Guild Wars 2

I’d be cool with staff if it were a healing based weapon, personally… I’m sure a lot of people would disagree but considering our lack of condition removal, something like… 2 of the 5 skills heal/remove one condition on yourself and allies while the other 3 inflict damage while healing. It would be more of a passive/support weapon to reduce our weakness to condition stacking. What if it cast it’s own version of Healing Spring even? It would make us much more of an asset in groups by being able to throw down AOE heals with either most of, or all 5 of our staff skills.

I would love for Rangers to be buffed a bit but I wouldn’t go so far as to ask for an overhaul either.
Imho, people just hate Rangers because they played them and the learning curve was too high so they immediately assumed they were bad. There’s more to them then making your pet tank everything while you pew-pew from a distance. But most are too naive to try anything else because making you pet tank while you pew-pew works in PvE so to them it should work everywhere… Not the case. Learn to improvise and you’d be amazed at what this profession is capable of.

On a side note; I whole-heartedly admit that Rangers are sub-par in zergs, but they’re not completely useless if you know what you’re doing. Still, everyone needs eyes on their territory and someone to defend fully upgraded camps or to flip enemy camps so… We have our role.

Has anyone done the Norn heart task in Wayfarer Hills where you’re turned in to a Snow Leopard? If so, you know how grossly stiff the combat feels. It’s like lifting your paw to swipe at a rabbit takes the same effort it would to tip a min-van. How about make the pets not so sluggish? I feel bad for their AI having to struggle to do any kind of attack. Being able to swipe, bite or shoot at an opponent while moving would be a massive improvement. Instead of having to first target their opponent, then follow them, then attack them, they can instead target and attack while chasing them.

It’s a strategy. It prevents the enemy from spawning in their keeps and forces them to use the hill waypoint. This can buy the offending team valuable time to secure what ever it might be they are attacking.
It can also alert the team that their keep is under attack and in some situations they will fall for it, pulling off of what ever they’re attacking and returning to inspect their keep.

Assuming makes an kitten of u and me.

I read your response to my last message.

Die, please. Leave us Rangers alone. You smell like a Warrior and you look like one too.

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This is the build I use and created.
Hilt Bash + Maul can one shot a Thief or Ele in most cases. And if every arrow hits, which if you position yourself properly isn’t all that hard to pull off, Rapid Fire can tick up to 16k given your Spirit Of Frost is active and you have all your stacks of Perception. I imagine there are better builds out there… But I’ve tried more than a few and this is the one I’ve come to be most comfortable with. Pretty glassy but since I mainly roam it works pretty kitten well for me.

Practice makes perfect. Roaming is the best way to go about it. Having a friend come with you may help, but I enjoy the “always the hard way” standard. This is personal preference, but I’d rather learn a game on it’s hardest difficulty than on easy mode. So I would suggest flipping camps/sentry’s, killing yaks, tapping keeps, scouting/upgrading towers and chasing away anyone who threatens you.
You’ll get the hang of it. The key to winning any fight is knowing your limits. Don’t get greedy trying to squeeze in that last stab when you have a sliver of health left. Pull back and attack from a distance or kite them until you can heal again.
Also, in WvW, there’s really no such thing as a fair fight. I prefer to have some honor in my encounters, but not in WvW… Win by any means necessary because at any second an enemy zerg could roll the both of you or your enemy could just keep resetting the fight until they win. So do what gets you that kill and don’t feel bad about it ( :

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHASAHO;sdjsanh;.fnsodihfusbadlnfhgiesdknfms dioglhfsk

I’ve never seen such a selfish thread in my entire life. Stop giving us loot I don’t like. Stressing the I in there. This is a community, bro. Get used to it.

QUAGGAN DOWN!!

-Consumes endless quaggan tonic and activates kite for maximum hilarity.-

Hold up… Some people are saying this is revealing and others, in some cases the same people, are saying it’d be nicer if you could change the colour? What… So people can make the blue skin coloured and your characters look even more naked?

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I don’t understand the logic behind this.

Anyway, back to what I said before. Looks great. Don’t like it, don’t buy it. Don’t turn this in to another ordeal where so many people cry about it ANet actually listens and changes/removes the armors for those of us who enjoy it. The end.

This…

… Is literally the best patch ever. So much loot… So much activity… So much art to appreciate. LA has never looked better than it has up in flames. As if I wasn’t addicted enough to this game I can hardly get enough of the destruction and despair that’s now plaguing our once peaceful inlets. Feels like we were suddenly slapped in the face with an invasion, thousands are dead and we’re now fighting to avenge the fallen and reclaim our lands.

