Guild Wars 2

Most I ever had was 30…which I then spent on the T3 medium chest armor piece for my Ranger. Most I’ve ever had since then was 10g.

Here’s the easiest way to fix the problem. If you’re in combat mode, no consumables can be used. There, problem fixed.

If I was rich, I’d just pay for everybody to transfer. But alas, I’m merely somebody barely making ends meet.

No surprise, considering all the T3 populations are that big. T2 and T1 are even bigger than that though.

Psst Mag, if you guys don’t want to go back to T3, send us a few of your NA primetime guilds. We’ll be glad to take them off your hands so you can stay in T4 and we can regain our NA forces so the fights are more even.

Darxio.5672:

Ever held a broken wall as a chokepoint for an extended time?

ALL I EVER SEE ARE RANGER PETS. All over the place. They’re the only thing assaulting us.

Are they also spamming Barrage on you? I’ve seen an assault of that with 10. Half a zerg, downed within a matter of seconds.

xxxzavulonxxx.8413:

Ren.6351:

Just wanted to ask, what’s Maguuma’s SEA/OCEANIC night time crew like?

It’s like Bony Charrk and random sleep deprived NA’ers

This actually made me laugh pretty hard. I didn’t expect it at all.

I would suggest a Scepter/Torch combo for leveling, so you can get the hang of kiting. Trust me, it’s fairly important in most encounters where you’re outmatched to keep moving, and the range of the Scepter keeps that easy to do. The torch’s #4 and #5 are for when they get close enough, but be sure you dodge if you see any windup attacks from the enemy. Traits, I suggest putting points in the Honor line to start off with, for the extra vitality to help you stay up longer. And at 5 points, you gain the ability to gain vigor whenever you score a critical hit, so you’ll be able to dodge more often.

Lorelei.3918:

“They’re not terribad like all the complaining hypocritical opinionated people make them out to be.”

Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

It seems to be a popular opinion. They’re not bad, they’re decent.

Daemon Hawk.9406:

Eurantien.4632:

How do you people survive without empathic bond? I don’t get it.

Healing Spring.

This. Besides, why have your pet taking conditions from you when you can survive more when you’re nearing death by using Bark Skin?

Nozzie.2067:

CrassBippy.4619:

fun fact, looks like YB is movin up to T3

WTF? How did that happen? I see nothing fun in that fact. FA & DB will stomp us, especially during Asia & Euro prime time.

It’s happening because you have the most points, and because Mag is losing in T3. This sort of thing happens…if you’re lucky (or unlucky, depending on your point of view on it), Mag will stomp T4 and you’ll lose enough in T3 to reverse it back to normal.

I feel I should chime in on this since I just completed 2 AC runs as a level 52 guardian. While it’s somewhat harder to do decent damage at a lower level, it’s quite easy to perform all manner of support. During Path 1 I never got downed (save for the scepter pieces, which I got through 2 runs of the room and a few well timed Stand Your Ground uses), pulled people back up when they got downed, and constantly used my shouts to give the party boons while we were fighting. Had no problems keeping up at all with anybody. Only problem was the damage output, which wasn’t that good.

Path 2, things went to hell fast due to some bad mistakes on everybody’s part, but I still managed to help out quite a bit. Even tanked the gravelings for that one part without dying until the very end, but that was due to a double scavenger pounce (which would have taken down anybody). Even when we were getting our kitten handed to us at the end due to the extra mobs showing up despite Detha not being rezzed (really hate that glitch), I was managing to hold my own and keep some constant DPS on some of the enemies (how little it was) to help take them out.

It’s more difficult at lower levels, but because of that you learn faster. That’s my take on it through regular experience, though.

Atherakhia.4086:

Softspoken.2410:

Regarding the original post:

Mesmer Greatsword.

Edit: Its only gimmick is that it does less damage the closer your target is to you.

Hot kitten you found one! And what’s sad is I actually have a level 20 mesmer lol!

But yea, the Longbow just doesn’t make sense.

Any overlapping range with the shortbow should do one set of damage, the extreme range should give a 10% damage increase. If the shortbow is condition, make the longbow power.

Attack one should give a 10% additional chance to crit from the side/back.
Attack 2 should also provide stacking vuln.
Attack 3 can be changed to an aimed shot.
Attack 4 400/600/800.
Attack 5 should allow you to move while channeling but reduce your movement speed by 30%.

If by aimed shot, you mean holding down the button for more damage, I’m with you. If you mean that it’s unblockable, I’d like that too. ;o

I’d prefer if we got more people during the NA primetime hours, or at least if somehow YB and EB got the same amount of people as us online at the same times. Oh imagine the terrifyingly equal battles…

Nayaru.4716:

Mystic forge in all the cities. <3 Dungeon Vendors. <3 One free cultural teleport stone (Like the hall of monuments one) that takes you back to the city of your race. <3 Do want! xD

This, and a teleporter to the fractals. Make it so LA doesn’t have to be the center of the world. Do that, and you’d be seeing people flock to the closest city for their needs. It keeps every city busy, and it helps make it feel like every city is constantly changing (especially if they started giving these to each town over time).

