Guild Wars 2

I’ve been using this setup for awhile now, and it’s proven to be pretty effective:
Armor – full PVT + soldier runes since I run shouts
Trinkets – mix of PVT and zerker; all ascended, with three +5 vitality infusions, and three +5 power infusions
Weapons – all zerker (except my mace / shield, those are PVT)

lordhelmos.7623:

Sorry meant D/P permastealth blinders.

My previous post goes the same for them too. Using movement skills like swoop / sword #2 or #3 at the right time and the thief is swinging at air until their stealth runs out or burning a whole lot of initiative trying to keep up. Also if you ever want to get a good laugh a well timed longbow knockback, or for sure path of scars will interrupt the hell out of their perma blind/stealth combo.

Posted this a few months back. Pet combo has changed some, I use River Drake and Marsh Drake for land pets as their F2 is not only pretty reliable, the potential might stacks you can stack up while rampage as one is active is utterly insane.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Revamped-Woodsman-Build/first#post2716866

lordhelmos.7623:

Runes of Perplexity

Immobilize

P/D thief chain blinds (Black Powder, Blinding Powder, Blind on Stealth, Signet of Shadows in one build)

Discuss

This is all from using my Woodsman build and coming from a wvw perspective:
Runes of Perplexity – Rampage as One, GS #4 block against ranged interrupts, signet of renewal, runes of hoelbrak, and empathic bond all prevent / wipe confusion stacks pretty easily.

P/D Thief: Main focus of their build is essentially to sit in a target spot to maximize their combo fields. Just use swoop to move them out of their comfort zone followed by path of scars when they inevitably try to chase after you. Also whirling defense, GS block, and a good swoop to be out of their maximum range ruins their build pretty hard, especially when they try to chain spam their pistol main hand sneak attack. Just remember that in a 1v1 situation in wvw you’re not forced to fight in the immediate spot you found the thief. Make them spend utilities / steal / initiative to chase you around and they’ll be vulnerable to combo attacks.

Immobilize: I hate immobilize and chill on my ranger the most of all conditions. GS #4 block tends to help quite a bit with regards to potentially staving off attacks while immobilize is on, or popping signet of renewal, or getting lucky and having SoR or empathic bond cleansing it early helps too, but that’s a pretty heavy gamble. Runes of Hoelbrak help with reducing immobilize duration at least.

Substance E.4852:

Setun.4368:

Atherakhia.4086:

GOSU.9574:

NargofWoV.4267:

I have no clue how anyone can call a Ranger a Monster in the Lagwars wvwvw zones. Good luck getting anything with a cool down to take, much less control a pet or get a pet ability to go off in a big battle or defense of a keep or when one starts up and it lags the entire zone.

If this round of optimization that they’re beginning doesn’t fix the lag issues that plague wvwvw, then I think Anet should do away with the pet, at least make it optional in wvwvw with a corresponding dps increase.

I think it is fair to assume classes aren’t balanced around zerg v zerg.

Classes aren’t balanced at all. ANet very clearly balances their game around sPvP and if your class has any pressence whatsoever there you will receive absolutely no attention from the development staff at all. Who cares if the build that they run in sPvP doesn’t work outside of duels or in the smallest of roaming encounters. Who cares if your class will never have a power option or a reason to use bows… you’ve always got your condi/bunker meta to fall back on.

…I use a power based build in both spvp and wvw and do just fine. Just sayin’.

No you don’t. No Ranger does fine in a zerg fight because pets don’t do fine in a zerg fight.
In fact, they don’t do anything at all except die the second the pain train comes anywhere near them. Even the purest, player traits only, ranger build will still suffer a big dps and utility loss when the pet is dead.

Until they do something about pet survivability in WvW zergs we will always be subpar in the game play that actually drives PPT and wins matches. People can fool themselves into thinking they are doing just as good as the other guys next to them on heavies or lights (all of us adventurer classes are kind of in the same boat, maybe less so for engies) but the numbers say your wrong regardless of your personal perception.

kitten , rude much? Actually I do contribute to large scale fights, and granted the pet being dead fairly often in large fights is something that happens, my overall utility / dps isn’t backbreaking for my build.

