Guild Wars 2

Salutations folks, I am running a Condi-Gen313 Build i made and im running into one issue that is really a pain in my side.

If i get rooted/imob i cant seem to get out of it. I use the Vigor/evade skill because it said it breaks stun..but im guessing root/imob dont count as that.

how are the other rangers dealing with it? please keep in mind i dont want to get rid of my entangle Elite skill.

Thanks in advance!

Jaxx
“No Couch is Safe!”

as a side note is there another way to get stability? maybe from a field or pet? anything?

Salutations folks, Just recently got my ranger to 80 and put my exotics on him, and now with the wvw ascended items available i was super excited to get some on my toon.

SO i take a look and every single piece is garbage. Without being able to use a gem or jewel in them you end up losing or breaking even on 2 of your stats and the third one gets 5 or 6 points.

why would the top gear in the game be this poor? you have to farm for a month to get one piece and its not any better then exotics with gems…this really needs to be looked at.

Perhaps special inserts into ascended pieces that give bonuses similar to runes on armor, that would add a new dynamic..but as of now Ascended items seem to be complete junk.

Am i missing something here? please fill me in…i mean..i have to be missing something …right?

Thanks in advance!
Jaxx.

I have a question,im using the Vigor Evade (forget whakittens called) and it says its a stun breaker.. so that should get you out of a root or immob. correct?

If not , what are rangers doing to get out of those situations?

As a side note, is there a way to see what your regen heals for without trying to count the ticks above your head? all my numbers come out on top of eachother so its hard to see, I see a 186 a 3xx and a 4xx per tick but i cant tell

Mayhem.1935:

Hi everyone! Just want to say:

XOXO is bad at small scale,
SPCA <sp> runs from even or larger fights,
Tyivcol <sp> is a HS spammer &
everyone on NSP spams “1” 2 win.

CHeeRs!

Swindler

Just when i thought i couldnt love you any more Swindler! Ive never seen so many people Run from even numbered fights…. I came over the hill on my Ranger and 2 GOM saw me and Ran like Carl Lewis across the open field…

Now Shiv on the other hand. you folks are pretty decent at gathering Numbers while we are knocking down your doors…the doors fall and its like Ethiopians to a Sandwich.

Anyhow…welcome to the Match.

Jaxx.
" No Couch is Safe!"

ive been testing again and again, with only myself i can get it to about 35 with others around it gets to 56 all the time. I am so in love with this build ive done and the help yall have given its insane….running from thieves is a thing of the past!

with the regen and my other stuff ( without my heal) it ticks for like 800 …so much fun!

I dont hit hard..but my conditions whittle away while my pet chews on things.

Well lastnight was my first heavy run with the build and allow me to say….Holy Sheeeeet.
a 5 man skirmish group (myself with 3 mesmers and an engie) were able to hold off tripple our numbers. Camps were a blast! and at one point i was the last one alive with a whole North camp beating on me and i was able to Kill a silly thief..Exciting times!

although i did notice something. Ran with the zerg or a larger group for a lil bit and I when i casted my HS i saw my regent was on for thirty seconds! and it did it all night…is that just from me? or were other folks tossing some on? i diddnt see anyone elses name on the Source.

all in all, some small changes to make..but im loving the build.

as an update with RVP and tuning crystals along with corruption sigil im able to have 2000 toughness,1500 condi dmg,1350 healing….its sexy time!

if youre looking for a server with a good wvw base but isnt too far up where all you deal with is large scale. DarkHaven would be the place . we are the gate keepers for the lower half of the servers.

We have a strong community and everyone gets along for the most part. and there seems to be quite a few rangers who you could bounce ideas off of.

loved the video…as a side note that Rap song made me want to Rob an Old Lady and drink some malt liquor.

I would have stayed in sword a bit more , going to axe torch just long enough to put weakness/burns on. but yeah…lookin good!

thats what i would do, assuming you are S/D A/T like I am.

yeah, stice . I agree with you. ive found that the people that play thieves tend to be cowards and/or crap players that spam rinse and repeat abilities. when their spamming one button method doesn’t yield desirable results they either panic or run.

and yes, us not having a gap closer is kinda rough, for now ive been spinning 180 and using lightning reflexes to close the gap. or do the same thing with sword 2 …which works pretty well.

well, my time with the ranger has been fairly limited, but i have yet to be bested by a thief since my condi-gen 313 build. Once they pop their port to get safe and cure condition. try to close the gap as fast as possible. Then put an alpine wolf on em and stay in sword/dagger the DD and cc from pet along with your evades and poison starves them of init. points once they get 1/3 hp drop entangle, and switch to axe/torch and #5 em at that point you can frost and bleed em till they pop.

