actually more helpful and fun in that game then any pet in GW2).
torchlight 2 what an amazing game. Cheap game and worth every penny
So after the patch or even from 1 month ago ( haven’t played in a while) what are the new builds going around? I still using shortbow, i can never feel comfortable using longbow. Running some kind of crit build, don’t even know what is the purpose but getting there. Last time i played was using my guardian a lot, even got my ascended on him first (tho ranger is my main). So any new build around?
Disappointing, know why? Because they promised this was a big patch for balance and classes and we didn’t get anything not even simple fixes that people have been saying since the game releases. Anet once again let us down, i havent played in 2-3 weeks and i go back to see the new patch and this is what i get? The halloween stuff is not even new, same as last year and probably worse (i feel like there are less events in the labyrinth and drops but well). Anet need to step the game up, a new gen is coming, lot of good games, they wont be able to hold everyone forever, not like this.
keep hoping bro, anet fired the only dev that actually played ranger a few months back. That is how much they dislike the class that not a single dev play or test anything and if they dare to bring and idea or talk about the ranger situation they get fired so no one dare to speak up.
not worth the effort. I tried it 2 times and the server cant even get it to 90%, one time they make it to the first cannon, battery phase (75% i think?) and later i saw the BG video and the rewards are garbage, honestly other than unlocking the achievement there is really no point to do Tequilla, i already stopped trying.
champ farming is more profitable, anything is more profitable tyhan waiting hours for it to spawn, 15 minutes of battle just to get his HP to 90%, 75% the most. Nah not worth it, ill give this 1, 2 weeks tops until people stop doing this event. Good fight, battle but the reward is garbage, i saw the BG video and it was laughable the reward the guy got, ill pass.
wow 56 silver per Ancient wood log lol, i knew prices were going to be high but honestly this is ridiculous. I guess this is what anet wanted so gratz.
ilr.9675:
So wait… I heard more ranger nerfs… Could you all just please instead remove the whole class from PvP isntead? That’d be a lot faster and save a lot of time (and our sanity in PvE). Thanks
Wait til you see the update! You may be making it out in your mind to be more drastic than it really is.
doesn’t surprise me, i don’t know why this would surprise anyone. Since release all we been getting is nerf after nerf after nerf. Ill bet anything they wont bring any significant change to pets, fixes or buff just the nerfs like is already going around.
best advise anyone can give you, reroll do the right thing and choose other class, to many issues and problems. Now with ascended weapons, trinkets and soon armor you probably will want to have just 1 main (unless your rich) and having a ranger might not be the best of ideas.
in the final tournament match car crash beat the other team which were using 2 spirit rangers, and car crash team was using a warrior lol. Spirits might do alright but probably not as good as it seems, they can be countered. In fact car crash destroyed the other team 3-0.
>people complaining about pets in open-world pve
>open world pve
Do you guys get how much I’m facepalming here? Choose a useless pet to keep in your first slot (such as a moa on passive), and then switch out for your good attacking pet in the 2nd slot the second Teq gets stunned.
You clearly haven’t play ranger much have you? Even a pet on passive suffers because it stand 100 feet away from you and is stupid enough to stand in aoe fields. Canash is one example where the pet triggered the traps, Aetherblades final boss was another one where the pet was worthless making the class bad compare to others.
The fights looks fun and all but if the ascended weapon change is worse than precursors if all you get after finishing that “hard” fight is 1 or 2 yellows and a few greens lol. No one will do Teq, see ya in frostgorge farming champs, i dont like charmp farming much because honestly is boring but is the better source of income and mats and with the economy going in the way it is (everything is expensive) the champ farming seem to be the better options. I hope i am wrong and exotics drop from teq, mats, stuff but probably wont, no one will do the event after the first week.
you know the good thing about it, that rangers will be the best class to be in the turrets healing and buffing others lol. Poor pets, poison fields, wave so much pet hate it wont even be 5 seconds alive. Once again rangers left out of the content
yep i saw the post days ago, was going to post it but well. He probably got fired for posting in the ranger forum section lol, they are getting rip of all the rangers, even devs