… Or maybe I’m just over-imaginative ._.
Either way I love this to death. I’m not big on PvE what-so-ever. I spend 90% of my time in WvW occasionally farming dungeons for a bit of loot/gold but besides that PvE has never caught my attention for more than an hour or so. But now… I can’t pull myself from LA for longer than a few minutes. When we’re all sent back to the nearest safe zone when the event ends, I’m just waiting anxiously for it to start again.

Great job, ANet. For this player, this is by far the best thing to hit the game. I can’t wait to see how this progresses ( :

-Consumes endless quaggan tonic- Quaggan out! ChooOOoo!

Before I write the following I’d like to state in advance that the OP’s question is offensive to me. Which hopefully gives you an idea of whether or not you’d like to read what I have to say.

I’m not upset with the OP themselves, more so that they have the nerve to ask such a question. Let me be clear I’m not trying to be rude to the OP with what I have to say because they seem to have a good understanding of what is and isn’t okay. I’m only upset with the fact that the question even has to be asked.
This is a video game. I don’t know how many times I have to remind people of this. Men and women aren’t perfect in real life. Although creating a standard that isn’t possible to achieve isn’t necessarily a healthy idea, the vast majority of people who play these games understand that. The vast majority also want their characters to look good. There are some who prefer their avatars to look hideous, and all the power to them. That’s the will of preference. But the fact of the matter is, most of us want our characters to be attractive and sexy comes in kind with attractive. Not all men have 6-packs and hulking bodies and I can almost certainly assure you most of them wouldn’t want to wear any kind of armor/clothing that reveals any great deal of skin. But there are plenty of revealing male armors in this, and many other video games. Women on the other hand, enjoy wearing some what (and on the more free-spirited individual, very) revealing clothing. I don’t think it to be very far from the truth with these breast highlighting outfits as women in the actual world are comfortable wearing yoga pants which aren’t a whole lot different in the sense that they’re figure hugging and don’t leave a lot to the imagination.
I just wish that people would stop having to ask questions like these when it’s not supposed to have an effect on anything other than whether you choose to wear it or not. So the breasts are a highlight of the costume, then you might be surprised to learn that not only are they beautiful there is a form of art known as body painting that utilizes them in a similar way. The male outfits aren’t significantly less revealing so I don’t see what the fuss is about. If I saw a man in a outfit that complimented his figure by revealing his muscle mass I can’t say I wouldn’t turn my head, so… Why the double standards?

Yep, as some have said, human. Prayer To Kormir will save your behind a lot. Pets may be slow and rarely a contribution to damage, but I like to keep them alive anyway… Which is why I don’t use the active Signet of Renewal to pull all conditions to my pet. I’d rather not kill it.

I’m 50/50 on this. If you enjoy it, keep playing it. If not, don’t.
But I’m on the fence because in my experience no matter how much someone plays a Ranger they have nothing but bad things to say. I’ve come across very few people that actually say “I love my Ranger” it’s usually more along the lines of “I’m comfortable with it.” Personally, I’ve leveled every profession to 80 besides the Elementalist, and Ranger is by a good margin my favorite. If you have the patience to learn how to play it properly, it can be a very rewarding experience and can put out some pretty decent numbers given you’re built to do so.
And this isn’t exactly a great idea unless you really know the time and place to do it, but I love making my pet pull bosses to the group in dungeons (not as a troll.) In dungeons like CoE when we all stack by the pillar at Alpha for example, I like to send in my drake to take a bite of him then call him back to pull the boss to us. Means none of us have to risk getting trapped in that dreadful purple crystal and being one shotted before we can get back to the stack :P.

BASILISK, -stomps around on the floor childishly- I WANT A BASILISK.

I understand that Longbow isn’t a very appealing weapon to most, but this is why I always keep it on me. I use Greatsword and Longbow and it serves me well. If someone runs, swap to Longbow and the further they get from you the more damage Long Range Shot will do. It’s obviously not ideal for close-range fights, but I’m the kind of person who likes to be prepared for anything. For the people who run from me, my bow has struck them down many times.
Still, as someone has said here… If they run, you really don’t need to bother. I consider a run a forfeit. If they think otherwise I don’t really care…

Nice video ( : I love watching Rangers wipe the floor with people. Idgaf how many people say Rangers are bad or how often they say it… I love this profession to death.

