wmtyrance, I’ve been running dungeons on my lvl 80 ranger for more than a year now. to my knowledge, i never have been in zerker gear (nor am i a bearbow ranger). aside from a paladin in TA-Aether, i’ve never gotten any grief over my profession or choice of gear.
to this day, i’ve run almost every single path at least once and only rl is stopping me from doing dungeon runs more often
Thats awesome to hear. Maybe i’ve just been unlucky. Can you give me some advice on how you run through with your Ranger please? How do you set your pet and which pets do you use? I would like to hear how i should be prepared as a Ranger.
Been in the game since release and never have been in a dungeon. As a lvl 80 Ranger i’m just not wanted. Even with my zerker gear it makes no difference. I’ve just settled that this is part of the game i’ll never see.
Have you been hiding under a rock for the past year then?
I don’t believe so let me check. No but i have tried getting in groups and have been told no because i’m a Ranger. So i just go do something else.
Been in the game since release and never have been in a dungeon. As a lvl 80 Ranger i’m just not wanted. Even with my zerker gear it makes no difference. I’ve just settled that this is part of the game i’ll never see.
So Ive been gone for awhile. Like a year or so. I was looking at playing again. So I went on the forums for each of my classes that I play the most. Eng and Guardian. It seems everyone says they are now usesless….so I went to some other forums…everyone hates every class. Sounds like typical MMO stuff. So my question is.. are the classes that messed up or typical MMO banter.
No they are not perfect but they are not as bad as these people make them out to be. I have a feeling that all these complainers loss alot in pvp. I have been playing my Asura Ranger since launch and its one of the most fun classes i’ve played in a mmo and i’ve been playing them since 2000. I try to stay away from the Ranger board.
Because I don’t like Legendary weapons and I’m not working towards any of them anyway, so a precursor drop would be nothing more than a rather large gold boost for me when I sell it.
So I guess I may as well keep playing and oh, I dunno, enjoy the parts of the game that I do partake in.
I coundn’t have said it better. Lol playing just to get a legendary is so lame. What a post. These kind of players crack me up. What ever happened to playing a game for fun.
no the megaservers are helping the game in my opinion, gives it a lively feeling.
I agree here. And the boards are never a true feeling for a game. I bet more like it for the lively feel than hate it. And i just don’t get how its ruined the game for these people unless they liked playing solo like it was before. If you want to play solo play a single player game. Its an mmo you play with other people. Some of the complaints are way over the top . Because of it i’m meeting new players and grouping up more than before.
I was looking into crafting Ascended Armor and weapons (long range goal)
Current Exotic Armor (helm example):
Defense: 97
45 Power
32 Vitality
32 Ferocity
Ascended:
Defense: 102
47 Power
34 Vitality
34 Ferocity
Same question goes for Weapons. Is it really work the gold to go Ascended?
Thoughts?
The stats show there’s not much difference. If your the kind of player that needs to have the “top gear” Then do it. Exotic gear and weapons are just fine in this game. The game really isn’t all that gear depended like other mmo’s. They added Ascended for those players looking for something else to do.
I bought my lvl 80 Asura Ranger the Magitech skin and he looks badkitten in it With the tier 3 culture longbow skin. I also bought him the Dreadlocks hair style.
Ever since the patch i’ve been in Orr everyday with a ton of people doing group events and having a blast like the game was at release. I’ve been lvl 80 for a year with all the gear and weapons i want. I login to find a ton of players everywhere to play with. No more ghost town. I have close to 50 extra skill pts with nothing to spend them on. I have nothing to unlock. The gm traits just don’t look like they are worth buying and if i come across the event for them i might do that but no hurry on it. So now i think i’ll work on map completion. But yeah i’m loving the megaserver.
I haven’t seen this many players since release of game. Must be the new update players are checking out. Just did a storm on orr. So many players that it was laggy as heck. And this is a Friday night. Brought back memories of the release of the game. I wish it could be like this every night. I think i got most of orr discovered now.