I’ve noticed some pets seem to do it all the time while others don’t.

Well CD’s primetime at this point is the Oceanic prime, at least IMO. Our daytime and NA prime players are there merely to slow YB down, nothing more, nothing less. It’s sad IMO, mostly because it means YB will constantly either get close to winning or win just because we don’t have an equal number of players online at the same time.

Charr – Male – Ranger
Charr – Male – Guardian
Charr – Male – Thief

What I find hilarious is that if we beat a thief in PvP, it’s not because we cheated, it’s usually because we got lucky or the opponent just sucks. There is no in between for a ranger.

I agree with Rin. I WOULD, however, love to see some changes by the time the expansion comes out. Maybe some more wildlife, with the NPCs saying something depending on your progression in the personal story. Such as, if you’ve beaten Zhaitan, “Zhaitan’s power is finally starting to fade and Orr is healing.” Or if you haven’t, “Zhaitan’s power is starting to weaken, now is the time to strike and take him down!”

Traps bri, Traps. That is also a form of support, albeit combo field and CD support.

^Who said they’d go up a tier? They’d be stuck in the tier they’re in, but the battles at least would be more even. I mean think what this could do for T8. They’d still be down at the bottom and stuck there eternally, but the battles would be even, and at least the server currently winning down there would enjoy themselves.

Nice job taking Lowlands Keep back YB. We managed to break in there, but you pushed us right out after a good 20 minute fight. Good show.

nekos.2584:

Stealth in any PvP game is just a bad idea on so many levels. I wonder when game developers will figure out stealth can not ever be balanced ? It’s either to powerful or totally useless and causes nothing but problems for both themselves and their customers / players.

Actually, most games make it so the smallest bit of damage, even from an environmental hazard, can throw you out of stealth. Plus they SHOWED THE NUMBERS whenever somebody in stealth is hit. Show the numbers when they’re hit, and it fixes the problem because you can at least see where the thief’s relative position is due to damage dealt.

This is the build I stick with (dual bows because I roll like that). Pets are up to you (as you don’t really need them alive to do well with this build), and if you stick with Soldier type armor (gives pow/tough/vit bonuses), you’ll find yourself surviving quite well. It may get a little more dicey due to not being able to take as much as a bunker and having your pet taken out more often, but it works.

Is this thread a joke thread? Because I’m laughing too hard at the TC’s statement that trap rangers are OP. The only times I kill a thief 1v1 as a trap ranger is when I’m getting lucky with the criticals or I’m evading at the right times to avoid the full brunt of their attacks. Even then, it usually comes down to the two of us in downed state, meaning it’s a fight that’s too close to call.

Well there IS one way to fix this problem, but it’s something nobody will like. When a keep flips, everybody inside of it that isn’t of the server who just flipped it are instantly teleported out of the walls.

Arken.3725:

Torch is nice just wish cleansing flame actually removed condi’s from the user as well. That one issue to me is why I don’t use it as much.

Why would we even need it to clear conditions from us? We have Signet of Resolve, Purging Flames, Smite Condition, Contemplation of Purity, Bow of Truth, and Purity (Valor Trait V). Why would we need another one?

I agree with Torch as offhand. #4 is an instant use and, I could be wrong here, but I think it can be used even when knocked down. #5 is just a constant stream of fire damage and heals debuffs on allies. I love combining the Scepter with that, for the range and for the fact that you can lock an enemy’s movement for a small amount of time with #3 and the #2 is downright a spammable AoE. Scepter/Torch is my suggested weapon setup if you’re going to be kiting anything as a Guardian, especially since all the weapon skills with this setup can be used while moving.

Your post seems to be missing a few details David. Like is that person with the alt new to the dungeon, having done it before, what is their highest level character, etc.

Wait, you mean people TRY to keep the pet alive? In dungeons and fractals I let it die, as it’s a hindrance. I run with a trap build and pow/vit/cd equipment setup and I do well enough to where I’m keeping up without getting killed. I rarely get downed in dungeons, and even dying is a rare moment for me.

Illuvatar.4051:

Brett.4305:

My ranger serves as my go-to for dailies. I already use it for gathering cooking mats.

like i’ve said…is only good for botting….

Say that to the 3K+ dungeon tokens I’ve gotten using my ranger.

Njordfinn.4921:

i mained the ranger, but right after i finished my guard i just didn’t think of him viable of doing anything as well as the guard, you only have 2 working group support skills, being the healing spring and the stone spirit, every other skill is just not usefull enough for the group, the traps are not spammable enough to provide combofields in a useable way and their duration is to short, either reduce total damage and make it spammable or reduce dps and increase the length of the traps so you can actually use the combo fields for more then one finisher!
please add an option to store your pet while in combat, so u can better loose aggro if needed.
there is way more that needs to be changed or buffed so the ranger can be usefull to the group and not only be a freeloading dps class without huge dps(as the pet is mostly dead in harder dungeons)

That is a HORRIBLE idea, and it gimps the trap ranger builds, which is one of the only good builds we have as Rangers. If they gimped the traps like that I’d probably quit maining ranger, because then I wouldn’t be doing enough damage to help out the party in dungeons.