Yeah for large battles ive been droping spring and switching to my drake for tail lash and its a huge aoe.

So ive gotten all this advice but it still comes down to….with me running spring. should i get rid of dwayna

but if you run undead you can have 2000 toughness, 1800 condi dmg,1300 healing.

with dwayna you get an ally regen on heal…that you get anyways with spring..unless im missing something

i feel ya Nugget. But with me running Healing spring, what am i gaining from Dwayna? the spring gives regen along with the heal, so am i just using it to regen my allies?

let me know the rational. Also for my 7,8,9 im using the vigor evade, the run speed sigil, and the regen sigil. how do yall feel about that?

well i changed up to 0-0-30-10-30 and it seems good.

My main issue im having now, is since im going to run Spring over Ungent should i get rid of my dwayna runes and go back to undead…if i go back to undead i can get 1900 cond damage. this seems to be my last main hurdle to figure out.

yeah, after trying it for a bit i prefer spring to ungent…does that mean i should not use dwayna runes?

ok…i need something clarified. why do people run troll Ungent over healing spring?

hmm sounds good…but im not changing to trapper…i love this build. since ive set it up. i think ive died 3 times…and have over 200 badges. with no zerg running. I cant believe im saying this . but i think my ranger just took over as my main from my beloved Ele.

its only fair..since getting hit in stealth doesnt bring em out of stealth…nor does being blocked or missing…. So AFAIC….im glad it hits..burn em all to the ground 8P

yeah, i changed GS to S/D . I also changed my runes of the undead to dwayna…but now my base Condi damage is 893…with corruption and food/stones i get it to 1400..but i dont know how i feel about it yet.

Ive also started using troll Ungent as my heal..but now i have no condition removal which makes me feel like a boob…

keep up the advice! lol you guys rock!

Also thinking about ditching 10 in skirm to get 30 is WS for empathic bond since i dont have a condi removal. how often does the pet remove one?

ive been working on the build this morning and its amazing, even on my ele , which i think im quite skilled at, thieves would give me an issue…this morning i was able to drop 2 of em at the same time…..extremely rewarding. lol.

Now about the regen let me ask you this. Am i supposed to keep fern hound up for the regen? also how else do you get regen to pop? any tips would be wonderful

to answer the question above about the 10 points. I noticed people were able to negate my pets damage just by kiting..the 30% speed buff has remedied that. In regards to bleed im able to get 18-25 stacks up in one rotation. so i dont feel a need to have more…but im always down to try things out.

About my health, the builder is wrong, i have 17.6 and it hasnt been a problem yet.

Is no one able to give me some pointers on this, Since Reading the other post in the Ranger section i have switched to S/D A/T and i love it! now my main worries are trait point and skills and my runes….i really want to run dwayna but it seems that my cond would be too low for a cond build.

Also, i see most folks run panther/fern Hound…but i run Panther/Red Drake for the Aoe damage and Heals it offers. is there a reason i shouldnt be running it?

Please Rangers, Hook a brother up!

well i took your advice tonight with the weapon selection and wow..with my build and those weps, i only died once tonight in our skirmish group and got 120 badges. what an amazing set up…except i wish i had some run speed besides the signet..because now i dont have a viable cond removal. Although my tick is 800 a pop so it beats the incoming conditions most the time.

Anyhow. thanks a ton!

well im trying sword/dagger axe/torch right now and on mobs it seems viable.

Now i need to know what runes to run…im using 6 undead now..but dwayna sure looks fancy…i think i would lose a ton of cond dmg that way though.

I have to say, i miss the GS quite a bit. but im thinking having heavy cond on both sets of weps plus the CC and evades will make up for it.

makes sense, did you have a second to check out my build? and i just bought a sword/dagger to try. hehe

ok…but how do you get IN to battle? just face tank till you get to them?

I understand that part. But with no gap closer do you find that people are picking you off as you make your way in? thats what im worried about.

Also, you obviously know your stuff. would you mind checking out my post with my build on it and telling me what you think.

