Guild Wars 2

Robert has done his part. Be kind to him! He is responsible for dungeons, not balancing professions. He just happens to be a ranger.

The problem is the balancing team, or the lack of it!

I have turned my ranger into a MF farmer! It fits the ranger skills!

All rare MF gear. axe+axe (2x MF sigil) change to GS at 25 stacks & LB (AoE).
Healing spring, Sick’em, Flame trap, Signet of the stone.
Traits: all of those buffing your pet!

If ESO makes a decent ranger, not many will stick around here anymore!

Orangensaft.7139:

not necessary to have an option to disable titles but why not make it like in GW1
the titles are shown like now but only when you move your cursor over the player…
so you dont have to click every person and read the tiny title but its still not annoying to see so much text everywhere…

THIS!!!!!!

Saharann.6082:

I don’t get why people are complaining about rangers, we are awesome in wvw, and its still my favorite class to play. One of my friends even started one because he has seen me kick kitten in wvw.

All of you rangers need to understand the difference between “my favorite class” and ranger compared to any other profession by means of dps/cc/support!

I love(d) playing a ranger. But you have to admit, all the flaws and shortcomings of the class now weighs far more than the fun factor! You can all read the Ranger forum for more details.

My wish is to swap my level 80 profession with 100 % world map to another profession and still be able to do guild missions. Not be forced to use time to reach 100 % world map again. The loss from gear is acceptable. But not everyone has the time get 2 level 80 characters! That’s my point!

I don’t need 5 or 8 level 80 characters. I just have the time to make 1 character and play the game with that!

At this point, I don’t care about my full exotics / ascended gear. What use are they when the profession it self is broken and no one wants to group with you?!!??!?!

@Interpol: You DO need 100% map completion for guild missions!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Profession-Swap-Keep-100-world-map/first#post1712592

I want the option to make a profession swap.
I wish to change my level 80 Ranger with 100 % world map and all the other accomplishments onto an another profession.

Anet devs have completely destroyed the Ranger profession. We are useless now in every aspect of the game (dungeons, fractals, www). Basically in all the instances whith a group party, Ranger is nothing else but a burden for the group. We have nothing to contribute with.

At least give us the option to swap professions. Obviously you (Anet) dont want anyone to play Ranger anyway! And NO OTHER profession would like to have a Ranger in their group either!

I do not have the time nor the energy to go through all the same stuff just to get 100 % world map with a new profession. And 100 % world map is a MUST when you want to do Guild Missions. Without a 100% world map you can not do anything at all!

I have played over 800 hours with my main ranger. It has been hard to keep up with others in groups but FUN. Now, it’s just not fun being a Ranger anymore! It’s sad to abandon the Ranger, but it’s useless and dead!

I believe everybody should have the option to make a profession swap. Give us the chance to swap profession but keep the 100 % world map data and all the achievements.

Devs, you have made a MAJOR mistake with the QZ nerf for Rangers!

Bite the dust, accept you made a wrong call, and make it right again!

Believe me, no one would be mad or cry for injustice if you got the QZ back only for rangers! I’m sure all the other classes would not mind Ranger having it’s old 100% QZ back.

Do not bother with ranger. It’s even more broken now after the 26th patch.
Unfortunately, I’m forced to play with my ranger since it’s my only lvl 80 and 100% map. But I do my best to level a warrior and a thief.

Kane Fire Blade.7482:

I like to see other player names while playing but this new titles are show gave me major screen clutter in a maw event i was just in! i like that its there i would just like an option to turn it off. Again no i don’t want to turn of player names!

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infrequentia.3465:

why should we be forced to off names completly, all we want is a option to turn off titles or make it show like it was befor,
now all it does render so much more just to see a silly title

+1

Im furious I can’t QZ rez my group :-(

Awful decision Anet. Just awful!

Honestly, how many diverse builds are out there now???

We find the spots, but there are no Golden Hat Circle!

Is this a known bug?

By the way, if there were no archives for the locations (dulfy), how on earth are you supposed to find 20 locations in 20 min based on a picture and no text hints???

I like the missions though!

It is a HUGE nerf for rangers:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/A-group-viable-skill-gone-No-more-QZ-healing/first#post1705169

Please support the rangers!

