Guild Wars 2

Tragic Positive.9356:

If it sucks?
It’s simple. Start petitions, boycott, keep addressing ANet directly, publicly make a vast reaction to how they kept lying, ignoring and screwing Rangers over, making fun of us and some other stuff too.

And I don’t need any fear to claim those statements. Proof to everything I just said is already online ready to be reached. Lots of players deserve better than this. If druid is yet another failed designed after all those years of being treated so horribly – I believe I’ll risk being banned for spamming their inboxes.

If I get banned for trying for our community’s rights I’ll take the risk.

I think, they silence right now, because new balance patch are comeingUP before or WITH HoT.

Join ArenaNet developers for a discussion about Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns features, a preview of upcoming skill balances,

They have already made Balance patch, and they will show it on TwitchCon behind scene.
I hope there have to be something for CoreRanger also. There have to be something after TTH Big post about Rangers

Btw, was banned for few days. Today was unbanned xD

Adamantium.3682:

If Engi can’t stack Superspeed I think a lot of the Scrapper is gutted and needs to be reworked. We have traits and skills “tripping over each other” (a good way to put it) all over the place.

If there are balance concerns and reasons that they will never stack this buff then it is incredibly stupid to build an entire elite spec that focuses so much on it. I have to believe that they are going to change it to allow stacking, it’s the only thing that makes sense.

It’s not stupid, it will just prevent from brainless faceroll on keyboard.
Need to escape or catch someone? Use superspeed.
Need to heal, use waterfield and leaps.
Need to more might? leap threw firefield!

it’s skill-play. And i think, it’s really good design atm.

SkiTz.4590:

Anet is trying to hype HoT and get new players., true.
You think new players give a kitten about a ranger elite spec? they don’t even know what a ranger is (or any profession), they are new players……

Exactly. If they’ll chose for example Tempest for TwitchCon, then new people will be confused.
– Overcharge attunements??? Increase boon duration? Share Boon? Wtf does it mean?!??!

I believe, that it will be something more than average Elite spec.

I really hope so! xD

My faith will not be shaken!

Tarkan.5609:

You could of course get a high uptime, but movement speed caps at 33% infight. So the other 17% would only help you while you’re crippled or chilled.
Also, you’d have to basically run a Build focusing on Superspeed so it will lose a lot of it’s effectiveness but have high mobility and healing due to Rapid Regeneration (Superspeed healing should be brought down a little if Superspeed ends up stackable).

You don’t have to keep 100% uptime of Superspeed.
In pvp fight it’s enough to stack 10-12sec to make it non-conterplayable.
I’m ok that only 3 classes in game can get access to Superspeed, but if they can stack it, then it’ll go out of control.

IT’s same that if only 2-3 classes in game have StunBrakes and access to stability.

Tarkan.5609:

With a group you could stack perma Superspeed, but with a group you can also get perma protection, swiftness, 25 might, loads if not perma stability,… you get what I’m saying.

There is the point! All classes have access to protection, swiftness, 25 might, stability, but only Scrapper will have to possibility to get perma Superseed.

I’m not against that Engi have to be only class who can share Superspeed.
I’m against that idea, that he can stack it.

kreios.7108:

i go too mi war and kick rangers from party in dungeons new meta xD

In 20sec fight, Trap ranger doing 2.2x or warriors dps

mi ranger pick war only phlax with banners or kick all haha.

Photinous.4628:

Why would Anet waste time and resources preparing that stuff for the ranger?

Because HoT without Druid is like Mr.Olympia 2015 without Kai Greene!

runeblade.7514:

Complain in the forums so that the devs buff them to OP level. It worked for Reaper, Tempest, Zerkers, Chronomancers, Daredevil, Herald.

You have to complain on revenants and necromancers forum. Only that way they’ll notice you’r complains xD

But i think, that it’s forbidden for them to talk about Ranger until TwitchCon.

SkiTz.4590:

No ones priority is to worry about such a trash tier class lol. Could care less if ppl think its OP or underwhelming. Every class cries nerf or too OP regarding every other profession except theirs lol.

No one’s priority at twitchcon is freaking druid. Especially anet lol. Thats why its first on the reveal list. They want to get this crap out of the way so they can get into the more important stuff.