There’s a thread on the Ranger forums here showcasing the damage Maul can produce if built to accomodate it. Stacking vulnerability also helps to increase the numbers. With enough buffs and traits/boons (which the Ranger profession allows for if done properly) you can hit up to 23k. Still, that particular build is very, very, very glassy and isn’t really good for anything but burst damage. A stiff breeze could kill you so if you’re running that build you better know how to dodge like a pro.

SvenskNavi.9378:

So you know that there’s several posts, but have you read them to understand what’s going on?

Yes. That’s why I said help/attention. I understand that it’s possibly a DDoS attack but that hasn’t been proven. So until further notice I’ll assume the cause of this to be open to debate. I’m not going to let ANet or NCSoft off the hook until I see solid evidence that this isn’t their fault. Not that I’m blaming them right now, I understand it may not be something they can fix. Still, I would like some sort of attention for this.

I understand that there are already multiple threads on this subject, but the more flood the forums the better chance someone with the ability to do something about it will see our need for help.

For the past few nights (night where I live, Canada, Ontario) anywhere from 8PM to 12AM the servers will begin to lag horribly before they crash. Multiple people are experiencing this and just before I posted this thread I was in Crucible Of Eternity and we were all disconnected. We all rejoined, but the lag was so bad some of us were teleporting all over the place until we eventually gave up trying and called it quits.
I don’t know what’s causing this or if it’s an easy fix. But it’s effecting a lot of people and for lengthy periods of time makes the game unplayable. Skill and utilities won’t work, messages take up to 10 seconds to send, you get hit/killed by invisible enemies, it’s quite serious and it’s more than a handfull of people experiencing it.
Also, on that note, when the servers go “down” so to speak, this website as well is sometimes either inaccessable all together, or takes long periods of time to load the pages where as any other website works just fine.

So I am requesting your help/attention, ANet and NCSoft. Something is very wrong here.

Evalia.7103:

I could name 10 ways to make build better, and then probably quite a few more.
No Swiftness/No Passive +25% = Slug
Signet Of Resolve = Debatable
Traits – 100 reasons and some more why they are bad. No Virtues? Signet Mastery(with 1 signet?) Wrathful Spirit?
Gear – Both Sigils and Runes(omg?) are far from optimal.
No Ascended Gear?
Too much precision and critical damage, too little power to achieve optimal DPS/power) provide all the same DPS increase.

Thanks for the criticism. Now where’s the advice? Lol.

I’ve yet to reach 80 on my guard, at the moment she’s not even level 25. But because I like to get all my gear bought, upgraded and ready to go for when an alt reaches 80 I’d like to know how this build sounds before I go throwing my money away.
Take a look at the link and tell me what you think. It will be primarily focused on WvW, mid to front-lining zergs and if feasible for roaming as well. I spend about 60% of my time flipping camps/sentry’s, tapping gates, killing yaks and scouting towers on my Ranger and I enjoy roaming more so than zerging. But I digress, a Guardian is great for group support and can hold their own solo as well.
So let me know what you think about this and whether it would be a good build or not.

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Guild raids p*ss me off, sorry. I understand it’s " Guild Wars " but how crucial guilds are of followers really bothers me. I’m not in a guild for almost that exact reason… The majority of them, let me stress majority will shoo away anyone who isn’t in their guild or scrutinize them until they leave. Sure, there are benefits to being coordinated that much no one can deny. But you shouldn’t exclude people because they’re not a part of your guild, they’re still a part of your server. Let them run with you and who knows maybe they’ll enjoy your conversations and how you play as a team and bam, new recruit.
Not only that, as everyone so often says, coverage wars it should be the more the merrier.

Way I see it, if you’re going to guild raid do what KrazyFlyinChicken said and do what you say don’t kitten around for 60 minutes or have a fit on the five people that want to follow you.
Sorry for the temper but guild raids really grind my gears. It’s like being on the battle field and saying “no, we’re fighting for the same thing but we’re called ‘super friends’ and you can’t fight with us because you’re not a super friend.” It makes no sense.
And thus why I enjoy PUG’s even if they scatter at the sight of a red name. At least they’ll pick you up if you go down and welcome any one who wants to fight by their side.

KrazyFlyinChicken.5936:

My advice: There is 1 rule in organizing which MUST be followed in order to make an event enjoyable:

1) DO what you SAY.

