Guild Wars 2

Vendetta.1958:

nacario.9417:

Vendetta.1958:

Puck.9612:

Vendetta.1958:

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Vendetta.1958:

If I’m being honest, Beastly Warden should probably be on a much higher CD than it is. It’s extremely OP in the current state.

Well, at least we get one thing, then.

Well, two, if you include how trivially easy it is to be a devastating force on the field with longbow.

I sorta liked being the underdog i.e. March last year.

In all seriousness, nerf the BW and buff the bad GMs like the Nature Magic heal on F2 so we can have some nice build diversity.

Or maybe for once rangers can just get buffs without seeing something else nerfed. A 15 second cooldown that relies on the pets crappy AI and pathing doesn’t seem nerf worthy to me. It’s a strong trait but there are plenty of situations where zephyr’s is better to take in its place.

Well, pet AI argument is wrong, if you’re pressing F2 when your pet isn’t in BW range you should l2p rather than blame it on poor AI. 8/10 times a bird/dog/cat will be in range, and if not, press F1 and wait or cripple/immob the enemy and then press F2.

Being able to spam an unblockable CC that locks you out of the targeting system every fifteen seconds is extremely overpowered.

How is 15 second ICD regarded as a “spam”? It doesnt work in Your favor trying to justify something by using bold inaccurate words. BW isnt the holy grail that will save your entire team, but it is a strong and reliable CC for the ranger. All classes have nice things, and ranger is far from the top.

13% uptime (without factoring in +% duration) from a single trait on a CC that forces your enemy to retarget and move away from you is spam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_

Spamming, in the context of video games, refers to the repeated use of the same item or action

Yes a grandmaster trait grants us Taunt on a 15 ICD, the skill can only be used every 15 seconds, and grandmasters are meant to stand out and have a defining effect. It’s also a bit tricky to keep track off its ICD if you switch pets, for easier use one could go bird/bird but that also leaves you with a fragile pet type. Many pets have inaccurate F2 where it is nearly impossible to land Taunt on a moving target or when you want to use it, for either defense or to connect burst.
Any other class have their own grandmaster traits that are powerful on their own, which is great as we want to avoid class homogenization (WoW being a prime example).

I’d take faster animation on #2, and longer reach on #5, over higher damage on auto. This is from a PvP pov though, since GS’s other abilities than #1 kinda fits a hit-and-run playstyle than be-in-your-face-for-too-long.

Vendetta.1958:

Puck.9612:

Vendetta.1958:

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Vendetta.1958:

If I’m being honest, Beastly Warden should probably be on a much higher CD than it is. It’s extremely OP in the current state.

Well, at least we get one thing, then.

Well, two, if you include how trivially easy it is to be a devastating force on the field with longbow.

I sorta liked being the underdog i.e. March last year.

In all seriousness, nerf the BW and buff the bad GMs like the Nature Magic heal on F2 so we can have some nice build diversity.

Or maybe for once rangers can just get buffs without seeing something else nerfed. A 15 second cooldown that relies on the pets crappy AI and pathing doesn’t seem nerf worthy to me. It’s a strong trait but there are plenty of situations where zephyr’s is better to take in its place.

Well, pet AI argument is wrong, if you’re pressing F2 when your pet isn’t in BW range you should l2p rather than blame it on poor AI. 8/10 times a bird/dog/cat will be in range, and if not, press F1 and wait or cripple/immob the enemy and then press F2.

Being able to spam an unblockable CC that locks you out of the targeting system every fifteen seconds is extremely overpowered.

How is 15 second ICD regarded as a “spam”? It doesnt work in Your favor trying to justify something by using bold inaccurate words. BW isnt the holy grail that will save your entire team, but it is a strong and reliable CC for the ranger. All classes have nice things, and ranger is far from the top.

For a berserker/marauder build it is stronk

Skullface.7293:

mistsim.2748:

there is absolutely no reason to pick the best power ranger in the game (which very likely isn’t you) over an average mesmer.

Cool.