Disagree with you.
Druid Concept and animation was ready half year ago.
Why do you think they hold it until the last? If there are nothing to show, they’ll never move it to the end! Especially on Twitch CON!
Why people go on twitch con? To excite more people, to promote game and to earn more potential players.

Why they not chose CrapOmancer? DragonHunter? Daredevil? Berserker? Tempest?(LoL temest xD)? Reaper?
Revenant can fit too, but without proper beta test it will be fail.

Why Druid was moved to last?
Because, there have to be something, that will excite all people on TwitchCon, not only Collin.

If there will be nothing new in it, then they’ll make 1 more POI for druid earlier and that’s all.

I believe, that will be something really exciting!

borya.2964:

StickerHappy.8052:

Suck or not, I will always love the ranger class no matter what. I won’t bandwagon to other classes like Cavs Fans. lol

Like all those who main ranger. Who cares about the other ?

Great thread.

True! Ranger always was below average, but we still play it.
Nothing will stop us!!! Even if none will take us in to raids or even Silvary will not talk to us, we’ll stay on ranger class.

If they add too many new mechanics, that can be chose n only by one class: like allot of Suerspeed or FastStomp, without stomp(like daredevil) or RangeStomp on passive, or something else, then they have to ADD counterplay to each class to balance it.

If they give almost exclusive buff only for 1-2classes in game, then for other classes have to be added conterplay mechanics… other way it will goes out of control, and will become almost impossible to balance that way.

Ricky Rouse.1583:

What

Are

We

Missing?

And I eagerly await for you to say “But I don’t like those options” in true hypocritical fashion.

Po be effective part in WvW raid.
To be effective part in GvG.

Now Scrapper can be FrontLine Fighter, who don’t scare to take damage on his face and split it with Warriors and guardians.
It now can “Shadow refuge” teammates to prevent stomp, or stomp or res ppl from distance.

And you don’t know yet how useful it will be in new PVE raids.

Played Ranger for 3 years…
But only few months ago, i have understood, WHY i lay ranger!
Because i love to reed forum, where some rangers CRY, how hard their life and other topics, where mesmers, warriors, Guardians, d/d Eles and thiefs cry about how OP rangers are.

I love it really much!
That’s why i play ranger!

archmagus.7249:

Super speed can be easily countered by using cripple, chill. Torment will also reduce its effectiveness, since you’re dealt twice as much while moving, so most people stay put under the effects of torment

SuperSpeed are countering Cripple. Looks like you never used it. Try tapper ranger, and only then you can understand how POWERFUL is SuperSpeed.
Even crippled, you run Faster than normal person without cripple.
Under effect of chill, you run ONLY 16% slower that normal character without Chill or Cripple.
About torment… NOONE will stay in pvp under effect of Torment… if he will, he’ll die in next few seconds.
I don’t say about traits food and runes, that will make Engineer totally immune for Cripple,Chill,Immobilize…

archmagus.7249:

super speed isn’t an evade, so projectile and AoE don’t lose effectiveness against targets with super speed.

You know nothing! Under SS you can 50% faster leave dangerous AOE.
About range classes, are you serious? do you know projectile mechanic?
Try stand in 1000 meters from StaffEle, StaffNecro, axeRanger, ScepiterGuardian, etc…etc…

Ask them to use autoattack and just run left/right/left/right, and you’ll see that you evade about 70% of their attacks. then try supperspeed and you’ll evade 100% of their attacks in same way.

Projectiles ALWAYS fly in spot where you have to be if you run in same way!
It’s physical object and can’t change it’s way.

Guys, you talk like on Rev forum…
I want to Be centaur with Staff and shield and output – insane DPS!
Why i’m forced to use shiro Ham/s/s??? bad design! etc.. etc…

Imho: Hammer added to Engineer – exactly what Engi missing atm.

Superspeed don’t have to stack, or it will be superOP.

If Superspeed will stack, then they have to review all mechanics.
Daze have to stack!
Stun have to stack!
Knock have to stack!

So 1 warrior can stack 14sec stun on you and add 8sec knockback on you.

Will it be fare? no!
Will it be fare to kite 24/7 with superspeed? no!
Will it be fare to apply 9sec of superspeed with 10sec cooldown? answer by yourself.
Why we have 3 leaps and static field? For Outheal with trait, for combination with other fields like fire,frost,light,shadow,chaos,smoke, poison.