Atherakhia.4086:

GOSU.9574:

NargofWoV.4267:

I have no clue how anyone can call a Ranger a Monster in the Lagwars wvwvw zones. Good luck getting anything with a cool down to take, much less control a pet or get a pet ability to go off in a big battle or defense of a keep or when one starts up and it lags the entire zone.

If this round of optimization that they’re beginning doesn’t fix the lag issues that plague wvwvw, then I think Anet should do away with the pet, at least make it optional in wvwvw with a corresponding dps increase.

I think it is fair to assume classes aren’t balanced around zerg v zerg.

Classes aren’t balanced at all. ANet very clearly balances their game around sPvP and if your class has any pressence whatsoever there you will receive absolutely no attention from the development staff at all. Who cares if the build that they run in sPvP doesn’t work outside of duels or in the smallest of roaming encounters. Who cares if your class will never have a power option or a reason to use bows… you’ve always got your condi/bunker meta to fall back on.

…I use a power based build in both spvp and wvw and do just fine. Just sayin’.

I’ve been using a power based melee / medium range build (aka Woodsman build) since I got my ranger to lvl 80 and I’ve painstakingly made it an all-in-one style build meant for any kind of situation; roaming, group, or zerg. I typically use GS / axe/axe, and I have to say, using path of scars to pull in a few enemies just out of their comfort zone in the blob is highly effective at picking off enemies before the big engagement happens, or is at least a reliable interrupt that does tons of damage (I’ve seen path of scars crit for 6k both ways), in addition to all the other skills the weapon combo I mentioned brings. Rampage As One definitely helps with being able to survive CC heavy engagements with both initiating, or retreating / repositioning. I could ramble more on how Rangers are viable in most WvW scenarios, but I’ll just say they’re kitten good in wvw once you get a build that works with your playstyle.

I just realized that 2 / 4 of those moves are almost exactly like Darius’ from LoL…now I want this even more!

Dear. Jesus. So much want!!

My only thought to all the ragers from all servers in this thread:

P.S.
Evalana you used to be so positive and upbeat when you first started posting, what happened? =(

On My Mark does have a weird habit of popping aegis on enemies you cast it on btw…not sure if that’s intended, but it’s a nifty way of not only debuffing a person, but removing their buff block without actually hitting them.

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

You wrote a big chunk of text about your stats that I didn’t really read, because your damage is still going to suck if you are in soldier gear. Any DPS you are managing to scrape out from your gear spread is from the zerker gear, not the soldier’s. You could drop the soldier pieces for clerics or any other similarly defense-only prefix and not notice much difference in the speed anything dies.

Again, if you want to tank, go conditions. That is why they exist, they’re the low-investment, moderate reward option for damage, versus direct damage which is high-investment, maximum reward.

Right, so being tanky yet hitting between 4k-9k crits with pvt armor + knights / zerk trinkets without even trying is weak. Got it.

Bads are gonna bad. That is all.

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

You’re not going to hit much harder in PVT either. If you want to kill things you go condi bunker, because conditions actually scale well with only one stat invested.

Actually you’re horribly wrong. PVT armor + soldier’s runes + zerker or knight’s trinkets will make you a tanky sonofakitten that has over 30% crit chance easily (~90-100% with unsuspecting foe) as well as having a high base power amount. Having FGJ not only give might + fury (so not only 20% additional crit chance, but free bonus flat damage / condition damage via the 3 stacks of might. Then it’ll cure a condition via soldier’s runes, and with healing shouts a free 1.7-1.9k burst heal. Combo that with shake it off for 2 additional condition cures + burst heal and if you have a 3rd shout like OMM or Fear Me that’s about 3.4k-3.6k for having 2 shouts or 4.8-5k for running 3 shouts. And since most shouts are on a <25 sec cooldown you’re burst healing / condition curing all over the place while not only dealing nice damage yourself, but bolstering the damage output for your team / server allies as well.