Henrik.7560:

It does seem CD has gone downhill in players, as of they were owning T3 then lost it all, and lost to yaks bend. The week after they got their act together and actually won, but lost the next week. Yaks bend does extremely good on the first 48 hours of the week, then either starts losing their points, or stops flying ahead and just continues on at the same level as the others.
I have been WvW’ing on both of those servers for a month or more each, they were awesome, but I left because I didn’t like Yak’s opponents, and I thought CD was game over after everyone left them a month ago.
Yet I would love to come back to one of those, as my experience in T1 is horrible, I can’t go anywhere without running into 5 people.
Ebay I never actually was on, but I played against them many times and have very fewish population but strong well skilled players.

Ignore the trolls if they are whining or boasting, try and have fun.

All 3 of you guys are quality servers, if they brought out free transfers I would be back on one of you 3.
Good luck this week.

I do find it sad yet hilarious that even people in my own guild switched servers. Every server can lose battles 2 weeks in a row, it depends on who you’re fighting. No matter what server you’re on, eventually all will start losing and come crashing to the bottom due to some reason, and then you’ll be in the exact same position as before.

The fact that they left to avoid losing shows how they really feel about WvW…that winning is all that matters. Is winning good? Yes, but I have more fun just with the battles. When we were vastly outnumbered last week in WvW during YB’s primetime hours, I was having more fun just defending the keeps and playing around with the YB players than I was worrying about the actual score.

Which server are you on?

I leveled a Mesmer to 30 a week back. It can get annoying at first, but once you start realizing some good combos, it gets easier. Solo’d a level 30 boss without problems thanks to Phantasmal Berserker (GS#4), Phantasmal Warden (Focus #5), and Phantasmal Defender.

Kagato.4061:

Can Crystal Desert be red for one week? Please?

… Pretty please?

:(

You should have logged in at 10AM EST. All of EB was CD territory. It was WONDERFUL, as I finally got 100% world completion thanks to that.

Aegis.9724:

Team-utility wise unfortunatly ranger is one of the worst classes. We have a good water field, a good buff on warhorn, and S&R – aaand thats it, everything else, like spirits is subpar when compared to similar team utilities from other classes (like warrior flags).

I see no mention of traps. Traps can help quite a bit if specced for them. Throw down a Flame Trap to help the melee fighters get some combos and more damage going (along with everybody else), a Spike Trap to keep the annoying bosses stuck in place for a bit, and a Frost Trap to slow them and their attacks down a bit (while giving another combo field).

Vavume.8065:

wildcode.5403:

Vavume.8065:

It has become far far worse than it was before, in both wvw and places like Lions Arch.

This culling issue can also be seen in dynamic events with large mobs, half the time you do not see the mob until they are on top of you.

Yeah, I just made 2 examples, the game is plagued with it. It feels like the only safe places away from culling is in dungeons now.

Actually, I had culling in AC the other day. Two scavengers disappeared from my sight and then reappeared on top of me. Same thing with the party members sometimes. Meaning nowhere is safe.

I stick with 10/30/30/0/0 in WvW, and do just fine. I’m able to kill all classes in 1v1, though some are harder than others (curse you D/D elementalists and necromancers!).

Or he’s on a server filled with jerks, one of the two. Because I’ve NEVER seen somebody kicked out a fractal group because of their class. We’ve had a party of 4 Rangers and a warrior running a set of fractals for pete’s sake, and nobody got kicked (then again, we also kicked enough kitten to avoid having to redo spots).

They really should redesign that fight, or add a part to it. Okay, you just knocked him into the ground…now defeat him while he sends hoards of undead at you. Oh, and if a party member dies, they’re taken control of by Zhaitan and used against you unless you hit them with a few purifying weapons provided by the Priory.

THAT would be more epic.

I’ll go with DSD and flooding the world.

LB isn’t bad, it’s just heavily dependent on your circumstances to be good…which terrifyingly enough WvW fits those moments so often that it’s almost mandatory there.

I actually prefer this mess, but then again unlike OTHER MMOs I could mention, I can actually get into a party here easily.

I’m saying it so some of the people on your server (you know who they are) don’t go thinking you guys will be able to pull off a miracle and do well in T3. Hell, I have a feeling when you come back to T4, we’ll either be in the red or pushed down into T5.

I have a feeling next week will be hell due to that. I’m not sure on how EB does, but if Mag is still like they were before, we’ll get hit worse than we are by YB now. And YB, I hope you’re ready to probably get curbstomped by FA and DB. Because frankly, having fought them when we still had the numbers and before some of the guilds left CD, I can say with certainty that you do not have the numbers to face off against them, if you’re still having a hard time with us.

Lorelei, I’d prefer if we just stayed here, or if they rearranged the tiers so we fought 2 other servers with the same setup as us. I’d love to have equal fights during the day AND night.

wish, you’re forgetting about culling. Odds are that played a role in them not killing him.

I’d have a legendary if they made some epic questline to go with it after finding a precursor. Wouldn’t mind traveling Tyria just to go through a few minidungeons or difficult quest instances just to power up the weapon. I’d enjoy it more than getting the mats and then making it, that’s for sure.