You have to think more global! you can even use smoke bomb, make 3 leaps threw it (like DP thief) and come to spot like thief, and when your stealth will end, you’ll already fave 3 leaps back from CoolDown and you can stunLock someone on stop in you’r static field with leaps, or heal yourself in waterfield for 4k with just 3 leaps…
Or blind people with darkness field!

Use imagination!

I thinking about trapper ranger, but Druid line instead of BeastMastery.

:D

daze already really good effect.

Rangers have no effect at all on spirits death.

Some classes don’t have Blast finisher at all.
Some classes don’t have Whirl finisher at all.
Some classes don’t have Fire fields at all.
All classes except Ele and Engi don’t have static field at all.
Some classes don’t have leap finishers at all.

Etc… Etc…

Engi have ALL fields except Dark field.
And Have ALL finishers that possible in game.
I don’t feel that 3 leaps, stun, 2 blocks+reflect and additional blast + damage when blocking require more finishers with insane low cooldown on single weapon.

Game designed that way, that if class can do Absolutely all in one build, class become broken.

Possibilities of hammer now are insane! it can happen, that hammer will require nerf in future, but diffidently not buff for more.

They will never add Blast finisher from autoattacks.
Blast finisher are most powerful finisher in game.
It can stack might, it can AOE Blind, it can AOE heal for really huge amount, it cam apply AOE retalation, AOE Chaos Armor, AOE ALL!

And you want it all put on 3-th autoattack, to use blast finisher every 1,5-2sec just by pressing 1 burron???

Engi now have Blast finisher, 2 blocks + reflect projectile, static field for stun and 3 Leaps, with additionally giving AOE Supper-speed. And it’s ALL only from 1 weapon….

Isn’t it enough?

Engi are one of TOP dps in dungeons right now.
Engi are extremely good in Tournaments and team fights.
Awesome for Roaming on WvW.
Only where they are bad(not really bad, but other classes are better) are big fights like WvW and may be will be in Raids.
Scrapper will fill that space.

Scraper will be extremely powerful on WvW and GvG fights.

Gav.1425:

Dahkeus.8243:

They already confirmed that druids will still have pets. As much as I’d like to see them go back on that, I doubt we’ll see it since that would invalidate the entire BM trait specialization for any druid.

Source on the druid pet claim?

And they can invalidate an entire spec line with no problem. If you spec Druid, don’t spec beast. It’s as simple as that. You can only run 2 lines anyways.

That mean, that you know nothing at all about ranger.
Go threw skills, threw traits, threw utilities, threw Elite skill, and maybe you’ll understand, why druid are impossible without pet.

I want that druids passive was, that regeneration will Stack like bleed or other conditions

Awesome. Especially if it’s fully melee ranger

So… as you say, they just have to nerf Nades, and all will goes to balance.
As you say, nades are too strong, new hammer have to be stronger, to be valuable.

Am i right?

Substance E.4852:

Druid isn’t even going to be the main point of the stream. Anet’s not dumb. They know most players don’t care about what the Druid can do and will tune out if it’s just going to be a big show for a class they don’t even play/main.

You’r know nothing Jon Snow!

ATM there are huge silence around druid, so few information, allot of posts about core ranger etc… etc… So even players, who never played ranger are excited about it and waiting for it.

To be honest ATM ppl are waiting druid more than DH, Tempest, Chronomancer and Reaper all together.

I just hope, that Druid will took something really new for ranger, and will be SuperUseful for all aspects of game. Especially for sPvP and WvW.

Ricky Rouse.1583:

“So what if your new utilities suck major donger, are boring, and have almost no use in either PvE or PvP? Just use your other abilities! Isn’t that why you BOUGHT this expansion pack? For more of the same? Lol grow up!”

You think, that if you buy XPac you’ll automatically dominate pvp with new spec?

Who have to growUP man?

Engener can get access to ALL Combo fields(excepr darkness) and ALL Combo finishers in game in 1 build.
Can keep blocks up to 60% of fight time, so it’s nothing special, that they nerfed 1 skill

There are classes, that in much worst state than Engineers
I’m really excited with Scrapp… will be really powerful in arenas.

ot gives you might, and it’s tanking weapon with AOE damage, so it’s fine.
You can always switch kits for aditional damage.

Or you want another 1 1 1 1 1 1 class like Dagger necro?