Oolune.4357:

awe extender.1908:

You know what I really hate about the QZ nerf? You can’t no longer rez group as fast as before!

The healing (rez) with QZ was perhaps the only viable contribution from rangers in groups. We could rez fallen allies fast. But now, it’s awful!

The ranger got even more unwanted in groups! Let’s face it, the DPS bezerker use of QZ was never as good as other professions, but we had at least a decent rez skill combined with QZ. What do we contribute with now?!?!!?

This is exactly my point. Pretty much the only solid use we had to a party over other professions, and used right it was great. Now the only thing we have to offer, at all, is our AoE heal/water field. Which is great, sure. But it is hardly a reason to ever want a ranger on your team over something else. I don’t want Rangers to be stupid easy or stupid strong, but I would like to ever see anyone who isn’t completely stupid say “If only we had a ranger right now.” I’ve had plenty of those moments where I or a member of my group says that about pretty much any other profession.

I have friends who love having me in groups partly because of the fact that I could quick res people in situations where mob/boss AoE would otherwise have made it lethal to attempt so. I honestly can’t justify running my Ranger with those friends anymore over other professions I have. Sure, they are my friends and they aren’t going to tell me not to bring my Ranger, but I would feel a little less than useful.

I’ll bet Anet didn’t even imagine how huge the negative impact of QZ nerf affect the ranger.
I don’t think they considered that QZ was used by rangers mostly as a group healer skill. And that this feature was perhaps the only viable contribution from rangers in a party (dungeon/fractals)

They argument that the QZ nerf is due to spike damage that can’t be evaded:

“In PvP, this speed gives most players almost no chance to react to incoming abilities and allows for massive spike damage in extremely short periods of time. In PvE, the increased attack speed can trivialize a lot of content that would otherwise provide a good challenge. Therefore, we are reducing the speed that quickness allows by half of its current potential while slightly increasing the duration on player-activated skills.”

So, obviously, as far as it goes for the ranger, they did NOT look at the whole picture!

This would not be such a big issue if ranger had tons of other skills/utilities that a group would benefit from. But we have NOTHING else to contribute with!

Prove me wrong Anet! Enlighten me, maybe it’s me who doesn’t know how to play as a ranger!?

You know what I really hate about the QZ nerf? You can’t no longer rez group as fast as before!

The healing (rez) with QZ was perhaps the only viable contribution from rangers in groups. We could rez fallen allies fast. But now, it’s awful!

The ranger got even more unwanted in groups! Let’s face it, the DPS bezerker use of QZ was never as good as other professions, but we had at least a decent rez skill combined with QZ. What do we contribute with now?!?!!?

Aveneo.2068:

Oolune.4357:

He means, I believe, getting crit from the trait line that you need to trait into for traps, which don’t require crit.

Basically this. Trap-related traits should have been in Wilderness Survival; not in Skirmishing as that doesn’t make sense. Just as traits like Martial Mastery should have been in Skirmishing instead of Wilderness Survival.

Ahh, I see! Totally agree. I’ve been screaming about this for a looooooong time:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/About-traits-I-apply-to-your-common-sense/first#post1460321

Increase BM Zephyr’s Speed duration!

DragonSlayer.1736:

- Nerfed quickness
- Buff greatsword skill for rangers (lol, where is Long bow correction?)
- No Spirit changes
- Traits Traps in crit line
- Warrior buffed again.
Arena need to see we have ppl playing pve and not only pvp.

what u mean about “Traits Traps in crit line”?

kiwituatara.6053:

PLEASE increase quickness duration we get from pet swap. PLEASE!!!!

THIS!!!!!!!

Late night AG golem attack!

Long live AG!

I’m just trying to figure out the logic behind the pet order in the “pet management” tab.
It’s not in alphabetic order, nor divided into families.

Is just random? Why so messy?

(is it to show how messy the ranger is made perhaps?)

It’s awesome to have a dev around in this forum!

Build: Condition trapper (20/30/20/0/0).
SB (LB) & axe + torch (WH)

Solo pve:
Low levels: Birds. Love the swiftness. Usually Raven (blind) and Owl (chill).
High levels: Boar for AoE knockdown and Devourer for range. Usually Siamoth (Love plasma) and Carrion for AoE poison.
Tough foes: Jungle Spider for immoblize.
Aquatic: Drake for AoE and Shark for ….. well it’s a kitten shark!!

