Guild Wars 2

GoogleBrandon.5073:

Rangers have no viable build left in Team nor SoloQ…

Huh? The roaming power ranger is appreciated in lots of team setups, afaik..
Well, I know I am..

urieldhynne.2743:

and thrust me, in lowers tiers, if you only do wvw, is not playable at all.

I won’t thrust you, or trust you, when you say that.. :p
WvW is playable on lower tiers, it just takes some dedication. Unless your opinion of WvW is blob wars?

I macro /cheer and /bow.. Still need to see the first ban for macro-ing emotes, tbh..

Twinbros.5372:

I fully agree that WvW server population balance is the key to fixing the most wrong thing with WvW. Regardless of “wait times” each map should have a cap on how many people are allowed in WvW equal to the lowest force on that map. So if BGBL had 20 people on, only 20 people from the other teams would be allowed in, thus 60 people in total.

^^ +1000
Although I wouldn’t put it totally even (X from the lowest server, a max of 10 + 1,5*X from the others – how else to act when nobody is on the map?). And the remainder of the WvW population can join their K-train in EotM..

I have seen awesome rangers, I have seen rangers suck monkeyballs..
Oh, feel free to change the word “ranger” with any other profession..
Skill > Class

Just clarifying here that ddos stands for “distributed” denial-of-service.. So a dos attack coming from multiple systems (probably botnets)..

Well, I’m also from FoW, and I’m a bit opposed to the thought..

As pointed out above: In WvW you fight for YOUR server..
If it should merge into megaservers, then I won’t feel as connected to that ‘world’ as I do now on FoW (although nevertheless we only have 4-5 active WvW players)..

Fluffball.8307:

You see the occasional LB video pop up, but I don’t think too many people claim to run berserker in PvP?

raises the hand of his zerker ranger

Korgov.7645:

X server did not contact us to “defend” their tower or keep against you.

Oh, I wasn’t hinting at all to that.. I have quite some people on my flist from RoS, and I do know that FR and RoS aren’t friends at all.. :-)

Korgov.7645:

Just acknowledge the situation and make the most of it. With just 2 people on the map, I would opt for roaming rather than tower/keep captures.

Aye, as we did.. But of course, when you see the PPT go so low (capping camps the entire afternoon does almost nothing for the score), it’s normal to try to get a tower/keep..

Nevertheless, thank you for your replies, and maybe we’ll meet on the battlefield..

And a big thank you to the little WvW people on FoW left: It shows we have ambition, but unfortunately at the moment we heavily lack the numbers..

Short disclaimer: I’m playing on Fissure of Woe and am still active in WvW.

Greetings all,

I’ve had some nice roams yesterday with my ranger, accompanied by a friendly warrior. We were messing about in the Eternal Battlegrounds, trying to recapture all our stuff in our corner.

After breaking open the gate of Mendon’s (under server X’s control at the time), we were able to have the champ killed. BUT then all of the sudden we were just swarmed (read: swarmed) by players from server Y. Indeed: they stole our tower.
Ok, kitten happens, life’s a kitten, and what not..

SO my warrior friend and myself roam a bit around until the heat in our corner cooled down. Then we re-attempted to take Mendon’s, now without any issue (server X and Y were having a nice battle at SM). So then we decide to take the keep (controlled by server X), and also here: When we brought down the gate and started hitting on the champ, again a swarm of server Y. Indeed, a true keep steal!
GG, WP, hateful though

What shocks me the most is that server Y never tried to take a tower of server X in our corner of EB. They only stole what we tried to cap..

Nevertheless, long story short: Are there any other low popped WvW servers that have noticed being picked out? And how do you deal with this?
We just started roaming again with the two of us, clearing some upped camps and playing hide and seek with the swarms

So you want to make your ranger more like Ash from Pokemon?

Well, if the NPC you are attacking is close enough to you, then he’ll come to you.. However, if you cripple and move backwards, they’ll turn their attention to your pet, since it would take them too long to get to you (and the AI decides to focus the pet then).

Just from my personal experiences (capping WvW camps and sentries, for instance)..

Well, when you state it like that: Try another game? If really no character can keep you interested enough to push on with it..

But could you elaborate what you find boring with your guardian? Imho, if you do some dungeons, you’ll see how kick- kitten a guardian can be, keeping his party alive and buffed..