When you rally in a BL, don’t go afk waiting for more. If raid starts at 8PM, then start it at 8PM. If you don’t, people will stop showing up at 8PM. If your raids are failing, its the fault of your organizer. NOT the members.

I’ve gotta agree with some of the comments here. Not only thieves can stealth-spike and stability negates interrupting your opponents finisher as well.
Still… Stealth spiking is pretty B.S.

And although I’m sure I’ll get sandblasted for my QQing about it… I’m going to anyway.
I don’t care if you’re squishy… I’m a Ranger and I win fights unstealthed and without blind spams all the time. If I can do it you can too. On top of that, it’s not even the stealth that irritates me… It’s that when a thief stealths you know they’re going to be visible again with just about full health <__<.

I swear to god if this is the “amazing thing” coming for the Ranger I’m going to clock someone right in the mouth.
Although the passive effect sounds pretty decent… I would love to see more done to the Ranger than just a mediocre elite signet. I understand that it hasn’t been stated anywhere that this will be the “amazing thing(s)” coming for the Ranger, but if I know ANet… Well prepare for an anti-climactic finish.

Runes
Superior Rune Of The Ranger
Why: Look at the title… +5% damage while you have a companion, keep it alive and boom, 5% extra damage. Precision and Critical Damage to boot.

Superior Rune Of The Scholar
Why: Too much precision is a bad thing. You want that extra power or your critical attacks are going to be just as lack luster as an all power build would be. That’s not to downplay power builds as they’re highly effective, just as I’ve said before they lack that “oomph.” And without power to compliment your precision, the same thing will happen.
And you know that +10% damage while health is above 90% is pretty awesome too…

Thus concluding my build. I imagine there are greater ones out there, especially considering I’ve only been playing a Ranger for a relatively short period of time. Still, of the professions I’ve had experience with (all of them save Elementalist), I’ve enjoyed my time most with the Ranger and this set up. If I could provide a video of it in action I would, unfortunately my computer hardly supports the game itself let alone a recording program in the background…
Feel free to comment or to try it out and don’t forget … ~

P O S I T I O N

~ Link to the build below ~

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Utility
Troll Unguent is awesome… The end… With a build that’s on the softer side, this skill can really reduce the feeling of being fragile. Use it with care though!
Prayer To Kormir is a utility only available to humans, so… If you’re not of the human race this won’t be an option. Why I’ve chosen to place this here is that I haven’t traited for any passive condition removals. And if you’ve been a Ranger for long you probably know by now conditions are our achilles heel. If used properly, this little gem can be a life-saver.
Signet Of The Hunt is optional. In WvW, fast travel is crucial. This signet is great for peeling across the map and gaining distance between you and your foes. Although with a Warhorn equipped you also have access to swiftness, it’s nice not to have to rely on cooldowns.
Signet Of Renewal once again will be focusing on our weakness, conditions. To be honest, I don’t find that those 10 seconds ping in at just the right time very often. I don’t see conditions being removed when I’d like them to but it does have it’s moments. Not only that, if your pet is still alive and you feel like risking it’s life (and that +5% damage that you’ll get from having it alive), you can send all the conditions it’s way.
Rampage As One, well… I guess I’m just bias about this but I consider just about all of the other Ranger elites to be garbage. That’s just my opinion so take it as you will. People just walk clean out of Entangle half the time and because we’re not a spirit build Spirit Of Nature can be used as little more than a healing turret (which can actually be pretty useful from time to time but still fails in comparison to Fury, Stability and Swiftness.)

Traits
Marksmanship
Any self-respecting Ranger will have this trait line maxed… It just has everything our profession could ask for. For what I’ve organized here, we’ll have a 10% damage increase with full endurance as I’ve stated previously, “Spotter” which will increase our own, as well as our allies precision and “Eagle Eye” which will allow us to better snipe down our enemies from a safe distance (for bonus damage stand at absolute max range and watch 3 – 4k become your regular hits with “Long Range Shot.”)

Skirmishing
A great trait line for critically based builds or trappers, Skirmishing will provide us with the following: Fury and Might when swapping weapons in combat. Although it’s benefits rarely prove themselves, they aren’t without virtue. “Sharpened Edges” will grant us a 66% chance to cause bleeding on critical attacks. And, with the build’s high chance of that already, you can count on causing a lot of bleeds. After this we have “Honed Axes” and “Quick Draw.” The first, as mentioned earlier, will give us a nice damage increase with our axes. The latter will allow us to more effectively utilize “Rapid Fire” which will be our main source of DPS.