Dungeon:
Red Moa (fury) and Jungle Stalker (5x might)
Carrion Devourer for bosses.

www:
Drake Hound + Wolf

Why would you give a ranged pet a retreat skill that activates randomly?

I have too many times seen my carrion devourer make a “retreat” just to get so far away from the target, that it had to run back to the target just to get in range again! Why!?!?

JohnLShannonhouse.1820:

Any time I see someone in chat write “wwwww2wee4444eeddwwwdddeeeed” Extra lulz if they say they were defeated a moment later.

Happens to me a little too often!

TexZero.7910:

Here you go.

Cleaned up some tool tips
Still thinking about Ranger / Engineer / Necromancer balance

There you go pretty much covered it for you.

Yeah, my thoughts excactly!

Dondarrion.2748:

awe extender.1908:

Those kitten players manipulate the timers in such a way (eg. reset) to lure players out of the main map. Don’t be like that. Accept that this time you didn’t make it!

The problem is that this game now is being played primarily according to a website with boss world event timers. Truly rubbish!

ley.8973:

Tim.9850:

What are you going to do, stand around all day in a boring zone waiting for one?

Um, what about you actually play the game instead of standing around all day? <wink>
If you’re logging in only because of the prospect of getting a yellow drop worth of 70 silver, you might actually want to consider playing a different game altogether, because, as far as this one is concerned, you’re doing it wrong.

awe extender.1908:

Behave!

This is just over the line.
You know what? I think I’ve had it with you loot skimmers. Not only you use external timer tool to cherry-pick the profitable boss events, thus causing overcrowding and overflows, but you even have a nerve to complain about people sabotaging your cheater tool, right here on the official forum?

Here’s one advice for you free-riding lot: care less about your timers, and care more about actually participating in pre-events when they start. On the contrary to what many of you seem to think, the boss spawn ain’t gonna get triggered by dancing around the spawnpoint.

Really, the sooner those timers get randomized, the better. This kitten has gone far enough.

You both have no clue what you are mumbling about, and you contradict yourself. If you want players to help with the pre-events, how on earth would they have a chance to know which pre-event is about to start? You need to be on the same map or else you can’t participate in that world boss event. Maybe some guild members could message you about the event, but how is that any different from a timer?!?! lol pity your ignorance.
As far as it goes for my guild and myself, we are usually scattered all around Tyria playing the game, but when a WORLD event is on we all help with the preevents!

Again, you show your lack of knowledge by naming a timer for a cheater tool?!!? LOL
You could make your own timer with paper and a pen! Is that also a cheat tool??!
Seriously, your way of thinking amuses me :-)

For the record, I’m glad they made the Boss loot change. No need to do the same event on alts.

I hope some day you get enlighten! Enjoy the game!

Finally! Good move Anet.

Btw, why do people have so much difficulty understanding the message?!?!?
Most of the posts are questions and replies about what Isaiah (the Dev) has written.
Read the messages carefully before asking the same questions over and over again.

I would rather have a major Guild Castle, in which you could have your own personal suite.

Chessrook.8643:

I once had someone ask me for 3 gold so he could buy a certain Superior signet. I said yes, if he could give me 5 gold so I could get a Superior signet of Battle. He said OK. I did not send him money.

When I mentioned him on mapchat though, people groaned, and one person sent me a joke e-mail that I still keep to this day for a chuckle now and then.

Hello friend, my name is [name removed], princess of queensdale. As im sure you have heard my father the king has recently died and left me a great fortune. I wish to share with you his fortune but I need your help in order to access his account at the queensdale bank of queens dale. Please send the amount of 1 gold to me so I know I can trust you with my fathers fortune.

Random, silly, yet amusing.

Funny!

I get those in rl!

Make sure you are in a straight line with target(s) when using “Path of scars” (Axe off hand #4).

If you strafe (change position) the returning axe does not hit target(s).

I use pets with AoE effects ( murrellow, carrion devourer, marsh drake, wolf, pig…….)

Fiddlestyx.9714:

Anet needs to make the spawn timer truly random.

BAM, problems solved.