I’ve been using a shout build since I hit lvl 80 last November and I kittening love it. I’m very much looking forward to the healing boost they’re supposed to receive next patch to see just how much more sustain I can pump out not just for myself, but for my team to maximize the level of balls deepyness (that’s a word now) I can pull off in all forms of engagements.

P.S.
Best part about this build is that it’s not weapon dependant to be effective. Some weapon sets are favored / prefered of course but I’ve yet to see it not be useful with anything.

Edit for clarification:
I meant you’re horribly wrong about saying to not go with PVT. Healing shouts are just as good in a condition build as well from the might stacks via FGJ and SoR.

Ryan.8367:

Setun.4368:

Aza.2105:

You are mistaken by talking with me as I’m a victim of warrior OP stuns. I’m speaking objectively, not subjectively like yourself.

I’ll ask you this, you are saying why should someone be able to face roll by spamming 12345. Apply that to yourself if you play a warrior, why should they be allowed to face roll by spamming stun completely disabling the player. I’d say players like yourself are more interested in player vs target than player vs player.

Please stop. You saying warrior stuns are OP because your stun breakers can’t keep up with them and therefore need a nerf makes about as much sense as me saying conditions are OP and need to be nerfed because my soldier’s rune shouts can’t cure conditions fast enough or that conditions pile up too fast when berserker’s stance is on CD.

You can attack while you have conditions, im confused on the logic used here.

It’s the same logic that people complaining about stun warriors are using. The whole purpose of a condition build is maximizing DoT uptime / damage per tick (hence being able to damage while hard CC’d or kiting). The purpose of a stun build is to disrupt people’s combat flow. Simple as that. If you get whacked by a well timed stun of any kind (skill, luck, w/e), you should pay the price for it.

It’s really not that difficult to see when a warrior is going to try and get a stunlock on you and be able to counter it if you’re paying attention to what’s happening on screen and not only looking at your hotbar / only looking for red circles on the floor. I’m not saying I’m a perfect dodger of earthshatter or skullcracks; Lord knows I’ve been hit plenty of times by them. The point I’m trying to get across is that if you get caught by a CC warrior and you’re not prepared for it in any way, or is the warrior out plays you you should pay the price for it. It’s the same as if a condition heavy build dumped their full rotation on you and you didn’t bring any condition clear skills / traits / food to the fight.

Did the new dungeon on my ranger and ranger weapon skills are crazy useful in all parts of this dungeon. For the oil / lava elemental part I just used path of scars to drag all the elementals away from the oil blobs in one shot.

Aza.2105:

You are mistaken by talking with me as I’m a victim of warrior OP stuns. I’m speaking objectively, not subjectively like yourself.

I’ll ask you this, you are saying why should someone be able to face roll by spamming 12345. Apply that to yourself if you play a warrior, why should they be allowed to face roll by spamming stun completely disabling the player. I’d say players like yourself are more interested in player vs target than player vs player.

Please stop. You saying warrior stuns are OP because your stun breakers can’t keep up with them and therefore need a nerf makes about as much sense as me saying conditions are OP and need to be nerfed because my soldier’s rune shouts can’t cure conditions fast enough or that conditions pile up too fast when berserker’s stance is on CD.

Hepatolith.6389:

Just imagine… 4 Dogs knockdown chain… too bad this skill was deleted

Or being able to chain 4 river drake or marsh drake F2’s….DPS / poison EVERYWHERE

Man I’d kill for an elite like that….

Holland.9351:

Unable to stow pet in combat – Two bear pets on passive with the “Protect Me” utility works. It’s one of the things that allows me to go full berserker and not die too much. Pets are useless in WvW zerg and wall fights anyway.

I typically use my pet to pop necro marks and other traps on the floor in zerg fights, then recall them back before they die. Usually works out, but yeah, most of the time they’re deadski fairly often.

Chopps.5047:

Fighting rangers, for me, in the wild is like fighting elementalists. I usually win decisively. But every once in a while I fight an ele that’s just like “omg how did she do that? Amazing” after winning in a 2v1.