Nature Magic
The 10 points spent here can also be spent in Wilderness Survival. I however have chosen to spend them in Nature Magic for the benefit of regeneration when health reaches 75% and a respectable bonus to power from our vitality. If you wish to trait in to Wilderness Survival for “Shared Anguish” and increased endurance regeneration it won’t hurt the build any.

Armor
I have been told that assassins isn’t the best way to go, but after trying my current set up with PTV and Berserker, I’ve come to prefer PTV and Assassins. Why, is because with Berserker weapons and the majority of your trinkets also Berserker, the high precision of Assassins compliments the high power of Berserkers very nicely. And with both you of course get that sweet bonus to critical damage. If you prefer to use Berserkers in place of Assassins, I’ve tried it and the difference isn’t massive. Still, I would recommend what I’ve listed here over Berserkers.
Why I haven’t chosen to go full Power or full Assassins/Berserker is because you need a good balance of damage and survivability. Although a good Power build can deal some great damage as well as maintaining awesome survivability, it seriously lacks that oomph that critical damage and precision provides. And to go full glass well, in WvW that’s just asking to get rolled. Even as a Ranger who should be as far from the spinning blades and casting flames as possible, projectiles and a well trained thief can still sneak up on you. So I would really recommend against going full glass for WvW.

Note: This build is primarily focused on WvW but is also effective in PvE.

There are many ways to build your characters. Some better than others and some plainly suited to the person behind them. The build I will explain here is what has served me best and has since convinced me that hope for the Ranger isn’t completely lost.

Your Pets
As a Ranger, your pets are (unfortunately) a big part of your damage dealt. They can provide you with damage bonuses, boons or cleanses but the majority of the time they’re limping behind you dead. However, if properly managed they can be a decent asset. Learn when to call your pet back to you and when to send it in for an attack. Eventually, it will become second nature using your pet more like an Engineer might use their kits, swapping in and out in battle.
I have chosen, and continue to chose over and over, the drakes. They pull great aggro (awesome for flipping camps in WvW) can survive the aggro they pull with good toughness/vitality, and even untraited they do some pretty nasty damage.
I would like to add however, that pets are highly situational. And can be changed to suit your current needs. I have just found that after giving all the species a fair run that the drakes are the most reliable for both damage and survivability. Bears can tank, but do pitiful damage unless traited, which is a waste. Birds/felines do great damage, but eyeballing their healthbars is far too risky when in combat.

Weapons
Longbow
As a Ranger, I try to stay true to the image I hold in my mind of a times long forgotten sniper. One who sits atop the hills, on tower walls or just out of sight of the enemy. And when the time is right, they take their shot dealing critical damage and if properly executed defeating their enemy before they can get within melee range.
Thus your main weapon will be the Longbow. Treat it as your trusty rifle, not your machine gun. You won’t be standing five feet from your enemy with this weapon, you will be standing out of reach carefully picking and choosing your targets. After you have gained 25 stacks of Accuracy, a single Rapid Fire with every arrow landing can crit for up to or exceeding 12k. The more vulnerability on your enemy the higher the numbers will climb. You may also consider using the Cave Spider for it’s “Weakening Venom” which applies additional vulnerability.
Let me stress before I move on to the next weapon that; you are not front line material. You are not to be using your bow as a machine gun. As a wise Ranger once said on these forums, there should be but one thing on your mind at all times, position. Position, position, position.

Axe and Warhorn
For those close encounters, a Ranger must be skilled both at range and in close quarters. You are a slippery S.O.B. but sometimes the enemy is just too slimey to keep away. When they manage to get in your face, show them the error of their ways. Use “Call Of The Wild” when the time is right and let the boons do their job. Hopefully at this point you haven’t forgotten that position is still a very important strategy. Flanking your opponent will grant you with 10% additional damage (Hunter’s Tactic’s trait). “Honed Axes” trait will also grant you with a 10% critical damage increase while wielding an axe in your main hand. To top this off, you have a Superior Sigil Of Force, 25 stacks of Accuracy to increase precision(assuming you have gained your Accuracy), Might and Fury from “Call Of The Wild” and if your endurance is full… Another 10% damage increase. This is without including food and oil buffs. Which means handled properly you’ll hit like a semi on jet fuel.
POSITION.

Fact:
People are already taking EotM too seriously. It’s a frickin’ waiting room with pretty wall paper… Fight until Q is up or fight to kill time before you do something else. Don’t stress others to protect stuff or to obey the pin. It’s where people should be going to unwind not to deal with more orders.

