Guild Wars 2

Tifa.6473:

Osu.6307:

Anyone who mains ranger in wvw and considers themselves “good” at zerging, should try playing a real wvw class (GREN) and see what they have been missing. If you are good on a ranger, you’ll probably be great on an ele or necro.

I’m guessing you play warrior or guardian. Spam 111111. Alot of skill needed lol.

But as a ranger player this guy is right. I have switched to ele after ranger/druid became something dislikeable. And now there are zergs and comms inviting me to their guilds, havocs offering to hang together. My life became so much easier. Now I will try a revenant and see if it becomes better.

Not every profession is made for every game mode. There lies the problem. They cannot be valid and balanced in all game modes.

I have been trying shortbow for a time, and it is not that bad if you use a hybrid build. But it is not close to any druid builds.

Timing of your glint skills. Everybody can spam shiro and do something-ish. But glint skills are the important part for me. Both timing and activating/using the skill, which I don’t do really well.

Offhand is ok but mainhand axe should be a melee weapon with a proper cleave abilities. This version is just another crappy mid range weapon, which ranger already had (shortbow) in my opinion. The curent single target bad bouncing style is unnecessary.

I would suggest you to run D/F for melee/tanky builds, and S/D for hit and run dps build. They are both fun, and scepter/dagger works well if you can time your cc correctly.

S/F is always better if you know how to play.

“Power” Reaper was the one in question here. Condi works fine as I see it. Although I still do not think certain professions are meant for roaming, but that is my personal idea

katniss.6735:

Trooper are way better than durability in pvp/wvw.

Yes I feel they might be better. But I have lost my kitten way to farm those durability runes so I will use them no matter what

In MMORPG’s, generally game is designed to give you a character that you can connect with. That character represents your alter ego, or your desired persona. You are known by that character in the game, even in your close circle of friends who play the same game.

Sadly, in the current game situation, you are kindly pushed to use more than one profession. And this damages the satisfactory aspect of choosing a main in many people. It brings great value if you use different (more appropriate) character in different game modes. And people started to do that. The balance in the game is fragile, roles are uncertain, mechanics cannot follow the changes fast enough, and bugs remain for a great time.

Due to all these, medium armors will not be ever good in large group fights like other types. Even in roaming other types are more favourable sometimes. That brings the problem. Not every game mode appreciates medium armor types, but other types are welcomed.

TL;DR

Medium armors not welcomed like others in every game mode. I suck at writing short versions. I do grammar mistakes. I like turtles.

I do not want to sound poophole-ish but I have tried ele after patch and it is still better than some professions. True, there are some problems, but a little tanky-ish build or classic scepter focus (air spam is reduced, that bugs me) can still work. D/F with air-earth-tempest still does wonders if you do not play against a heavy condi build (chrono mesmers especially).

With staff roaming (yep, I did a stupid thing like that) I used arcane, air (lightning rod) and tempest with soldier set and zerker trinkets. Still bugs people but that is all it can do.

Sadly if you want to survive, durability runes are kind of a requirement.

Balance the skills and make CA like necro DS. Then it would be very nice to play.

Or they can give staff a good aoe skill, like changing staff 1, or giving staff 5 a decent aoe (feedback-like) with a little balance. To balance the druid, I would make staff more powerful at healing and support, and change the auto attack to guardians staff 1 with decent healing ability.

You can use trapper condi ranger if you want a build without druid. It works and it is not that bad. Although I think there are certain builds and professions that can reach to the top level, it also depends to your ability to play your build.

Elementalist can cast from backline, uses a staff, has tons of aoe, and works very, very well. But it is not a mage in the classic sense. No profession in this game uses the archetypes to its potential, and ranger is only one of them. Ranged combat is not designed for an archer archetype. Ranger is the one eyed man in the land of blind.

There was only one commander I have seen that recruited rangers and thieves. I was playing lb zerker ranger, and for every sniper pocket (there were no squads so we were using party) there was a venomshare thief. One spotter (not the trait, real spotter. One with the best game system and perception to give targets fast and true) and one hitter were paired together. It was not the best but a solid backline sniping system. That comm really used his squad’s abilities to the maximum limit.

Nowadays sniping is a little boring due to all the reflect pooping. And also as a ranger I think even I would not want rangers instead of millions of aoe or boon spamming professions. Ranger has neither proper aoe, nor proper boon spam. Still I play lb ranger.

I have been running ancient seeds-lb-gs for quite long. I know what you meant but if your opponent is not a total idiot, you will be forced to swap weapon quickly. And there is a hardcore projectile/ranged hate in this game.

