Guild Wars 2

Ryan.8367:

Pickles.2908:

Atherakhia.4086:

Pickles.2908:

Ranger pets get one skill, just like every other pet in game. Why is this such a problem for some people?

Because no other class in the game has pets as their defining class mechanic.

Therefor pets must be buffed? Your logic has run out.

ranger will always have a pet without traiting or equipping to get it, DEFINING CLASS REQUIREMENT FILLED. Ranger pets do not –need- more skills. You may want them, but you are one of few. Most rangers couldn’t care less since you already get some rad pet skills like aoe fear.

(ignoring this person and moving on in the conversation about ranger pets)
I would love to see some new pets with a different make up of stats and skill and skin, that would be fun.

or pet armor

Who said anything about pets needing more skills, or are you meaning the keymap functionality for their existing skills as ‘more skills’? If anything I’d like to them to fix our horribly broken F2 functionality on the pets themselves before I see keymapped skills for their other actions but even then, it’s a really good idea that provide alot more viability in the pet itself entirely, I don’t think anybody could argue that except maybe the ergonomics side of things which should be left to the player, maybe an option to have automated skills other than F2 but if we want to bind keys to those skills, we can – so they get the best of both worlds. He just wants to be able to bind their ALREADY EXISTING skills as a pet owner should be able to command to do so. That’s all, lol… People blow kitten way out of proportion without actually reading what the person even is asking for, it’s so hilarious how many people do this on these forums.

careful with what you say, someone might report you for saying they don’t read and you’ll get banned…… (happend to me)

Edit: eh whatever. Yes lol this person clearly didn’t read a thing about what this post is. Need to be (ignored and moved on to what this thread is really about)

start with staff —-→ faceroll keyboard——> switch to scepter/dagger —-→ facerolll keyboard——> run in circles, death shroud as needed.

FrankieBonez.8361:

My vid got buried amongst the drama…./sadface

scroll up pl0x

At least people aren’t down voting your video. Dham trolls….

Hey, he doesn’t have a duplicate account. So it wasn’t that.

I think we have some funny guys that just down voted it some more…..

I’m going to go with it was that guild that lost, or any of the people that lost 1v2….

Ok which one of you down voted my video?

Huh?

Better fess up….. I’ll find you….

Still roaming, fights are just scarce against you zerging severs.

Hey guys, I wanted to try out those torment runes on my BM ranger. With food you have +100% duration to torment so the 2 stacks last 20 seconds.

Puandro.3245:

even the famous Maguuma, and i was not impressed a single time. Free kills everywhere, no good players, never die to even or lesser numbers.

Then this never happened. Which I highly doubt could have even happened.

Indoles.1467:

Spvp/Tpvp is a joke anyways. In WvW a zerker warrior can spin through with a GS and all the spirits die.

The spirits are easy to kill, it’s not as strong as you’re making it out to be.

The ranger will most likely have no stun breaker, do I need to tell you how to kill him?

The spirits are extremely easy to kill for a power build that can cleave.

The elite spirit can be stunned/dazed to stop it’s “revive heal” (watch for it’s hand going up, pretty big tell). Poison works on it, reduces it’s revive ability by 33%. So, someone below 40% health in downed state will not be revived.

He’s using dwayna runes on his armor, that is where the regen comes from.

swiftpaw.6397:

Tricare.2946:

Noobie.1073:

He didn’t say dungeons, he said PVE. Works just fine for any pve content that doesn’t involve elitist.

Also, your build isn’t good at all for roaming/zerging. You have the healing well for condition removal, that’s it. You will die to any condition based player in less than a second.

lol, inferring that people who do dungeons are elitist.

No, I wasn’t. There are people who require you to have full zerker gear to even join their groups. Not everyone is like that.

Noobie.1073:

He didn’t say dungeons, he said PVE. Works just fine for any pve content that doesn’t involve elitist.

Also, your build isn’t good at all for roaming/zerging. You have the healing well for condition removal, that’s it. You will die to any condition based player in less than a second.