Velimere.7685:

Skullface.7293:

Me and my team (E Dream) won a game versus the Abjured in the ESLs for the first time since 30 weeks with me on ranger. We are also constantly winning the Academy Gaming tournaments. Ranger is viable if the player is good enough.

I do agree with some of the much needed changes tho!

Do you mind sharing the build you’ve been having success with? You’ve piqued my interest.

Here is the build I am using with my team: http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJARTjEqQLL2wCmsAVLGyEqOZDgD4n8I/x9EPBa8CWdA-TpBFABiXGghHAgc7PQwhAYhLAAAHBAA

It is indeed a very durable build. You’re lucky to have a team to progress with, best fortune on your journey! Do you notice any difference with Sigil of blood, how much does it proc?

Only a dev can tell, though doubtful as ur rank doesnt say much and u already have the legendary title + dragon rank finisher. We dont get more pve lvls and theres same amount of ranks as levels, though this doesnt have to mean anything. But on the other hand fractal ranks are increased to 100. Im just babbling, but thats only what you will get atm

Druid will probl stray from traditional ranger gameplay (longbow) due to potential support role, so a subjective opinion would be better working pets to strengthen the pewpew lb/gs or lb/s&d ranger.

I just randomly came by this thread, and I dont play a mezmir, but I can give you some pointers!

A tldr would be metabattle, there you can find top working builds with instructions, and more importantly know that they actually work/worth investing into.

But more importantly I would just go through all traits and read up their function. You want to know your class, even though you dont pick a certain trait/gir style. With the trait revamp they mixed more traits into one, giving each of the three traits in a tier more distinct differences and playstyles. This way it should be easier for a newcomer to quickly pick up “hey, I want this!”.

Luckily for you mezmir is in a good spot now, at least for PvP that is.

This was a great read, thank you for sharing and I hope your eyevision stays the same

Because each class is different, have different elites, and because diversity over homogenization

same, keep getting thrown out from tequatl

It would be interesting to see how it would affect defending/attacking by making walls non targetable by AoEs, which should make it easier for defenders.

People are exaggerating when it comes to this supposed toxic community, and ive played 6 7 crowdy mmorpgs last 7 yrs solely for pvp/dueling. There is no such thing, while any game as with the real world has its trolls – u can even use the same arguments the devs used for implementing the mentor system – why hinder the playerbase cuz of some bad eggs? Some people just like to scream and be heard, theyre afraid because they lack knowledge and arnt tolerant. Spoiled brats i say which hinder a richer experience, much like the conservatists. But in the end its Anets game and theyve chosen this path. Thankfully we’ll see some dueling through guild halls, but i long for the day dueling is openee up at larger pve areas, giving incentive to visit places, like the arena in BC.

P2W in terms of getting awesome skins, not so much for gearstats

ninjazombie.2937:

Is it true that people don’t like rangers ?

im a new player and was wondering if i should go theif or ranger? and what has higher dps?

i just moved from playing final fantasy 14, and my two mains were monk and ninja, so just trying to figure out what i want to start off with in this game

thank you for any help

If you’re all about pve/dungeons/fractals I would go with thief. It has been part of the meta 5 man setup for such a long time and wont change anytime soon. It has such a high single target dmg with dagger compared to the ranger greatsword/sword&axe DPS build. It has some nifty traits/skills as well that supports the group well.

Personally Im more about playing what you like, and currently that is ranger As others have touched on, it has pretty good survivability for open world pve, but any class can manage that content.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw

I think ppl r waking up and see the rince n repeat traditional mmorpgs have on updates: new lvls, new tier gear, new same but different locale. It gets boring at some point, but thankfully gw2 stands out in this regard

But Colins smile is trustworthy

I know people will disagree as we all have different expectations, but honestly an mmorpg like gw2 is meant to be a breathing world where u would only limit urself by solely playing one type of content and expecting to be fullfilled. One should try and do 2 3 types or rotate since Anet (and any other mmorpg) just cant keep up (though sometimes not do right) which would leave u unsatisfied. But by all means, its good to voice opinions and i would love to have a legendary backpack from WvW as well.