DH is insanely powerful at low levels. It holds the point, everything he does poops circles. But if you opponent knows his profession, he can easily kick you out of the point. I tend to walk right in the traps and use mist form with my ele (and other invuls in other professions) just for lulz. DH empties all his burst (gs 2, s3 etc) then after the invul and burst ends I say “Now it’s my turn”.

That is not a ranger. That is a longbow using druid. I feel you dear OP (as I myself love the concept of archers but there are no archers in this game, and I think there will never be. So either play longbow ranger or dragon hunter to satisfy your playstyle, or just try something entirely different.

I use it with gs, usually go with shout heal, LR, protect me, free slot (depends on my mood and enemy mostly) and shout elite. I use tiger and smokescale as my pets . nature-bm-druid soldier set trooper runes. It is really easy in wvw, compared to other professions. You can use LB for just lulz, or to mess with people more.

Yep. A really good power rev already gave me trouble. But those are not that much, or I haven’t seen many.

Thank you all for your time. I have tried several builds for power reaper, but again a good kiter can really kill you without problems. Power reaper is not the type that can roam freely. Although in party (if you are not focused) you can do really good stuff. I tried axe with boon corrupting(turning them into vuln. ) shout and the result was really good. But not enough sadly.

No matter what you said, the time and effort you put into this topic is admirable. I appreciate for that. And most of your ideas.

kitten . I really hoped something else. Well, it seems I will learn to play better and try to hold my own ( or hold my own)

Just use the meta shout/trooper build, and if you are experienced with kiting, it makes you 1v1 monster. Important thing is you need to kite, not head on charge. You can use either GS or S/X (dagger makes it more annoying, therefore I recommend that ) Only advice I would give you is that always use lightning reflexes.

There are only few professions that bugged me; warrior(these guys hit hard), a good power thief, good condi mesmer(inspirations) and other druids. Rest is not that problematic.

Personally I hated playing that build. It felt easy (I have been kiting with my bow since I started this game, so that I can do above mediocre) but felt wrong. But this is my experience. Others might think different.

There are several potentially good runes in the game. Why do you think only few of them are valid? Because of the traits and utility skills are crap, so the potential ones can never be good. Before runes, base traits and especially utilities must be reworked. Then some runes and sigils might be looked into.

ps: this is my opinion. not a fact, not a rule, not imposing anything.

Yes, as I have been trying to do the impossible, and failing a lot, I wondered if some of you might now the secrets of a Power Roamer for our dear Reaper. I have given up my hopes on the profession, but still I want to learn if it is a possibility, and what are the hard counters for it.

I have found that mobility is the main enemy of the power reaper. So far I think most professions (including condi reaper) can kill a power reaper easily. But that might be because I suck at it too.

So any advices on power roamer? Any tricks? Any decent builds/utility skill ideas after the latest “balance” patch?

I wish they brought back glamour mesmer. Then we would see boonless zergs trying to fight each other

kitten , my mistake, I was talking about wvw especially. For pvp it can also be taken under consideration, it is really formidable.

my bad. shout trooper build is insanely good.

Yep, as tonight I gave up on my power reaper for roaming. I was never that good but the cons are too much. I wish all of you, who roam as a power necro/reaper, good luck.

ps: are you guys using medication? necro forum is the most relaxed one among all professions. I suspect you are all using something

Still DH-Traps issue? Oh come on, are you seriously dying to traps guys? I dislike to say it but it is your own problem. Although Dh is not bad, it is not that strong either. A good daredevil, druid, chrono, herald, scrapper and a mediocre berserker can easily deal with it. I love the profession but it can never be “that” good if it stays like this.

And most faceroll class is not DH but shout trooper druid, as a ranger main I admit that.

I stand corrected. For the last two days I have tried shout staff druid again, and it is little op. I could not die 1v1 (if I do not do foolish mistakes) and I could outrun most professions with little wits. Damage is not big but consistent, and kiting potential is hard. Some professions were just “free food” for my pet.

I play ranger as my main, and I do not suck at it. But I am not a very skilled player either. If I can do this with it, others can be annoying as hell. But it is still counterable with some professions and especially utility skills. And it is so much boring. At least for me it was a torment to play.

I love the necro roaming. I will not lie, it is pretty bad. Druids will kill you, warriors would run away easily, and competent kiters will make your life very very hard. For thiefs, you can take them down if you can time your skills and guess opponents skills right. But as one friend said, if you like the challenge (and insanely slow-mo skills) you can do it. I still do it to learn the class, and it works. And it gives me the patience of a zen monk.

In my opinion roaming is about mobility, or at least speed. Necro has so little of it.