Puandro.3245:

Nope, that’s what what ‘wanting it easy’ is.

Miiro.3124:

Just because you haven’t heard of anything, doesn’t mean that’s that. I’m sure if you roamed during the week you faced mag, you met some pretty nasty players.

Edit: oh and I take it your guild doesn’t GvG much?

Miiro.3124:

Its nice that you do that Tricare, but you are not an entire server of people doing that so Puandro is still right. #of zergs may change but the skill base of the players doesn’t.

Actually, I’m not the only person either, but you notice a different skill level from each individual player on T1/T2 servers when you have smaller fights. With those fights, many people have come to understand that those tiers are there for zerging and spamming 1.

Puandro.3245:

Lol, wanting it easy and not wanting to spend my entire night running from T1/T2 zergs that will go out of their way to kill 1-2 people are two completely different things.

Puandro.3245:

Come on now, you make a bunch of videos. I would bet you record 90% of your encounters.

Also, the comment about DAoC roaming, you’re not the only person to have played that game. I played DAoC at launch in 2001 and roamed a lot in that game.

Oh thinking that we “want it easy” is plane ignorant. I only enjoy fights when we are outnumbered(Edit: unless it’s a good 1v1 or 2v2 fight). you can see in the one video, even numbered fights end too quickly 90% of the time. However, when someone only roams for a short amount of time at night, getting zerged every 10 minutes becomes annoying and just gives me a reason to get extra sleep.

Heh, just posted this build in another guys thread. Run full apothecary gear with this. You can swap the off-hands if you like.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAnf8YjAVJ29VCWoWCiVBB1ewJzjpniYpeXB/D-ToAibU34uxcj8G7NDRWisDYGA

Edit: oh and to people saying axe/dagger is bad, you’re wrong. It is really nice actually, you can CC the crap out of people while keeping up to 8 bleeds on them almost 100%. I just prefer sword/dagger’s defensive moves together for zerker classes.

This is a better build than ^ imo. Run full apothecary gear. you can swap off-hands if you want.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAnf8YjAVJ29VCWoWCiVBB1ewJzjpniYpeXB/D-ToAibU34uxcj8G7NDRWisDYGA

Puandro.3245:

Lol where’s your roaming against Maguuma video? I made 2 for the short amont of time I roamed.

Still wondering if we can get a response.

Well if people would keep bug posts bumped maybe things would get fixed. I posted about a bug that makes entangle even less effective, I’ll bump it again.

Melandrus Flower.1206:

Tricare.2946:

Going to disagree. My target is my pets target, if I hit f2 it should look for that target and move in range, period.

I think you’re really wrong at that specific part and I think it is what most people underestimate. This mechanic excels in multi targeting/tasking, which no other profession can do it with the level of control we can. Sadly most people only look at the damage output the ranger is losing “when you ignore the pet”. (Look at all the crying on the ranger forum..)

On issue:
My pet and I are separate units of which I both have control (I present you: the ranger mechanic!). This means both our units, and this is why we differ to necro’s and mesmers with their ‘so called’ pets, can be and are set on completely different tasks. while this might take some practice we can do literally anything with them, from pulling different mobs together, tanking Ettins without getting hit or nibbling on a Mesmer while you stab his friend.. You make it.

What you were saying about my target is my pets target is not true at all.. I assume you are thinking about the fact that, when I’m attacking this grawl my pet automatically attacks it like I do.. While in fact it’s the same as pressing f1 once, which GW2 does for you if you don’t set your pet on yield(or whatever it’s called.. Maybe passive or something, I’d call it Mellow perhaps).

The problem of the targeted F2 skills isn’t that hard to overcome either..
Just swap pet(where the issue starts)
Press F1 then F2 instead of just spamming F2 (or just wait .5 second if it isn’t less till the pet goes on auto attack and the press the pets ability of choice)

You are missing the point entirely I think.

First this thread is about how when we hit f2 the pet doesn’t do anything.

