Guild Wars 2

ive just given up on the idea that anet will ever do something positive for the ranger seeing how they for some reason despise the class. You know devs hate your class when they make other classes pets better than the designated pet classes pets.

basically anet hates rangers and doesn’t give a flying poo about us so im sure it was intended

Well many of the rangers skills as well as lore is very nature based and well Sylvari are plants and a few of their racial elites are very fitting for a ranger such as the summon fern mastiff skill and the druid spirit and so on. Norn are also very connected to nature through the spirits of the wild and so on, along with the fact that there are a few Norn rangers of renown such as Eir Stegalkin, as well as Sif Shadowhunter from GW1.

So its really up to you as lore wise and abilities they both make sense. My ranger is a Sylvari, partially because i find the Norn animations and clunkiness off putting. However Sylvari can look a bit weird in anything but cultural and TA so that’s something to consider as well.

Seeing how they’re either dead or unable to attack 99% of the time for multiple reasons ya
+1

the longbow/greatsword is all i use with full zerker and traits being 30/30/10. Depending on the map in spvp i can utterly decimate and entire team but this is only on khylo on-top of the clock tower, or temple overlooking the gate, not only do i get full range on most shots but the longbow hits much more consistently when your shooting from n elevated position. This is however in pugs as i don’t really do tournaments or anything. I took the build in a tournament once and ya you can imagine how that went.

WvW i love it, im able to roam fairly well and just have to maintain range on them where the 1500 gives me an advantage. I usually run with 3-4 people so i can sit back and pew pew from a distance while they have them distracted. With full zerk my #1 hits for around 4k past 1000 and my #2 hits for around 18k as long as most of them hit and if they stand in barrage even more than that. Its not as bad as everyone thinks but it does need work.

edit: also spvp wise above the beach point(forget the map name) is good spirit watch is decent all over the map, above graveyard point is good on foefire, really anywhere with elevation is good flat ground is a no for wvw ebg is best

-have pets actually work or make it to were we can opt out of using them giving us their dmg so we aren’t handicaped
-have rangers actually be unparalleled archers like our class description says
-have longbow by default be 1500 range with trait to bump it up to 1800
-give longbow more dmg
-increase the projectile speed on the longbow so 90% of the attacks aren’t avoided simply by sidestepping
-essentially make the longbow a tool for raining death down on people from afar like it should be and make arrows arc a bit more to fix the obstruction issue on relatively flat ground

with full zerk, full stack of perception runes, food and oils with my traits being 30/30/10/ 0/0 with LB and GS my long range shot on the LB at 1k range and over hits 2-4k with crits and my crit chance being over 100% with RaO and rapid fire hitting upwards of 18k and maul on the GS hitting for around 8k on crits so you get pretty decent dmg with full zerk but you die in about 3 hits

they should let us aim the LB that would be awesome because its currently almost impossible to hit a moving target because our toons who are supposed to be masters of ranged combat dont know how to lead a moving target unless they’re 5ft away

I’ve been running full zerker with LB and GS with 30/30/10/0/0 for quite a while now. With food and bringing an extra weapon to stack precision I get 90% crit chance and 110% with RaO. If I can get rapid fire off AND hit with every single shot i can hit upwards of 18-19k that plus a few long range shots at full range will down most people.

Problem is every single LB attack you can basically just step out of the way of if you know where its coming from. Soon as they close range the LB is basically worthless. I usually run with a 5 man group made up of mostly melee so i can kinda sit back with how slow the arrows move and how slow the RoF is the LB at this point is almost more of a hindrance.

Yes there are a few ways to counter this like sitting up high but that’s not always an option. I feel the LB has huge potential but in its current state kinda blows with a crap damage output unless you go full zerk, especially when you compare it to a rifle warrior who has the potential to hit for 30k with the adrenaline skill.

The LB needs its damaged buffed, projectile speed buffed, and RoF buffed to really make it worth while. Rangers are supposed to be the masters of ranged combat in this game(according to the description for them atleast) when in reality the only thing that gives them somewhat of an edge is the 1500 range if they trait for it.

id love this and we should have access to eagle eye from the get go, its basically your not a master of long range combat until your level 40

EpicHedgehog.1754:

GW1=7+years, only one race
GW2=1 year, 5 races

i understand that lol but that doesn’t mean one armor type has to be almost entirely trench coats. Most of the race models are fairly similar aside from charr and to a point asuran. Sylvari, Norn, and Humans have extremely similar player models so the armor models are very similar.

I love this game and have a few armor sets/combinations i love but for the most part(especially with medium) you get basically the same thing for example 95% of the medium armors are giant trench coats and a wide brimmed hat that all look the same. Whatever happened to the armor variety in GW1 and what not. There were so many unique looking armor sets that for the most part looked pretty darn good. I know the game is fairly new but the lack of unique armor is kinda frustrating. I really wish they would add a larger variety.

add an option for bodies to stay for longer that would be awesome

When I first saw the names for these armor sets I was extremely excited because I loved majority of them, and then I actually saw them…………..horribly disappointed. Making them look like the armor from gw1 would not only add quite a few good looking armor skins, but also add to the game giving a possible sense of nostalgia and so on.

This would be awesome like the arena that’s supposed to be in L.A from “Edge of Destiny” where Destiny’s edge fights would be great. The only way to currently do is go to the Heart of the Mists and find an empty server which can be a pain. Dueling is a great way to pass time, mess around with your friends, can help people figure out how to deal with other classes PvP wise and so on.

i wholeheartedly agree with this

more emotes, maybe role play tags like a different colored name(i.e LOTRO) and possibly elaborate on each classes lore and have more class distinction, more ways to interact with your environment, more mini games around cities(whatever happened to the bar brawling they said they were going to put in) and possibly add class based mini games that don’t necessarily have a monetary gain or anything just some fun thing to do to actually feel like your a Thief or a Mesmer and so on(different missions for each class) like having a Thief mini game where they actually steal something from a nobles house then find a way to sneak out and avoid guards or a heist with fellow thieves just something to make your class feel more like that class with maybe a little RP achievement panel that other players could see and so on

if they would actually add GvG and guild halls etc. it would make more sense

oh joy…… well looks like i wont be coming back to the game after all. One of the few viable weapon sets we get and its crap now

Me and my guild (only about 10 of us) were really looking forward to guild missions……..only to find out it will be months if not a year before we can actually do them. The amount of influence needed just for the missions not to mention the upgrades you need in each category just to be able to have the option to get them is completely ridiculous(30k just for the first tier!? most we’ve ever had at once was 10k and it took 3 months to get). The amount needed punishes the smaller more casual guilds and makes a part of the game almost exclusive to large guilds or extremely active smaller guilds, so we basically have 3 options, merge with another guild which basically defeats the purpose of making your own guild, or save up for months on end, or spend 60g on the banquets from the guild promoter. I doubt we are the only people that feel like the price needs lowered a ton