Maybe your friends in map chat never see those moments (or block them out of their minds).

I’ve run into a few rangers like that as well as a few elementalists. Hell, I ran into an IoJ melee condition ranger yesterday that in the many prolonged attritions I had with this person I would have lost to just because of their consistent pressure / durability.

nexxe.7081:

I think A-net should have Traehearne corrupted, so we can kill him off.

While that would be pretty fulfilling for a lot of people, didn’t he just fall into obscurity once the whole Zhaitan business was taken care of? He completed his Wyld Hunt after all, so he prob just retired or something.

McWolfy.5924:

999999 hp or 0 mean nothing in wvw. pets dont have cleave or spammable aoe attack, they stop when attack and stuck to a single target.

Actually drakes have a cleave attack on all their moves, and hit pretty kitten reliably. Also one of the best F2 pets in game imo (river and marsh drake only though…ice/salamander F2’s are weak)

The only realistic changes that could hope for would be

- Maul is a blast finisher
- Longbow autoattack is like that of the Mesmer greatsword auto; base damage is the same, but you gain bonus damage the further your target is.
- Pet F2 is instant and autofaces the target you have targetted.

PVT armor + zerker trinkets and your choice of stat weapons with healing shouts is crazy strong. W/ soldier runes all your shouts will remove at least 1 condition off you and any nearby allies (2 w/ SIO) in addition to healing you / friendlies. So yes, for both support play and offensive play shout builds are very nice. I’ve been using it for almost a year and it’s been hard to wean off it just because of the utility it provides.

bokkieskitten.8023:

SBI is terrified of The [BUNS], gotta chase two necros across the map with a 30 man zerg.

I’ma bunch all your buns

darkace.8925:

DarkWasp.7291:

Slaet.4513:

TBrother.9138:

What did you get as a reward?

A rare and 100 Dragonite Ore.

Is that really all?

You get:
– the chest for killing him (character bound)
– the bonus chest for killing him (account bound)
– four Dragon Chests (one for getting him to 75%, 50%, 25%, and 0% health)

All told, I got an exotic, three rares, a handful of blues and greens, some ascended crafting mats, and a bit north of 10k karma.

Edit: I also got three Gilded Coffers from the Dragon Chests, for what it’s worth.

100 Dragonite Ore is pretty kittening nice, in addition to all those bonus chests you mentioned…Definitely worth it to get it dead.

Don’t forget the LoL-similar moves like Trynadmere’s spin via whirlwind attack, Olaf’s axe toss, or Tryndamere’s ultimate endless rage on downed state #3!

Made a post awhile ago about my GS build, it does quite well. GS + axe/axe has some really good synergy to it since there’s a lot of enemy movement control (cripple / chill / pull) as well as some nice defensive measures (reflect / block / evade on autoattack / gap closer / opening)

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Revamped-Woodsman-Build/first#post2716866

YES

/15 char

mini.6018:

Uncle Shags.9017:

STABILITY. Completely negates the WHOLE THING. How’s that for a trade off? One boon counters the entire build?

You can also try evade, block, dodge, blind, stun break and range. Toughness, vitality and protection help as well. Anything really, other than standing there in glass with no defensive abilities.

I have to devote 6 runes, 2 traits, food, and a utility slot just to hope to survive condition damage, but you don’t hear me whining.

These warrior nerf threads are seriously getting to be draining. And it IS a learn to play issue. Ask any good 1v1 player.

Think about it from a logical perspective .In zerk gear healing signet is not op, people can burt you down if you make mistakes.Of consequence less whining about warr being op except from very bad opponents.Stun duration will not be a instawin since you woyld need to race on who kills who and actually use your skills wisely against a say mesmer engie or thief instead of just sitting there semi afk and tank all the spike.And cleansing ire would not be op if power spike could still get you down fast.This only trait makes everything about wars op where otherwise without it would be really ballanced depending on role.Full tank = low threat while full dps = high threat but also high risk.“unsuspecting foe” e both wich breaks the ballance.