Second what I was talking about is when I swap pets and spam f2 my pet should us my target if it doesn’t have one already. ( oh and hitting the pet attack button doesn’t work fast enough to hit it then f2) that .5 second delay you are speaking of it more like 1-2 seconds.

I roam in wvw and any delay in attacks messes up everything and can get you killed. I’m all for having your pet attack someone else while you’re on a different target. However, with drakes, if they don’t have a target, they should use your current target, not just waste the ability.

Melandrus Flower.1206:

The problem with the F2 ability is the fact that other actions, like the running or other actions of the pet, override the skill causing it to go on cooldown. I would say, just make the f2 override everything the pet does and only stop the ability when canceled by the player or interrupted by someone else.. Can’t be that hard I would say.

Your point with the drakes shooting the wrong direction is perfectly normal..
When you swap to your drake, it doesn’t have a target yet.. So why would it target something, I think it’s rather comical seeing lightning bolts flying a random direction

Going to disagree. My target is my pets target, if I hit f2 it should look for that target and move in range, period.

You guys see a dev post about this bug?

Power rangers are horrible. If you want to hit hard and kill fast from range, go full zerker Mesmer. With decoy and blink alone you’ll have enough survival.

I was going to make a long thread about this the other day, then figured it would be useless anyways.

I just want the f2 to work when pressed right now. After that happens ill start asking them to fix how the f2 works. Like when you have a drake out and hit f2 and his target is behind him he doesn’t even turn around to face his target first. It’s pretty stupid.

Also, if you swap pets and it starts to attack something with its (let’s say wolf) knockdown family pet attack but you were spamming f2, you have to wait until it finishes doing what it wants, even if it has to chase someone down sometimes.

saiyr.3071:

50g signing bonus doesn’t even cover the cost of a transfer. Ripped off!!

Well you get what you pay for right?

Halo.8976:

Gellor.6497:

What happened to PvE overlord

Btw, rip VR. It’s a shame what Agg stole the Duck from them =/

Yeah, it will be a happy/sad moment when he goes. I heard they are giving him a 2 year contract with a 50g signing bonus though, so he should be happy.

lets do some 5v5’s right meow

Miiro.3124:

Tricare.2946:

Sorry can never take any roaming videos that involve t1 servers serious. 99% of those players are just people on their way to a zerg and don’t know how to fight.

To be honest 99% of the players on any server/tier suck and are on their way to a zerg. in t1/t2/and t3 from all I’ve seen. <shrug>

I agree for T1 and T2 100%, all of them are only there for zerging. (honestly this necro could have won/killed more in those fights if he played better)

In the first fight he didn’t fight in his spectral wall, instead just tossed it behind him for no effect at all. Then while the necro was blind spamming him, he casted all of his skills, missing all of them. I skimmed through the rest of the video, figuring most of the fights were similar.

TyPin.9860:

Sorry but you must not face great players. LB is horrible. Also, not using food buffs is just crippling yourself for no reason.

I’d say Ranger. I roam with Rennoko(necro) who is condition. This video of his has a few fights where we are 2v4ish.

Zinthros.6589:

You know who I am and you know what I do every Friday night at 6:00 server time

http://local-spike.com/live OR http://twitch.tv/localspike

who are y…… wait nm dun care

Sorry can never take any roaming videos that involve t1 servers serious. 99% of those players are just people on their way to a zerg and don’t know how to fight.

Come on guys….. really? They are 2 different sigils, he even sits on the duration one for like 10 seconds, then moves to the other one……

Tribio.8531:

Pegaasus.3280:

Hey guys I’ ve opened this topic just to make you all realize the lack of rangers in wvw..and above all the lack of rangers using shortbow..I have a question for Arenanet: Why there are so few rangers around?^

I’m a full LB/SB ranger roaming around in WvW.. Thing is, by the time you’ll have noticed me, you probably will be dead.. ;-) :p

I feel like you die a lot lol

Odinzu.9645:

Well usually my 3 man roaming group doesnt headlong into 20 people.

I roamed all week, never ran into any 3 man team…. upsetting, would have liked to kill you.