Also, check out some videos of other professions (WvW, PvE, …). You’ll get a nice look ’n feel on the class itself, and it might even trigger your interest to roll that class and keep it up past level 20..

UnitedChaos.8364:

It would look nicer and be easier to navigate.

Well, let’s vote, shall we?
I say Nay!

The window looks good for the moment, I see no need for such a pure cosmetical change?

And why exactly? This is something that will never change, trust me..
Everything can already be seen at the moment: Select a teammate and check out his buffs, for instance..

Safe to assume that the people who love their ranger are the only ones still left in these forums, seeing how our class has been frowned upon since the beginning..

Spread the ranger love!

Unfortunately trolling isn’t something that can be easily blocked.. Of course, a trolling commander will normally get less and less people to follow him around.. Normally..

Aylpse.6280:

rangers who actually use the pet and not as an f2 bot

CC pets are awesome in PvP.. Just think of the wolf and his fear or the drakehound that AoE immobilized.. Of course, the choice of pets depends greatly on your playstyle with your ranger..

Could you elaborate a bit more about what/how you like to play with your ranger? Do you prefer ranged combat, a mix of melee/ranger, or pure melee? Do you want to run a supportive build for your teamies or rather a power build that takes down enemies quickly?
…

The more information you can give, the better this nice community can help you..
And trust me: Rangers aren’t bad at all.. It’s unfortunately a class with a very little margin for error: One little mistake and you’re bound to get in trouble..
There are other classes that can keep making mistakes, those just stealth away when they realise it..

Taku.6352:

Trick is to use cripples and kite around objects or varying terrain elevations forcing the NPCs to pathetic around to you while you can lay down dps. Also you can blind most of the champions in EotM which makes it considerably easier to avoid their attacks.

Hear hear!! +1

Also, NPC’s never jump..
Jump on a ledge, pew pew, NPC comes to you, jump down ledge, pew pew, …

Zerker comes from Berserker, and it’s the prefix given to armor/trinkets that give boosts to Power/Precision/Ferocity.

A list of the possibilities can be found here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Item_nomenclature

Leviathan.7459:

My thief is currently only level 18 so no traits yet and limited skills. Excuse my noobiness. ;P

Hehe, that’s ok.. But no matter what level, you should have seen that there is such a trait (although you can’t take it yet). ;-)

And also, the combo’s posted here by the other posters, they provide very easy access to stealth:
1. Smoke field + Leap (dagger #2) = Stealth
2. Smoke field + Blast (shortbow #2) = AoE stealth
3. ….

TehGems.1947:

Cool, I’ll do that.
But just out of curiosity, while I was there I was completely alone. Could have I captured it by myself? And how?

Patience.. You’d have to put up a catapult somewhere (so the NPC guards won’t come to you), bring down the wall, then solo all the NPC’s in the tower and capture it once that’s done..
Trust me, it isn’t as easy as it sounds..
:)

Thieves have a trait: Meld with Shadows
(increases duration of Stealth effects – 3s becomes 4s)

Pro Tip: Read your traits and skills from time to time..

Thaddeus.4891:

I think he’s talking about barrage.

Ah, not a channeling skill, but one with long activation (and the activation indeed roots you). Thanks for clarifying

Kibazuka.1390:

Thr first is that channeling the skill, unlike maul and signet of the wild, roots you

Huh? Rapid fire does not root..

DPJWaide.6701:

Im on Fissure of Woe sigh and i have 3 level 80’s. Its really empty most of the time. I really enjoy WvW and dungeons but unfortunately Fissure Of Woe is one of the worst ranked servers on WvW. Im not willing to pay £15 to change server and I want to move to a server which has an okay WvW and good WvW guilds but no ques . I was wanting to know:
1.Should I change server?
2.What server should i changer to? (EU)

Feel free to add any additional advice it would be much appreciated!

I started on FoW, then moved with the guild to RoS, but when I started playing again after some months, I insta-transferred back to FoW.. “Home sweet home”, or something like that..

The questions you ask will guarantee yield feedback, but I think that you are the only person that can answer that first question: What exactly are you searching for in WvW? Group raids? Solo roaming? … ?
What would be the reason that you’d change the server, in the first place? The lack of people in WvW? The low rank? …

FoW is awesome for solo roaming, and if someone tags up you can get a little group running.. Combine that with a TS-server or something like that, and you can see some organisation on our server..
But, as stated, this requires indeed some active input. If you are looking to join a karma training server, I’m certain that lots of people can help you here..