Well at least he made a video about it, but wouldve been fun to see some gameplay at the end for us who dont follow twitch

This one is outdated, it needs Eternity

Stronghold def require more from the players, but i dont see the incentive since it’s just too time consuming (the risk of i pugs at least) compared to conquest – where rewards are similar.

My mom is a pretty good Warrior, at least dad says so.

I think what u are experiencing is that u expect GS #4 to last its full 3 block seconds, which it does when hit by ranged attacks – but itll only block once if an enemy target is within its melee range, which will be a very short block followed with cc, hp loss or death.

Im not fully understanding ur issue here, the DH and traditional longbow ranger plays quite differently through mechanics, one simple example being slow autos 1200 range vs fast autos at 1500 range, pet vs virtues, *slower gameplay vs agile.

Hotm is kinday simplistic compared to gw2 standards.. But i like to think of it as a reflection of anets pvp focus since 2013 release

Do the magic find stack? If yes then that should too

I thought vaans was a wvw warrior? Dont think ive seen him in spvp

What im wondering is if my optimized bearbow can handle the tasks

SkiTz.4590:

Currently watching the BWE stream with someone on guardian

they have WAY BETTER animations for one. Their barrage 5 skill is freaking cool

their 2 skill is potentially nasty – its a 4 sec CD charged shot that deals over 1300 damage… just watched him hit a mesmer for 5k with charged shot… thats filthy for a 4sec cool doown. 1200 range thou and 2 sec casting time

their 1 skill is bouncing arrows that can cripple

4 skill is another AOE barrage but smaller. except it causes burning and drops a symbol as well.

ALL Their traps look amazing as well.

I’m sad. Guardian has a cooler bow and more useful traps… thanks anet

Now I dont think its as bursty as our long bow.. rapid fire is probably better than their 2 skill

Thats funny cuz if u head over to the guardian DH feedback thread everyone is stating it is a slow n sluggish spec pvp pov

morrolan.9608:

lil devils x.6071:

So all the players who come into wvw to do dailies and craft are going to count against the wvvw popualtion. On the top servers, there are enough PVE players that come in to do dailies, craft or use portals to keep the server full forever.

This is actually a good point and something I hope they considered in the caps but somehow I doubt it.

Well they kind of have any right to be there like any other, they just have a different role and contribution, as with everything in life. We are 1 server where everyone is counting, each server has similiar circumstances.

Steelo.4597:

A list which shows dedication to wxp farming.. why not lol.

This guy speaks the truth! Nothing beats old fashioned hard working sessions

This has sadly been brought up numerous times, and all we can do is scream louda till we hear a dev response. Surely they are aware of it, but who knows what they gonna do about it. My bet nothing anytime soon till winds are shifting and this content becomes more of a priority (seemes like HoT and WvW are next in line for treats)

I dont know what game you guys are playing, but im doing pretty swell on my bearbow!

Are u talking about the blue icy ones, or the brown demonish? Both of them were from living world season 1 story, and not to return I suppose?

Substance E.4852:

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

Especially when rangers got a spot in meta in all 3 game modes. But keep on the QQ, it’s so funny to look at how hard some people fail even in this game.

All 3 modes? lolwut?

sPvP: I don’t pvp enough to comment on this but the fact that we get excited to see even one person play Ranger at top tier probably says enough.

PvE: No high level speed clear team is going to bring a Ranger unless they absolutely need to fill a spot. We aren’t terrible, but being in 6th place when only 5 people can win still means you don’t get a medal.

WvW: The only wvw meta is the zerg/gvg meta and no guild that knows what they are doing brings rangers at the moment.

Be all the Ranger you can be but you’re still gonna get picked last for dodge ball.

Thats alright coach, I’ve always fancied that bench!

I do notice language barrier being a factor in certain map chats, but its hard to conclude with anything.

