Guild Wars 2

Nayru.4537:

Yeah it only sold 2m copies, I would guess that there is less than 400k active players. More like 200k-300k. And let’s be real the population in this game doesn’t increase.

“Only” 2 million copies 2 weeks after release. GW2 is still in a lot of game charts. So they sold a lot more by now. A-Net hasn´t released any official sale numbers since September 13th. I´m curious about the sale numbers really.

With my Guildmates we all go full DPS in PvE. It works fine, you just need to be cautious. In WvW or sPvP survivability is the key to success i think. You need to outlast the enemy, while doing decent DPS. Glasscannons trying to roflstomp will have their difficulties against even half-decent players.

I´m trying out a power / BM oriented build with LB / GS and the mobility is pretty great due to the GS. Damage isn´t everything in WvW. Glasscannon builds just don´t work in many situations since there are no “real” healers which could save you.

JonPeters.5630:

I made some changes to improve pets hitting moving targets in this upcoming build. I wouldn’t expect those changes to light the world on fire, but they have improved. There is more to be done in this area still but feedback on how much this upcoming change helped, once it is in, would be great.

Sounds great Jon : )

I totally agree with you. The current state of ranger-pets is probably the main reason why rangers are sub-par compared to other classes regarding almost every aspect / niche of the game. It would be nice if the devs could tell us something about it, whether we can expect some fixes in the near future or not.

finkle.9513:

playing wow till its fixed, not waisting any more time on a broken character, thats been almost 3 months waiting to be fix… Its this slow progress that Bliz> ArenaNet

Never going to play WoW again. I mean come on, that would be like moving back to mom´s house because the shower doesn´t work properly…

Great idea. Considering the fact that pets are useless in so many situations, they should be removed. IF they COULD attack moving targets and IF they weren´t that squishy… Well the moving-targets-thing seems to be something which cannot be fixed over night. I just don´t understand why they implemented them the way they are right now…

AlexRD.7914:

Am i really going to need to create a tutorial on how to escape with the sword?
What do you mean the evade doesn’t work ? Of course it works. IF, however, you are still facing the opponent, the leap WILL work, getting you back in the fight.
You want to disengage? Try one of the SEVERAL combinations:

1) Face the camera the other way and run away ( you will stay rooted for the duration of two attacks)
2) Face the camera the other way and evade ( instant escape )
3) Use Hornets Sting
4) Switch to Short Bow and use quick shot
5) Use Lightning Reflexes
6) Press ESC and stop targetting
7) Use Hunters Call and run while it casts, or face the other way (will cancel hunters call)
8) Same thing can be used for Call of the Wild
9) Switch to ANY weapon

I wish you guys would stop complaining about things like this, and started complaining about stuff like:

Hey, why do i have to spend 30 points in marksmanship to get a 6 second invulnerability while warriors have one that is for free?

Or why engineers have something that converts all conditions into boons and have a low cooldown, while we have something that has the same cooldown only it removes ONE condition?

Or how thieves have a 25% movement speed even though we are the ones known as scouts? Or the obstructed bug?

How the warrior’s rifle bleeds from any direction and applies a 10 second bleed while we have to flank and it lasts 3 to 4 seconds?

And, that if someone walks in circles, your pet doesn’t hit at all?

That is the kind of stuff that needs to be fixed. If they “fix” the sword rooting, it’s ability to chase down enemies will cease to exist.

10 points in Nature Magic and getting Nature´s Protection could help. 1 vs 1 against thieves most of the time is no problem for me. Oh and btw. use your sword…

Solid Gold.9310:

I think some of you are missing the point here……………

“The cost of waypoints is having an impact on the social aspect of the game”.

That´s what I thought too…
By the way, why do you die that often?

Well actually WvW is something where you can have loads of fun with a ranger. I´d suggest you to turn level 80. Unless your not in full berserker gear, you shouldn´t get killed within 3 seconds by thieves. If it´s still going to be the case then… you might be doing something wrong.