Also, it’s kind of funny how suddenly so many people are saying there’s a problem in WvW because JQ are winning. BG’s logic: “Oh! EotM is s00per fun and kewl, bring yo friendz! :O, but JQ is winning?! HOW CAN THAT BE. WvW is brokin guise.”

I should get a picture of my Necromancer for this thread… She’s a gorgeous ebon beauty and I would like to say that I don’t think in any way dark skin looks bad on a character. Infact with the right faces it looks exceptionally attractive.
However I do agree, I don’t see many dark skinned characters myself. I’m black(ish) and I have 2 black characters and a mocha character.

Also, by no means is this meant to degrade what you’ve asked here, it’s just something a friend of mine had said to me.
“Why are all your characters black?” I responded with, why are all of yours white?
Think about that.

I like all these silly people going on about how no one cares what happens in T1 like it’s the rich side of town and they’re having a hard time getting by with their used cars and no name food products.
I came up from a lower tier and I have only one thing to say:
The difference between lower and higher tiers are only the sizes of the zergs… There is very little else to differentiate between the two with the exception of nicer/meaner communities. I transferred up because I take WvW more seriously than the server I was on previously and I wanted to be on one that felt similarly.
I don’t support anyone buying guilds but to those that move to other servers under their own free will like myself (not in a guild), more power to you. It’s a flippin’ game, man…

Also, sorry, SoR… I forgot you like “to fight for bags.” You know where else you can get bags? PvE…
So… Go there… Shoo.

You stand there, I’ll stand here and tick 12k before you have time to defend yourself.
Bow = sniper rifle. Not semi-automatic. Find a good position, and ambush your enemies with sneak attacks, that’s how you play it properly. I wouldn’t mind some buffs, but honestly I don’t feel Ranger is underpowered the community is just too lazy to learn that kitten , kitten a bow isn’t a melee weapon…
Besides Thieves that can sneak up on you in stealth, it’s really not that hard to spot the enemy before they spot you and demolish half their health bar with Rapid Fire.
In short… We could use some buffs like trait re-organization or sturdier pets… But besides that any serious increases to damage would make us pretty ridiculous. Or well, the ones that know how to play the profession.

I don’t know whether to be proud of us or disappointed in us, honestly. I’m glad the majority of us have stayed in WvW and continue to defend our territory and fight for higher ground. But at the same time I feel like we’re taking advantage of BG and SOR going to EotM a bit too much. Either way, I’m not the soul representative of JQ so it doesn’t really matter… I’m not even in a guild. All I know is that I enjoy the organization and defense in JQ too much to spend much time in EotM. The longer I’m in Edge the more I miss my server because people in EotM are so disorganized I can’t handle it.

But I don’t predict Edge being the end of WvW. Things change, it’s evolution. If anything it may be a new era as a pose to an apocalypse. And as for the BG vs JQ situation, it’s pretty much JQ versus door right now. BG are tired of winning and SoR are tired of losing. JQ just want some time in the sun.

SOR’s offense is a force to be reckoned with. I wouldn’t find it hard to believe that they fight more for bags than for PPT considering that when they zerg, they map zerg. If their group is in one place you can just about guarantee that they’re not another place. I don’t consider their “for fights” mentality “unhealthy” as some have said. Playing for PPT is just as bad. It’s a game, have fun with it and play it how you want. I transferred from a lower tier server (Dragonbrand) because I wanted a server that wouldn’t shrug it off every time their territory was under attack. And I’m not disappointed with my decision.
So I don’t pity SoR, and I don’t find their mentality unhealthy. I enjoyed the fights and I hope they roll some T2 servers if they happen to move down because they’re a powerful server and if they can roll T1 they can do it to T2.

Thanks for the bags SoR, and hope you enjoyed mine too ( ;

Akisame.9508:

apocalypso.4895:

If you want to do damage with a ranger stop using lB or SB.
Use Sword/Axe, Greatsword. You’ll need to also use your pet too (Jungle Stalker, Jaguar, Raven, Owl).
Maul can hit for 22k+ and Path of Scars can hit for 25k+ if both hits land however both are quite hard to pull off in real combat situations and anything you get out of your pet beyond 5 might stacks from jungle stalker you have to consider as luck.
If you play smart, it’s actually a fun build to run in a zerg, one shotting distracted people.