Stephane Lo Presti.7258:

Another area we want to improve is how players are recognized and rewarded for their contributions to their team. Whether you defend, scout, run havoc, zerg bust, roam, conquer or win team fights you should be fairly compensated from the game and not rely on the hope that your team may kick you back some gold at the end of the night for you to feel rewarded for the valuable effort you put into the success of your world.

As others have said, it remains to be seen if changes actually happen, but all in all thank you for being open to us!

That quote is something that would be epic if it was possible to create, and would certainly bring more interest among solors/smaller groups.

Fingers crossed that they’ll add first batch of legendaries to replace the current more clownsy ones, and that the new longbow looks wayyy better than Kudzu Heres hoping for a shiny golden bow with fiery arrows, yes shiny..

Which is also a good thing cuz u can then just use the legendary skins on several alts that uses the same variant, “only” as ascended weapons.

Having a shiny legendary is enough morale boost in combat, especially for us who play Skin Wars 2

Sounds risky, havent seen anyone who tried its viability, and the dmg drop would be noticable. Personally I just run full zerk or zerk with some Knights or valkyrie for either more toughness or vit. Dont underestimate full zerk either in wvw, its fun blowing stuff up if ur longbow, and u can even run it in zerg backliners and pick off squishies at enemy backline zerg.

Wuselknusel.4082:

I noticed that taunt neither stops channeled abilities, nor does it change the target of those abilities. I could be wrong, but I noticed this quite a few times already.

Could be true, I was ressing someone who then was about to get downed, I taunted the guy going for a stomp but it didnt interrupt his ongoing channel cast

Kehlian.4380:

What’s your server ? I’d love to try and duel with you !

Im on piken EU but for spvp it doesnt matter where u are as long as ur in the same region, like EU. U can add me if u like and we can do some later ^^

LughLongArm.5460:

Great video, its funny how LB rangers strating to run WS/NM/BM, reminds me how 6 mounts after the the big LB patch(with the fast RP), LB rangeres started to run the -2-0-6-6-0 setup. I guss rangers jsut work better when traited for defence.
The reason you dont use taunt is personal preference or its just not allowed on 1v1 servers?

For quality of life longbow flow i prefer MM over NM, but the latter is better overall vs competent builds that gets close on you. Even though NM gives u defense u sort of do equal damage. I didnt use taunt since they banned it from that server, claiming it is bugged. The zephyrs speed can be nice though for that surprise burst.

Kehlian.4380:

Hey nice ! You’re pretty good. I see that sometimes you waste CDs, but who am I to judge you on that, I still struggle to not use them all at the same time.

Waiting for moar

I do have a nasty habbit of using a dodge/evasive skill too often, need to hone that trigger finger, while other times its done to predict a possible attack

Hey thar

Sometimes I’m visiting this crowdy dueling server EU side, and have just had the joy of making a montage from two recent fight nights vs capable foes. The build I’m running is quite stronk allround, much thanks to S&D evades/mobility for lasting encounters. As 1v1s go, you lose some, you win some, but Rangers surely are in a decent spot with certain builds.

Maybe you’ll find it to your liking!

It could be a good idea, often when fighting up close you want to dodge the opponents heavy attacks, that currently also hits your pet

Gaile Gray.6029:

SharpenedBlade.6803:

Watcha think? Any chance us rangers are gonna get more pets to choose from??

I honestly don’t know the answer, but as a Ranger-at-Heart, I’m hoping, too.

Then be our spokeswoman and heed our call, influence the right dev somehow, pretty please! Maybe add a large pet in size with colors that stands out, something current pets lack.

It would be amazing if they could add DX12 support sometime after it releases. Better graphics does have its impact on the fun factor, and for those who love GW2 it would be like playing a new MMORPG, only that it would be the fav type they like

It’s cuz people discover the joy of bearbows

Personally I love how they want to open up different playstyles on our classes than us having to swap classes, and most of all have this as our progression and not gear based by releasing new tiers.. My only gripe is that the name elite specialization is very misleading, especially for those who are new, it sounds as it is a superior playstyle, or meant to be played at some ‘endgame’ over the vanilla ones.