Also warriors already have the huge advantage of easy access to perma fury so they already have the innate ability to go high in crit chance without sacrificing too much on defense.

It is not a l2p issue when you can tank 3 players (in wvw) because you can go FULL tank gear and laugh at players trying to take you down while waiting for 10 15 20 30 (you name it)seconds of stabity to wear off, with your own 20 -30 seconds of stability up.And aftet thqt just jump 1 player and do full crit dps like you would use dps gear.The trait is broken and all real warriors know it.I main war since over a year and right now war is very good in zerk.You don’t need the trait and tanky gear to kill ppl unless you are really bad player imo.Warrior atm has all the tools to go head to head with every proffesion in this game if played decently and 3V1 tanking and killing is too much reward for a lower skillcap than heartseeker spamming thieves back on release.Please don’ t try the " use stability" card on a veteran warrior who actually knows what’s up and not afraid to admit it.It is way to easy to tank any ammount of it until it’s gone and it wouldn’t be so trading one defensive stat for precision.
Also if the trait is not fixed or moved higher, reworked or decreased the crit% soon people will keep whining about the wrong stuff for example stun durations or cond removal or healing and inconseqvently will get the class rendered useless again , and all thx to no skill faceroll wanabees that fan only get a 1v1 kill if on full dps and three times the armor, healing and hitpoints of their squishy opponent.

It actually is a L2P issue broseph. Like Uncle Shags I made a build to directly counter that amount of conditions that are in this game (healing shouts + soldier runes.) If you’re going to tell me that using stability, blinds, snares / immobilizes, dodges, and stun breakers aren’t a valid argument, then your argument is biased and flawed. I use mace/shield as a movement control weapon set to keep my enemies from being able to freely go about doing their combo set. That’s where the magic of unsuspecting foe comes in; being able to punish your enemy when you catch them. So tell me again how it’s our fault that glasscannon ______ class is getting blown up when we pin them down with a stun? If they don’t want to get kittened so hard, then they should revise their gear / trait choices to be a little more well rounded as opposed to “lol MAXIMUM DAMAGE ALL DAY ERR DAY”

Evilzara.6378:

Normally I’ll trash talk for the fun of it but I don’t care anymore, doing no one good.

Good job SBI. (only time I’m saying this)

I’ve been the lone commander for BP the past 10 hours. You guys have good coordination and reaction time. Me flipping only your bay for the past 10 hours with 60 people proves it.

BP BL hills just now: You kept coming and coming and eventually broke us. Maybe it was all those times you contested our Garrison. You seriously wore us out and eventually got it. Also nice try trying to defend it as well as we took it right back.

But many times you guys decided “golems is the way to go!”. With however many people you had (I’m guessing 60+) you could literally dps the gate and break it down faster than the time it takes to build those golems. Just a suggestion.

I hope our tenacity today shows that we are not tanking this matchup. I (and many others) are trying our best to push you guys away. Just because the score is lopsided does not mean we’re giving up.

Anyways, you’re coverage is insane and it’s clear that tier 4 servers can’t match it. Heck, we did a lot better against DB and Maguuma than you guys. Wherever BP ends up in the future, whether it’s silver or gold league, we’ll still be out there fighting.

+1

Better solution would be to make the 100g commander tag a PvE only tag, but the WvW tag has to be bought with badges. Like at least 5k badges since they’re so easy to acquire if you’re active in wvw.

Zietlogik.6208:

Setun.4368:

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

Setun.4368:

Senjun.8149:

Hmm let’s see what areas missing. Good condi removal? Oh wait you got that. Hmm…. Well maybe your health pool is low? Oh not that either… you got the highest healthpool ingame right next to guardian.

You must not know much about Guardians if you think they have a high hp pool lol…

I had to read that 4 times to be extra sure I was really seeing it.

you got the highest healthpool ingame right next to guardian.

Is that some kind of sick sarcasm. As far as health goes guardians are in the lowest tier. They are tied with sentimentalist, and thieves.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health

Well you know how it is, ‘facts’ for QQers are based on personal opinion, or in otherwords how Fox News operates.