I have never seen a maul do 22k+. I’ve seen it do 8k, I’ve done 6k myself, but 22k I have never seen. I would love to see the video of that.

11k absolute tops. Which I’ve hit maybe twice ever.
Still, Maul is a pretty brutal attack especially with might/fury stacked.

And @ OP, it depends… To be honest, I find the majority of people have just become conditioned to believe that Rangers are bad when they are infact quite alright. Comparing us to Thieves or Warriors isn’t really fair considering they’re two of the hardest hitting professions in the game.
But if you position yourself properly you can get some pretty good numbers. I don’t know what people consider good damage but with Long Range Shot I hit anywhere from 3 – 5k and up to 17k with Rapid Fire. It’s not the 20k backstabs Thieves hit or the 30k Hundred Blades Warriors hit but if every arrow goes in to your target it can melt them pretty fast. People can call LB “pew pew” all they want but I wouldn’t consider 70% of someone’s health bar “pew pew” just because it sounds like it.

Go around.
Not supporting their idiotic behavior, but this is Carebear Wars 2. Where nothing is done to support negative behavior and everyone holds hands because it’s always sunny in Tyria.
It’s a big map. Just take the extra 15 seconds to go around and ignore the trolls. The points don’t count towards anything anyway so losing supplies isn’t as big a deal as it is in the actual WvW maps.

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Plant yourself on a nice hill and tag anyone who wanders by with this build. Watch how fast their health melts. Although yes if they come at you fast enough things can get a bit hairy that’s why you also have your greatsword. If you have those 25 stacks of Accuracy handy a quick chain of Swoop-Hilt Bash-Maul should put your opponent in panic mode.

If you can’t survive with a Ranger you’re doing it wrong.
If you think they have the same range as other professions you’re wrong.
If you think they can’t tick 16k with Rapid Fire you’re also wrong.

L2P.

I enjoy making posts here regularly for tweaks to the Ranger profession. Mainly because as most people know it’s in a pretty sorry state. For this post I’m going to make a few new pet suggestions. Although yes, pets are a big part of what ruins the profession, I don’t see ANet removing them any time soon. So I’ll list a few pets with preferred abilities that would be useful to the Ranger. If you have any suggestions yourself please feel free to add them without it being something ridiculous like an Oakheart with Entangle as it’s special ability.

1. Basilisk (amphibious) – Special Ability: Turn foe to stone 2 1/2 seconds.
2. Dolphin – Special Ability: Summon second Dolphin (similar to that of the Hyena)
3. Shadow Skelk (amphibious) – Special Ability: Shadowstep to foe for one guaranteed critical attack
4. Griffon – Special Ability: Knockdown foe while applying 3 stacks of bleed 3 1/2 seconds
5. Minotaur – Special Ability: Launch your foe
6. Wasp – Special Ability: Attack your foe with 3 critical attacks in quick succession

Reasons why:
The Basilisk would provide a good means of keeping distance between you and your enemy.
The Dolphin would be good for controlling larger under water mobs or dealing extra damage to a single enemy.
The skelk would be good for moving enemies and as a finishing attack if the enemy is weak.
Same as Basilisk, good enemy control.
And again same as Basilisk, good enemy control, which, as a Ranger is very important.
Would be great as a finisher. When enemy is low health use special attack for burst damage assuming the pet hits the enemy.

If traited to apply bleed 66% of the time on crits, first begin a Barrage, at the beginning of Barrage activate Sharpening Stone (which won’t interrupt your Barrage) and watch 15 – 20 stacks of bleed appear in the blink of an eye. For 25 stacks throw down a Spike Trap. For sustained bleed use a Hawk’s “Lacerating Slash.” Bleed for daaaaaaaaaaaaaays.

Rangers are hated for two main reasons:
They draw the worst community of players
and because they have drawn the worst community from day one, people have become used to this assumption therefore if you’re a Ranger you’re automatically bad/useless even if that’s not always the case (although 99% of the time it is.)