Hmmz, I run my glass ranger in WvW all the time.. Mostly for solo/small group roaming, but if a zerg passes by, I might hop on..

1v1 as glass is awesome.. There is little to no margin for error (since a thief can bring you down in 1-2 hits), but the damage output is awesome (and in my case always ranged).

However, my advice here: Go semi glass and become glassier the moment you start to feel more confident..

You do know that rangers have the nice trait Piercing Arrows? They also have some Shortbow/Longbow skill reduction and such.. So if I want to be an archer, I will..

Btw, SB/LB works tremendously nice in WvW and PvE as far as I can tell..

warriorjrd.8695:

I propose no PvErs allowed in wvw

Come on, you have no idea how satisfying it is to stomp one of those PvE dudes when all they wanted was to get that Dredge skill point..

Aberrant.6749:

I see you main ranger and command as a glass cannon. WvW says sorry

I use my guard most of the time in group fights in the meantime.. And the full zerker on the ranger has been replaced by a combination of zerker/knight. People learn in time..

Derek.9021:

Being completely immune to conditions is shutting down condition builds while roaming.

The condition meta is OP as it is.. Try cheesing another build or so..

Prysin.8542:

Take rangers. They are hated through and through by pretty much every player around. Why? Because once upon a time, they all tried to play it at some point, they couldn’t get the hang of it (it is NOT supposed to be an archer, if you try play as one, you die) due to the treacherous design. Most players fall into this design pitfall, making rangers seem weak and useless.

This comment wins the interwebz for today!

Zardul.3952:

the Rifle warrior is everything that a longbow Ranger should be.

ANet, read plz!!!

Mapchat/Teamchat can get the same results, no? Just enter a BL and mention on map “Looking for people to go cap us some towers/camps”. Depending on your server rep you’ll get some people from that map to join up..

Simplexity.1742:

but its okay I’m enjoying my ranger.

Ah, there you go.. I can say it a billion times: Never ever let someone else choose how and what you should play. In the end, it’s you that needs to enjoy the game in the way you want to play it..
Enjoy your ranger, learn its weaknesses and its steep learning curve, and be satisfied when you get it to level 80.

Trust me, every thread that I saw complaining about rangers made me wanna level mine up more, just to show that rangers aren’t useless/crap/low-DPS/… (pick some).

Lexandro.1456:

It already has cripple on barrage, so its not just a DPS weapon.

True, but I was comparing with the shortbow (which is more of a condi weapon):

1. = bleed
2. = poison
3. = evade/swiftness
4. = cripple
5. = stun/daze

Should Rapid Fire apply the vuln on first hit, then a simple condi clean will suffice and the target won’t be tickled by the remainder of the Rapid Fire arrows.. So no, I’d like to keep RF as it is..

Could you elaborate how Hunter’s Shot is ineffective please? I run LB/GS, and have to admit that Hunter’s Shot has saved me on more than one occasion (and it has killed my opponent also on more than one occasion: go stealth, swap GS, get behind, GS#5, GS#2, stomp).

The cripple on the LB: I don’t see why that would be needed? The LB isn’t a condition weapon, it’s a ‘raw’ DPS weapon.

Just my 50 cents..

Lorelei.3918:

Try to keep your answers short and simple, so a person could quickly parse the entire thread and get a feel for every ones feelings on this. TL:DR; no walls of txt, plx

No, they don’t care about it.. Exploits/bugs that are present since launch and haven’t been addressed at all, for starters..

Maybe a silly question, but you weren’t in a downleveled zone when checking those stats?

Simplexity.1742:

people were saying ranged ranger sucks, so I guess I need to use a GS and a some other combination for leveling ?

So you’d rather blindly believe what some forum trolls post instead of trying out for yourself? If that is indeed how you plan to play the game, leave your ranger and get a warrior. Lots of spoon-feeding threads in the warrior subforum for builds and such as well..

sminkiottone.6972:

And I used entangle just because I think its very powerful in some schenarios.

• When ganked by 2+ foes I can root them and run away
• Final burst

Entangle is an awesome skill (I have used it for ages on my ranger), but unfortunately in WvW when you try to use it on a melee class it has absolutely no use: The warrior will smile, wielding his greatsword and instantly killing the roots.