Also I see you’re from BP! Hope to see you in wvw sometime since we’re matched up again!

With your insanely defensive tone, and overall lack of knowledge of basic mechanics….you would fit quite well over at Fox News tbh…

It’s called sarcasm bro, look it up. Also Guardian’s base HP pools are on the lowest tier vs Warrior’s base HP pool, which is what I was pointing out originally. Tell me again how I’m misinformed?

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

Setun.4368:

Senjun.8149:

Hmm let’s see what areas missing. Good condi removal? Oh wait you got that. Hmm…. Well maybe your health pool is low? Oh not that either… you got the highest healthpool ingame right next to guardian.

You must not know much about Guardians if you think they have a high hp pool lol…

I had to read that 4 times to be extra sure I was really seeing it.

you got the highest healthpool ingame right next to guardian.

Is that some kind of sick sarcasm. As far as health goes guardians are in the lowest tier. They are tied with sentimentalist, and thieves.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health

Well you know how it is, ‘facts’ for QQers are based on personal opinion, or in otherwords how Fox News operates.

Also I see you’re from BP! Hope to see you in wvw sometime since we’re matched up again!

Excalibur.9748:

Setun.4368:

dani.1956:

So i should RUN RUN RUN , get out of combat , switch weapons for necro ( OP-est class in game ) , RUN RUN RUN AGAIN after him with hammer axe+shield (will take some time ) and be careful at his weapons and ABOVE ALL THAT I WILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM ? holy kitten !

You dont understand me , so i have to do another build for 1 kittening class ? thats pathetic !

Necro was using : axe/warhorn dagger/focus power build

Or you know, bring a hammer or mace/shield. Necros have almost no reliable stability, so hard CCs on them are the bane of their existance. Some necros do pack a lot of fears, but that’s where balanced stance or dolyak signet come in handy.

Isn’t fear a condition, so stability would do nothing against it. Berserker stance would work though.

It’s technically both actually. So stun breakers will break you out of it and stability will make you immune to it, but the fun thing is if you have negative condition duration stuff on you (runes and/or food) fear’s durartion is cut from that as well.

Senjun.8149:

Hmm let’s see what areas missing. Good condi removal? Oh wait you got that. Hmm…. Well maybe your health pool is low? Oh not that either… you got the highest healthpool ingame right next to guardian.

You must not know much about Guardians if you think they have a high hp pool lol…

Walabone.6713:

Moriquendi.4209:

Walabone.6713:

Why is SBI so bad? Discuss.

Borlis Pass: 3 493
Yak’s Bend: 3 507
Stormbluff Isle: 4 745

Why is BP currently losing to a bad server? Discuss.

Person thinks that quoting PPT is an indicator of skill? Discuss.

Wait, wait, wait….someone from BP saying PPT =/= skill? Funny how that works when you’re not the ones getting the highest points this time around. /jab

In all seriousness though this should be a fun matchup! I kinda hate reset weekend just because there seems to be tons of people grouped up all the time on all servers. Hard to find some good roaming 1v1’s or <6 small man fights it feels like.

dani.1956:

So i should RUN RUN RUN , get out of combat , switch weapons for necro ( OP-est class in game ) , RUN RUN RUN AGAIN after him with hammer axe+shield (will take some time ) and be careful at his weapons and ABOVE ALL THAT I WILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM ? holy kitten !

You dont understand me , so i have to do another build for 1 kittening class ? thats pathetic !

Necro was using : axe/warhorn dagger/focus power build

Or you know, bring a hammer or mace/shield. Necros have almost no reliable stability, so hard CCs on them are the bane of their existance. Some necros do pack a lot of fears, but that’s where balanced stance or dolyak signet come in handy.

dank.3680:

Setun.4368:

Come out and play NSP! We’ve had this tower of yours for over an hour now in hopes of getting some good fights! =P

wtf i hurry there for promise of pvp and i get there and all i see is a couple nsp pug capping lord.. /cry

You must’ve gotten there just after I logged out lol! I stuck around for about an hour after that post, and after only a handful of NSP / IOJ showed up to try anything my group and I went to bed. =(

Omg my healing shouts will be stronger without much healing power! Best news EVER! Hello >2k burst heals!