Maybe you’re in this video?

This isn’t my video by the way.

nokra.9123:

what build and armor sigils do u use?

I was running full apothecary gear with the new torment runes and the new 6% condition duration sigils on off-hand, with this build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAnf8YjAVl1dVOVg2BiVBB1ekJzjJ3jSRqTdwqPP-TIADRWiA

Was going to watch this during lunch….. Thanks for using music that won’t let me watch on my phone. Thanks.

AydenStar.4216:

Tricare.2946:

AydenStar.4216:

Spirits bro that’s your passive support

LOL, I know Spirits are the FoTM in sPvP but when I talk about passive I mean through traits.

Think about this:

A Ranger spirit uses one utility slot for one passive abilities when players hit an enemy, has a unreliable active ability on 20 seconds to 60 second CD with a long cast animation and can be killed.
vs
Guardian shout: one utility slot, gives the players around them more them one buff, removes conditions, brakes stuns (two of them) and are on CD from 25 seconds to 60 seconds.

Now you’re just comparing two different classes. Would you like there to only be one class and everyone the same?

Guardians have shouts that give buffs, we can too with traits. Regen and swiftness, permanently. Not nearly as strong, but still there. You can’t compare how classes work, guardians have stuff that we don’t have, but we have stuff they don’t.

Edit: oh and I forgot, making maul a blast finisher wouldn’t do anything to help team support really. If you are being a team player, you would have warhorn on, which is a blast finisher and awesome boons. And, if you’re using warhorn your weapon swap shouldn’t be to GS because that’s just a kittenty weapon anyways.

DarkWasp.7291:

Linguistically Inept.6583:

i use LB while roaming, the stealth is nice for getting heals or certain attacks off and rapid fire is hilarious against theives

Also pushing people off cliffs, sniping retreaters, covering stealth AoEs and mesmer/thief downed skills with barrage and pushing an enemy into optimal range for throwing an axe offhand.

Lol no. In a 5 man or smaller you would just die to a good group. LB is useless in those fights.

Yeah, I also think they should add a trait to when you dodge you summon a minion…. Maybe only be allowed 3 minions at a time?

AydenStar.4216:

Spirits bro that’s your passive support

Rennoko, are you going to make a sweet video showing this bug?

Unless you’re zerging, LB should be in your bank.

I do agree that this page has become….. Quite sticky….. To much close hugging one another and hand…..

Please stop it.

Greens Daily Ritual.9025:

This probably isn’t going to be a popular statement with a lot of you, but I’m all for getting the GvG comments out of the WvW forums. It’s pretty much irrelevant in a WvW matchup thread, although it does bring a certain amount of drama to the table. The drama I don’t mind, but all the high fives, GG’s, ect., ect. are quite boring.
That being said, I doubt Anet will giving anyone a GvG format and/or map to play on. They’ve got Spvp tournaments and you have the ability to PAY for your own areas to fight in. There’s your level playing field and your GvG format. I can almost guarantee that would be Anet’s standpoint as well. I’d be very surprised if they actually did create an actual GvG arena for free.

/sigh another spvp/tpvp comment…… yes because you can fit 40 people in 1 arena. That’s just the start of your problems.

Caffynated.5713:

Tricare.2946:

Tricare.2946:

What happens when 4 VR run into 3 AoN fighting DB? You get dead dragonbads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tvrphClopg

Dude… awesome video!! I can’t believe they tossed up AC’s at the end there just for a few of you lol made my day!!

I’m not sure which is worse to watch, spirit ranger or that necro clicker’s videos.

awww you must be one of those poeple that think spirit rangers are op. Don’t listen to him Tricare…

Tricare.2946:

What happens when 4 VR run into 3 AoN fighting DB? You get dead dragonbads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tvrphClopg

Dude… awesome video!! I can’t believe they tossed up AC’s at the end there just for a few of you lol made my day!!

I roamed yesterday with a spirit build, 2nd and 3rd fights i’m running spirit build.