And since the meta of your build is quite condi-oriented, I’d go for RaO (as said: might = more dmg (DPS + condi) (also, it gives stability and swiftness, so it can also aid in getting away when outnumbered)

Unfortunately I cannot check the build link (at work), but I can give you some feedback..

Concerning your crit chance question: The moment that the crit chance is 60% or more, you’ll see your 30% sigils trigger enough, trust me..
2/3 of your shots are crits, 1/3 of thos will trigger sigil —> 2/9 of your shots trigger
(I also use food that gives 66% chance to steal life on hit —> 2/3 * 2/3 = 4/9 of my shots will steal life)

However, I’m a bit shocked to see Entangle here? The point of torment is to keep the player moving, so that the dmg ticks nicely. Entangling them won’t help your cause there I’m afraid.. Take RaO instead for the extra burst? (might gives condi dmg as well)

Sirendor.1394:

Sorry I don’t appreciate Jd, if that’s all you have.

Namecalling, aaahhh… The drama continues..

It took us some effort, but that garrison waypoint in Vabbi BL was finally gone..

Hmmz, I do know a place where there are two waypoints and that is commonly missed by people: Southsun Cove!

exinax.2178:

But whether or not, flaming and insulting players just because of their rank or even their bad gameplay is not an option and unacceptable. I just wanted to make clear why some “higher” players behave that way. It’s often because they’re just frustrated because the thing’s i described just happen way too often.

That I can totally understand, but as mentioned: I don’t think my gameplay was bad. I held my point, killed in 95% of the time the players trying to take it from me, and I reacted on teamchat and map pings..
Also, our team won, so I don’t see why they (teammembers and opponents) would feel the need to bash that low ranked player who, as far as he could tell, did a good job during the match..

Oh well, I’m sure there is still a lot to learn for me, but if they won’t let me learn (“don’t queue anymore, noob”), how will I ever?

CntrlAltDefeat.1465:

Was it your rank/…or were you using hammer/longbow warrior? That combo right there is pretty much the most hated build currently. The only ppl who like are those who play it.

Well, I am running a ranger in PvP (but no spirit ranger cheese, hateful that is) with LB/GS, Knights Trinket with Berserker Jewel.
And most of the time I spend on (most of the) PvP maps I’m capturing home, going to middle to assist, defending home, … I’m quite mobile with a Signet of the Hunt and a GS at my disposal..

I’d never enter Solo Q if I am testing a build, trust me.. The build I’m running in PvP is almost entirely the same as in PvE/WvW, and I know it works nicely there..

Howdy all,

First of all, I’m not that avid PvP player. I do my daily PvP from time to time, but that’s about it.. I’m more active in WvW, for that matter (meaning that I do know how to duel, but I’m not that good in understanding the PvP maps yet).

Nevertheless, earlier this week I saw the daily “Solo Arena Wins”, so I joined the queue. The first four solo matches were won easily, but every single time when the scoreboard appeared and people saw my rank, I would get some nice insults thrown at me, with the friendliest being “Please don’t queue anymore, noob”.

Yeah, I’m rank 17, and the others (from both my team and the other team) were all rank 30+. But if the queue puts me with my r17 into the same team with r30, doesn’t that mean that somehow I manage nicely in PvP in the Solo queue?

So, why oh why do high ranked PvP players (I’m sure not all of them are like that, but unfortunately 95% of the ones I encountered were) find themselves so uber-elite and enjoy flaming low ranked? Did they buy the game and were r30 from the start?
Also, is it perhaps not done to join the solo queue when you’re low rank?

Nevertheless, some new additions to my block list were added, and don’t you even think that I’ll stop queueing..

Coin.7529:

Just wondering why we can’t help out more. Why can’t we dump the supplies we carry into what ever the workers are working on?

Since you’d be able to upgrade a keep to T3 in (almost) seconds?
Imagine a bunch of zerglings with 10 supplies running back and forth from the closest camp to put their sups in the ongoing upgrades..

Xukavi.4320:

Doesn’t LR make you evade in the opposite direction of your target? In the case you were feared away from him and you used LR it would technically make you evade in the direction you were running.

Nope, when I use LR after being feared by a downed necro, I am at his location when the LR ends..