I disagree completely that anything the Ranger can do another profession can do better. Although yes, Rangers are lacking in some key areas, that doesn’t make them useless it just means the player behind them has to learn not to neglect the weaknesses and to overcome them.
I have fought many people on my Ranger 1v1 as well as 1v2 and come out the victor. Although it can be a struggle where as on a Warrior or Thief it might not, that doesn’t mean the victory was in vain. I didn’t spam a single attack (Earthshaker/Heartseeker) and I didn’t either facetank everything or spend 90% of my time in stealth where I’m virtually (let me stress virtually for those who play Thief and will freak out to defend this) invincible because all they need to do is side-step attacks and their opponents would be none the wiser.
As a Ranger you need to be constantly aware of your position. And it should be the main thing on your mind when in combat.
Position
If you’re not paying attention to where you’re standing you’re going to get facerolled. And this is why so many Rangers get spiked within 5 seconds of combat. When in ZvZ, duels or roaming, or what ever form of battle I’m in as I enjoy all roles in WvW, I’m always thinking about where I’m standing or where the best place to stand would be. They should be treated like a sniper not a heavy machine-gunner. If I get on a nice hill when zergs clash I can pick people off all day long. Just yesterday in blue keep I was standing on the dome above lord and with max range when the other server broke through I sat up there just watching bags pile around my feet. 3.5k + at make range with Long Range Shot on a squishy enemy… Lol. One Rapid Fire with every arrow hitting, which uninturruped from a good position isn’t hard to pull off, can take half someones health bar out easily.

Ranger’s aren’t useless… If you’re going to war you’re going to want one or two snipers with you to pick off the stragglers. The people behind the Rangers are the useless ones… They’re the ones standing with people 5 feet infront of them and they’re not even looking down their scope.

So although yes; they are lacking in certain areas.
Yes if there are too many in a group they will become more of a burden than a help.
And yes the majority of them are bad players. -
It doesn’t mean they’re all useless it just means you need to try a bit harder to recognize which ones are using the profession properly.

And for the record, if what a Ranger can do any other profession can do better… I feel sorry for all the Longbow Warriors I’ve killed pretending to be a Ranger.

Longbow and shortbow should do equal damage to the other weapons available to the Ranger. Not less damage than most of the weapons and only equal damage if the target is standing still.
I want my Long Range Shot to be hitting 5 – 6k instead of my Maul.

Half of BG are wurming. And they still beat SOR.

When ever ranks go account bound, between all my characters I’ll be pushing rank 500. 212 on my highest, and have never gotten anything ascended. Rings, or otherwise. Maybe like 4 exotics max, none of which were worth more than 2g.
Although it’s discouraging, I play WvW because I enjoy it, not because I’m hoping for rewards for having fun (even if loot makes it slightly more fun.)

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I don’t mind people who use the more exposing armor styles. However in my mind there is a thing called “Functional/practical”

Fantasy game is fantasy.
Going in to combat with an exposed face is about as practical as going in to combat with an exposed torso. If you want realism a game with dragons and plant people probably isn’t your best option.

Ranger is the underdog profession. It has many downsides and very few upsides. If played correctly and enough time is invested in to understanding their mechanics the Ranger can be a very rewarding profession. I avoided making a Ranger for the longest time because of all the bad things I had heard. Then one day I said screw it I’ll give it a go… Now I’m mad I didn’t try Ranger sooner. Although I see where they are lacking and why they are disliked by many, I also feel that many people dislike them because they don’t have the patience to learn them.
So if you feel you can invest extra time in to understanding the profession, I would recommend Ranger. Properly grasping the utilities and character as a whole can feel very rewarding when succeeding in duels especially.
If you feel you cannot invest extra time in to understanding a profession: Thief = stealth, heartseeker spam = win. It’s difficult to do poorly with a Thief unless you’re trying to face tank everything which they simply cannot do.

Nothing should be “king” of anything. You’re asking for balance yet suggesting something be unbalanced by being better than everything else- power. Some professions aren’t as effective with power as they are with conditions or precision, etc. If you want balance, everything should be applying the same base damage and nothing should be “better” than anything only players more fit for using them.
Power build versus condition build: Equally skilled players but power wins because it’s “king”? I don’t think so.
Power build versus condition build: Equally skilled players again but this time it’s any one’s game. Who ever uses their abilities at the appropriate times and evades accordingly wins.
= Balance.

I think I’m going to be sick… I play a Ranger because it requires more effort than other professions. You don’t hammer spam-stun to win, stealth-dodge-spam to win or condition dump and immunity to win. You actually have to utilize your abilities at certain time intervals and handle your weapons with care rather than facerolling the keyboard.
Please don’t suggest in any way shape or form that Rangers need a nerf. Suggesting that our weapons need a longer cooldown puts us from weakest profession to non-playable. At least in our current state I can still win fights if I play my cards right. Reducing ANYTHING of ours is like cutting that last thread we’re holding on by.