Yeah I would also prefer a rng timer for dragons as well!

Spirits should give A LOT better group buffs. Solo pve is easy and fun as it is without using spirits. Rangers don’t need buffs to make solo pve’ing (events, maps tasks, farming etc.) better. But we need something that makes us wanted in groups! Healing Spring is not enough to make rangers wanted in dungeons, www, or fractals.
Make rangers wanted at least based on something! Spirits could do this job. Or better traps and better pets!

Why can’t they just be like warrior banners?!?!!?

And btw, they are SPIRITS!!! they should NOT die!

Well done, nice infomative post!

It’s sad that we are forced to have our pets on “passive” mode due to their awful survivability (especially AoE) . Shame on those responsible for this major profession flaw!

Shikigami.4013:

I would like to have this fixed. As stated in my linked post, there are other weaponskills that do not require you to have anything targeted, and they do NOT cause your pet to attack. This shows that the desired functionality is already present with other skills, and “Call of the wild” can be fixed. It is an issue with the skill, not with the “auto-attack” option.

There are still so many bugs from day 1 that most rangers consider them as never being fixed. So we are forced to make our own solutions. It’s a pity :-(

For those who rely on pet’s damage:

Use Muddy Terrain to make sure pet can get more hits on foes. Also Agility Training, +30 % pet speed (VI in skirmishing) makes pet able to keep up with the foes.

Honestly Warrior is brain dead boring!

Sure they have nice pve stats, but lack the fun factor.

If by pve you mean solo roaming, your best option would be ranger! It’s fun and you never feel alone (loyal pets follow you). And it’s really easy and fast to do pve stuff. Rangers do also pretty good in dungeons and fractals, but if those instances are a high priority, you should make a Guardian.

Generally 2 things that must be considered:

• A profession that I personally would consider fun?
• Or a profession others would appreciate me bringing to the groups?

I chose what I like to do: Ranger :-)

Good luck

[auto-target off]

Why didn’t I do that from day 1???

Thx guys [bows]

Srsly, why do ppl complain so much about the dailies or monthly???

Nobody forces you to do it! If you dont like to do it just dont!

And btw, I get my dailies without thinking about doing them. Today I did one run of fractals plus JP in EB and voila, the daily was done! And I did those 2 instances cause I enjoy it. NOT because of getting the daily.

Enjoy your game, the rest will follow :-)

I guess the same goes for rangers. There are new rangers and those who have tried to survive since release day! I tend to change some players negative assumptions about the ranger to a positive surprize every time! QZ rez and healing spring keep the group alive. But for fractals, I only run with max 2 rangers. I guess there are likewise skilled thieves and not so skilled….

I have only tried Ranger, Warrior, Thief and Guardian. Ranger has been the most fun to play. Warrior the most boring one. Rangers have alot of issues, but fun and you never feel alone (even though your pet’s AI = 0.)

1. Lava Fractal Boss (I believe his name is Shaman?)

2. The champion Kraits in Sparkfly Fen in the event near Teq spawn area. Are they on super steroids all of sudden??

3. Wasps. Being such tiny creatures compared to other foes, they are a pain to kill.

4. Ascalonian Archer. Not for being hard to kill, but just out of jealousy on how my ranger actually should be :-(

5. Risens. Just tired of the mass quantity!

Corsair M90

Superb quality. Nice placement of thumb buttons (9). Fits both “claw” grips and “palm”. Easy software. On-board memory for 6 different settings. Dpi can be adjusted on the go with 3 pre-selected values. I use it both for rpg and fps.

Anyone else annoyed by the auto attack of Call of The Wild ( Warhorn #5)?

If you just want to get the speed buff (let’s face it: 1 stack of might is not why most rangers use warhorn!) you will engage in a fight and you pet will also get out of stow and all hell breaks out!

Let the warhorn #5 just give the buffs without starting a battle!

I think it depends on when your guild did the mission. I don’t believe it has a timer like dailies?!

I hope Anet makes a new pinned root thread exclusively for Guild Missions.

Posts about Guild Missions are spread all over different root threads. It would be nice to have them all gathered under one thread!

Could we get a Guild Mission root thread under eg. Game Discussions?

Use high dps pets against risens; not the tanky ones (cause they go after you anyway).