Only viable healer/bunker/oh hell i am gonna die because of boredom build

I do not like that build.

It is personal.

Although ancestral grace is a tad bit powerful, the main difference is that elementalist have total of 20 options(overloads not included) while druids have 5. So you can use ride the lightning, swap attunements and use fire 3 and if you are too bored earth 3 (d/d). So the cd’s can never be same.

However druid’s horrible shout build should be balanced immediately.

ps: Ranger/druid main here.

Necro staff = Thief shortbow. Boring, flawed in design but you still need to use it for the utility it brings. Thieves nowadays got rid of the shortbow, and can play another weapon set. Necro needs that too.

And the shout-druid build is not a real build. It is a patience test for both you and your opponent.

Bring back and rework the glamour mesmer, then see if there will be a boon problem.

The key skill of this game is mobility. Necro has nearly none. That is why no matter what necro does, a talented kiter will win the fight. What necro needs is a little mobility in my opinion. Or at least that is what devs can give without a full rework.

By the way I play ranger main (necro is my second toon) and druid can only win due to staff 3, gs 3 like skills, which gives an imitation of mobility.

I would like anet to make boons-conditions last only 1 second ( at max, even shorter can be good) without investing in duration. That would make everything more interesting.

You can do better with chronomancer, minionmancer/blood necro, Tanky-ish warrior. And if you allow dodging, Daredevil will dodge the hell out of them too.

But you are right, the sustain and damage in this game should be adjusted. Druid is too boring for me to play with shouts. I use old ranger build with a sprinkle of druid.

And lastly, whoever designed the Celestial Avatar to be 15 seconds should be kicked from the company, never be given bacon or any drinks. Rework with a Necro’s shroud-like style would force druids to be healers and would prevent them from dealing damage if adjusted correctly.

I still play old school Wilderness Survival and Marksmanship with a sprinkle of druid. But reflects/ranged damage cancel is too much nowadays. Your only option is to kite, and lightning reflexes becomes nearly mandatory in any build.

Either staff 1, or staff 2 has to change in order for us to become more viable in zergs, but it is my opinion. Also tagging is not that good, so that would be nice. But I have zero hopes.

I would really agree if they reduced the dmg of the staff but changed its auto attack, and let it hit aoe. But still it is not the druid but the game itself needs a rework.

after my initial laugh, I wanna be serious. Tankiness of some professions (druid is not the priority) should be reworked.

Oh thanks for a laugh

In zergs, rangers are bad. No proper aoe, best burst is easily reflectable and there are millions of reflects in the game. For heal staff 1 has to change. It is a good weapon but auto sucks.

In roaming, in my opinion, with the latest changes ranger/druid will become less powerful. Especially with the boon stealing from thief and warrior. Everyone says ranger has good mobility but i think it has good speed. Pure running speed. Rangers do not have a teleport skill that can be used to jump on the stairs, walls, etc. Still it is way too fast

For me problem is with ranger weapons and utility skills. Staff 1, shortbow, longbow, signets… these all need reworks for ranger to work better. (I am not including pets, I have given up that dream long ago)

But again, if you can kite well, you can easily kill many professions, but not all of them.

sshhht! You will scare the devs. They are doing something finally. Let them do the signets and utilities, weapon skills, trait lines, and maybe pet combat movements and then scare them.

What you call “good patch” is just a huge insult to me, but the dev team changed and they are trying to clean the mess from the previous mistakes. I hope they are faster, if we go like this it will take years to fix other problems.

They are my favourite runes. I used them when they were cheap, I used them when they were expensive, and I still use even now, when I have already perma swiftness. Nerf was not “that” brutal but I want to say:

Dear support;

Though I (and many. We are the Legion insert creepy sound here) have been ticket-ed to you before about the blank runes, still we got no answer. from some place, I do not remember why, I got 6 blank runes. Yes! They are blank. Nothing on them. Although it would be perfect for me to write my own runes (awesomeness +125, sexiness +150) I really want to ask you to what to do about them?

And I am really sad about your response time about my proof of heroic problem. I had some stucked in the bank but in the end I had to delete them because it took 1.5 months for you to “not to contact” me. Come on, do not be shy and give me a smile.

So? Which team is working on that issue “QUICKLY” may I ask? And how come these mistakes always, but always happen after a patch? Come on. You are a company here.

Now do the signets, do the signets! Come on come on (claps hands).

Yes! And thanks for the beautiful auto attack button and the cool healing skill slot

“We were waiting for a good meal but only got a nice and cool shirt. Shirt is cool but it is not what we need”

O think what he means is something like this when he said “nerf”.