Ahh, see i was using the GS in my condi-regen build for the gap closer and utility.

what do you use to get in and out of battle without use of the GS?

May i ask why you use 1h sword rather then Greatsword? what is the rational behind the selection? i made a post with my build on it id like to see what everyone thinks of it.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/ranger/?6.1|1.1f.h1j|7.1f.hy.f.1f.h1k|1f.b19.1f.b19.1f.b19.1f.b19.1f.0.1f.0|1f.66.1f.66.1f.66.1f.66.1f.66.1a.66|0.a6.k38.a6.u57c|0.0|4i.4w.4o.4r.54|e

This is what im running on my Ranger right now. My goal is to have a durable outer edge skirmisher ( we run in 5- 10 man groups) Looking to be able to change tkittenb and flow of battle by applying conditions to multiple targets and keeping support classes busy with a heavy hitting pet ( I use panther and Southsun Drake)

a couple things i see wrong with the link i gave.

I have 2000 Toughness
1200 Cond Dmg
1200 Vit
1200 Healing
3100 Armor

With my build im trying to give myself as many outs as possible to ensure i last till the end of the engagement, while staying viable throughout .

Going through my rotations im able to get 18-25 stacks of bleeds on a target within about 3-4 seconds and my pet while stealthed does about 10k damage ( multiple hits)

Anyhow, I need to know if im going in the right direction with this. as my cond dmg and healing seem a bit low. please feel free to let me know whats wrong with this build and what you think i should do to improve it.

Thank you in advance!

Jaxx

Ive thought alot about people that want a ranger without the whole sending the pet in thing. and came to this conclusion.

Juvenile Tawny Ferret.

the Animation for this pet is a Ferret that sits on your shoulder and runs around your feet.

It offers the following skills and abilities.

f2 Ability ’Rabid Defense" Your Ferret guards you, causing weakness to any target that attacks you for 4 seconds ( one stack of might for each time your hit)

Other Abilities.

- Gnaw –
- Rake-
-Pounce- 25% chance to knock back targets that hit you. (1 second cripple)

I would really enjoy seeing something like this. what do you think?

Jaxx

How about one of those burrowing worms…that would be awesome!

Also…charming a skritt would be super cool..it could have the thief steal ability ..

Hey a folks, I was on a site looking for a good pet to run for my healing build and it said the white moa had regen and an aoe heal..but when I got the pet it only had the aoe heal

..is there a pet out there with regen and a heal? What are healing/support rangers running for pets?

Thanks in advance!

On my naga I have keys bound for attack,return,agg/def and specialty ability. I am able to do whatever I need to w my pet . Although it would be killer to be able to use the other abilities at will

Spicyhash.7605:

DH has become nothing but an Eredon Terrace to me..

Badgehaven
Baghaven

The server with the most up-levels and least 80s. Unless by sheer numbers, DH loses encounters 100% of the time on an evenly matched field.

Where do you get this information? Because We have beaten even level groups we come across all the time, have we been beaten..sure..but to use this as a crutch for you losing for a month is bad form.

as a side note..im sure you do see a ton of uplevels lately. When we know that the other servers dont have what it takes to even pull off an upset, everyone takes the chance to get their alts to 80….im sure every server does thakittens

a shame to see another group of people catch a case of the devonas…although there is a cream for it <3

Jaxx

this is really shocking to me that anyone from Anet things this change will help. look at the matching you have listed… these tiers are even more off kilter then the ones we have now. and by the time things “even out” servers are going to clear out due to getting blown out of the water…or having 600 PP around the clock…this is a BAD IDEA

at the end of the day gentlemen…you cant polish a kitten …ditch glicko, this isnt chess.

people really dont have any suggestions for me? im looking forward to building this toon , sadly i dont have near the experience that i do with my Ele.

any help would be great!

Salutations folks. im working on a ranger and i am looking to do the following, please let me know if these are viable for Rangers. and how to achieve it.

1. A condition heavy build relying on Axe/torch and sword/Horn
2. Heavy Damage from Cat/feline type pets to cause enemy to focus on DD rather then the conditions ticking on them.
3. some group utility, i would like to be able to offer some sort of healing/condition removal for allies.

thanks in advance and please feel free to list all ideas to achieve all of the above.

i think the arrow carts were a nice addition to the scene as a whole. earlier today 5 of us held a camp from about 20 people …it later turned into a big battle..but the AC made it possible for a few folks to actually matter and not get trampled.

now in wvw i think if you get stomped you should auto spawn at a wp..you shouldnt be able to be revived after the kill shot.