Lévis.5489:

Only one or two BWE for druids. I cannot wait to see how much of a broken mess they will be during HoT’s release.

If it will be mess on BWE3, that’s only mean that it will be really OP on release and after that with every balance patch will be nerfed to proper state.

As they made with renenant in last BWE2, that it can destroy every class in 1v1 and can win even 1v4

Puck.9612:

Rizo.9534:

Omg! 1st red post about rangers in last year!!!

and it wasn’t in the ranger forum lol.

That’s the point!
Want some changes for ranger?
Post it on HoT forum or Necromancers topic.

Omg! 1st red post about rangers in last year!!!

You don’t know yet???
They already told, that you have to complete all HoT leaving story achievements and clear all raids with core ranger, to open druid for it!

Half of skills based on 4+ cnditions and you can apply only ONE in these build.
It’s will be Worst Elite, because it have NO Synergy in it self!

Will be fail 100%

You can take sword only in Right Hand.
Right Hand weapon – 1,2,3 skills
Left Hand weapon – 4,5 skills

Ryou.2398:

I am confused you say axe is good for cond build but sword with axe is good dps?

LH – LeftHand
RH – RightHand

RHAxe are condi based
LHAxe are PhysBased

So Sword/Axe – best for berserker
Axe/Torch – Best for condi

i hope you know, that sinester ranger doing much more dps, than berserker ranger(and keep 100% of time firefield under boss) and almost 2x more damage than bers warrior in 30sec window.

But anyway. ppl are searching for bers rangers…

Sad story.

Arantheal.7396:

EdwinLi.1284:

from what was datamined […]

Source?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3l1ldo/spoiler_engineer_elite_spec_some_details/

“Anyways my questions are, what is so bad about longbow in dungeons if the player is skilled and knows what they are doing? How is the dps low if you have room to go backwards?”

ATM it’s all about stacking. LB are good on some bosses in Fractals, where you need range weapon, but DPS output are much less then s/a

‘Why is short bow only conditions? Can you not build it for better damage?’

You can, but physDamage multiplier are worst from all weapons in game.(even NecroScepiter has beter physDps)

‘’Would an axe/axe build be good for anything? Its seemed incredibly fun.’’

RH axe are good for COdi build. LH Axe are only for Phys build, So you can use a/a, but you’ll be not effective.

‘’What about the other melee types? Can they be just as effective?’’

s/a are best physDPS for ranger. a/t – BestCondi ranger and best DPS overall of ranger.

Even on picture Ranger marked as BadPlayer :’(

JungleDragon will reincarnate Upgraded Scarlet!

Scarlet return Confirmed!

Suggestion:
1. boss hit 10+ targets from every attack
2. Boss randomly apply debuff on one target, that AOE hits all around target, so he have to run away or raid will die.
3. Mobs drop LooT, but don’t give XP, so you can’t do endless rally in boss fights.

crash every 10-25sec in sPvP

I think that they’ll make new Pet Mechanic!
When your pets HP goes to “0” it will not die!!!
It just can’t move and all damage made to your pet will redirected to you.

Puck.9612:

If you are using it to cleanse immobilize you absolutely want it to trigger at full health. I can’t believe anyone is defending this awful change.

+1

So many times i have rooted/feared stunlocked standing in 1m from my “healing” trap, that sometimes i hated it allot.

Kodama.6453:

I really hope for the forge.
It would be the first time engineer is not the last getting any information. :O

To get information last – not worst thing!
Rangers don’t get any information from devs for years.

If you talk about “prepare” then you can establish it anyway, because it will not trigger if you have full hp.

Tomorrow is Tuesday!

Sinister > rabid > whatever you want. For pve.
For WvW trapper Dire>rabid>sinister

No mater when druid will be released.

Only thing i care, that druid have to be good in tpvp.
Atm it’s good only on low rating pvp arenas.

Wuselknusel.4082:

Because it would be technically too complicated.
The server is controlling the pet and your client would have to ask the server to use the stunbrake, rather than activating it itself. Combined with skill-queuing issues, this would more often fail than work.

Every button you hit, ask server to use it. rather than activating it itself.
There are nothing special in coding to use stunbrake from f2 pet skill.
Other side is that some pets have 4sec cooldown on f2, so it will be 4sec stunbrake.