My river drake is Mr Cuddles and my marsh drake is Stinkums. For my udnerwater pets I’ve got Smiley the shark, and Fish Tank my armorfish. I’ve also got Not-A-Chocobo for my moas as well!

Come out and play NSP! We’ve had this tower of yours for over an hour now in hopes of getting some good fights! =P

Castaliea.3156:

Setun.4368:

Ok bye. We’ll see you again when you reinstall the game a week later once you see that other MMOs do things worse.

That’s such a generic reply it’s pathetic. Been playing GW since pre searing and I see the changes this company has undergone. If you try to deny the fact they marketed the game differently than how they are currently implementing content you’re probably more dense than a skrit. I really don’t care about this new gear or skill changes, hell I never use spirits. I only care that they (ANet) as a company has completely forsaken what they used to be and left everyone else behind.

….maybe you should step away from the game for a bit. No, seriously, go play something else like you claim you are and see just how clunky and boring the combat / playstyle of other MMOs are. Since you’re not talking about the ranger changes to spirits, then let’s talk about the fact that Anet has pretty much said they’re trying to bring new, entertaining content to the game, whether that’s via living story stuff, and/or new minigames, or pvp stuff like new finishers, maps for spvp, and wvw perks. They’re trying to please a wide range of players, not just the pve-centric or pvp-centric players, but casual and hardcore players. You go ahead and try doing all that while keeping patches on a regular 2 week basis. I know I’m not the only one who not only enjoys the hell out of my ranger, but all the classes I have maxed out. I’ve found what keeps the game fresh and new for me, which is wvw, and the new living story stuff. If you can’t find any enjoyment for this amazing game because you’re hung up about some obscure ideology then that sucks for you. I’ll be over here actually playing and enjoying the game.

P.S.
For the record if you want to see a company that turned their back completely on what they promised look at Darkfall. That piece of kitten had almost no content out when it went live, despite its claims of being able to build your own cities, hire guards, and have dynamic events like NPCs attacking player made infrastructure over time at launch. Hell, they even went as far as deleting any and all youtube videos showcasing these supposed features.

I agree to make either skill evade or reflect projectiles (preferred reflect.) I also like the idea of dual strike being a very short block.

Edit:

What if for the block while using dual strike idea it does its regular damage if you use it and don’t block any attacks, but if you use it and it blocks an attack it gives _ stacks of might? Like maybe 3 stacks of might or something if it blocks any attacks during its casting.

Levetty.1279:

Has there ever been another MMO where the universally agreed worst class constantly gets nerfs?

Warriors in Everquest and Everquest 2 got the shaft hard a lot back in the day when they were already UP

Relshdan.6854:

spvp is ruining the game for the rest of us.
if you will not split the skills, then end it please. only a tiny tiny tiny fraction of the playerbase even uses that mode of the game.

But…but…Esports! Esports everywhere! /Sarcasm

Wat

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Castaliea.3156:

I had a nice reply all typed up but go figure the forums glitch and I lose it the one god kitten time I don’t select all and copy before clicking post…

Anyways, I’ve been playing GW games since Pre but it’s clear there is nothing left of the old ANet who dreamed of GW2. They had how many weeks to work on skill changes and they did what with that? I’ve had enough of this new company’s lies and incompetence.

I’m uninstalling.
Have fun with your useless profession mechanic, kitten -poor designed traits and utility skills, lazily band-aided weapons, and last but not least your completely ignored profession sub forums and suggestions.

Ok bye. We’ll see you again when you reinstall the game a week later once you see that other MMOs do things worse.

I will say the fun thing about fighting a spirit ranger as a power ranger myself is using my river drake or my marsh drake’s F2 while Rampage as One is active; easiest way to get acquire 25 stacks of might by yourself lol.