I almost exclusively WvW and im running a S/D Tele-Churn/Toughness build that i have had great success with. it takes a high level of skill to execute but once you have it down. you can last to the end of any engagement and dish out a nice amount of damage, all while having heals and condition removal at your disposal.

SO as was said above.. take the time to know your class through and through so you can make your own decisions as a build that is great for one is awful for others.

the new system is going to be a up one down one system i believe… If you win you go up.
if you lose you go down, second place stays.

i think that would be the best system to do as it would keep things super fresh.

Also, wanted to thank King for all the bags. I must have killed 30 people with that ballista in the doorway of that camp 8P

We arent ready for T5 just yet. We need to fix our resets , button up our bankers shift and teach everyone not to place siege in range of other siege…

and lastly is getting people to quit faking the funk with their commander tags..We have amazing commanders that belong in the position..then we have the people who bought a tag to add an inch to their E-organ and it confuses the new folks to no end..

Here is a picture of my beloved Ele! By far my favorite toon! in his Churning Toughness stuff!

Jaxx

lol Sorrows Furnace , Isle has played you for fools. This whole team up on Darkhaven thing has been a well thought out plan….

Isle figures it can trounce you down the stretch…so they make a deal that sounds good to SF " hey lets double team darkhaven , it will be awesome and ponies will fall from the clouds" Isles only intention was to get through reset weekend when they are awful. Hoping the double team would put DH far back in third , then Isle can pull SF during the week for the win.

Sorrow, you have been used as a meat shield army to boost Isle to first. its starting to look like eve online up in here….

jaxx

Abra Kadavr.8065:

Had a lot of fun messing around outmanned on DH borderland last night. At one point one of our guys randomly found a Siege Golem so we speed built it and rushed the five of us at Red Lake. DH sent enough to totally wipe us in the Lords room No worries though we got it the old fashion way with a ram later but that was probably cause IOJ was hitting bay so hard so thanks IOJ for distracting them enough to not make us completely useless <3

Also shout out to GRIM, had some fun battles last night.

yeah it was Fun fighting you ND folks over by your spawn, that thief you have is sneaky sneaky. they would stealth behind the lines and come at my lil Ele like i was the prize! hehe. looking forward to more great battles with you folks in the future.

Jaxx

This matchup has gotten stale much faster then I ever thought possible. It’s rinse and repeat….sf strong on reset…we catch up Sunday morning and by Monday we have a 10k lead. By reset its 60k. Isle pulls into second when SF gets demoralized ……over and over again.

It can’t be this hard to get servers together that make good constant matches.

Jaxx

Well in regards to vigor, i have taken care of that with my off hand weapon sigil, which gives me 50% End for switching atn. every 9 sec. plus my vigor from pheonix. So i always have atleast 3 dodges on deck.

My crit rate is a little low, because i was intending on using arcane power rather then mist after the nerf..but decided against it after i saw i could keep fury up during my primary bursts on atn. change. So buffed i have about 56% crit chance which is acceptable for my goals.

In regards to having more healing power, with my toughness and defensive traits its not really needed. with this build i have earth shield, 2x Arcane shields,Mist Form plus all the regen from mist/water ect. along with the toughness i have i normally make it till the end of engagements.

I used evasive arcana for months and just changed it for this build to get some more in Air. the damage from switching to Air plus the cool down gives me way more DPS then what the EA trait can offer. although im sad i lost the blinds.

as far as rotations that seem to work well, if there is a battle goin on i will take the marked target and throw a pheonix and a dragon tooth at the same time..ride the lightning in so that and the other 2 hit at the same time. if they are still alive i use Air 2,3 plus updraft…and its dead…for sure.. if there are other mobs around i switch to earth , use earth 4 and go into churn. if players come to attack i pop Arcane Shield and i tele port to the other side of them. when im done….i ride the lightning out into the sunset….for 1200 yards lol

Yeah the sunny shores of Southsun have effed wvw’s couch… im sure once everyone has their squiggly back pieces we will be back in action.

Interesting, do you feel my toughness is low? what is it that you would change? as far as being for only the experienced, i would agree. im switching elements almost constantly and there is alot of thinking involved.

this is the insight i was looking for , so please if you read the thread, leave an opinion.

no balthazar up yet?