The read the wind mission takes place in ORR which is usually dead and requires some events to happen…..guess its there way of getting people to play in ORR because it has been dead for a long long time there…..good luck with that
The trait isn’t even worth what you go through to get it. Even buying it is to costly in skill pts if you ask me.. and you can’t even you use it with some other traits. This is a huge let down of the whole update. The old trait system was better.
Well, I just tried to do the event to unlock my new “Read the wind” ability because i REFUSE to pay more gold.
And was immediately throw into overflow sigh where is the megaserver?! And there is nobody there, no event.
So it’s now either wait days for some dumb event or waste 20 skill points and 3g on an ability that I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY DEFAULT!!!
I’m forced to participate in some stupid Arrah and kill a high wizard that doesn’t exist and that I cannot kill on my own.
I was surprised by this. I have been lvl 80 for a year. I had all my traits from books yet i have to spend more gold and skill pts again for traits with this update.. I like the update but this is really stupid. And i refuse to do this.
You can actually go out and find the traits for free. Paying gold is a shortcut for instant traits, going out into the world and unlocking them doesn’t cost anything.
Yes i know i can do this. Thats not the point. The point is if you already had all traits through the old system at lvl 80,why should you have to do either. And to do the quest for the free trait isn’t soloable either. It feels like a slap in the face to all lvl 80’s that already put their time in the game and had their traits. Everything else about the update is good but this feels wrong.
Well, I just tried to do the event to unlock my new “Read the wind” ability because i REFUSE to pay more gold.
And was immediately throw into overflow sigh where is the megaserver?! And there is nobody there, no event.
So it’s now either wait days for some dumb event or waste 20 skill points and 3g on an ability that I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY DEFAULT!!!
I’m forced to participate in some stupid Arrah and kill a high wizard that doesn’t exist and that I cannot kill on my own.
I was surprised by this. I have been lvl 80 for a year. I had all my traits from books yet i have to spend more gold and skill pts again for traits with this update.. I like the update but this is really stupid. And i refuse to do this.
Hi anet team. not sure if you’ll red this but Just wanted to thank you for the new patch =] theres a lot of hate on all of the changes but they will get use to them =] thanks for always creating a dynamic game!
I second this also. I like what you have done. And keep up the good work on the game. I play a Ranger and the new update for us is great. Pets are awesome and wil be spending time with all of them to see how they work. So far i really like using the Moa’s and i hardly ever used them before.
Read the Wind is excellent for longbow. I tried it and am really enjoying it. “dodge this”
I am however of opinion that either Read the Wind, Eagle Eye or Piercing Arrows should be default behavior. The competition is rather high on Marksmanship and rather non-existing on Skirmishing.
Oh no, the horrors… you need to choose between traits, the kittening horrors…
@ everyone complaining about our Grand Master Traits, you’ve clearly haven’t used them yet, they’re all awesome, RTW makes our arrows impossible to side step and it’s absolutely glorious, it’s like using a gun!
Not to mention Poison Master, Survival of the Fittest and Invigorating Bound may be the greatest things since sliced bread, I mean sure we’ve got scum bag striders defense over there in the skirmishing tree being “meh” but as for all the others they’re all amazing.
Poison master also affect pet abilities. Tested it earlier.
Just sayin.
Both of you need to get with the program. Don’t you read these forums? Apparently you don’t since everyone says this patch was a massive nerf to the Ranger class….and a major boost to every other class.
Positive outlooks aren’t welcome here !
This forums only reasonings to why we got shafted is “I want read the wind base line!” And “poison master isn’t a damage boost because poison increasing in damage isn’t as good as if bleed increased in damage.” Aka very bad, arguments, from likely bad rangers.
If anything we got buffed THE MOST out of every single other profession because our pets now work.
You tie in the grand master traits (which are all amazing with the exception of Striders defense) and there’s no way anyone got as big of improvements as us. Not to mention we benefit from the sigil and rune changes greatly and because of how they work and our inherent versatility got a surge of roles opening up from a change not even targeting us specifically.
And before some idiot says, “but Durz warriors got those too!” Warriors don’t have easy access to every condi minus confusion, blind, and torment, warriors don’t have 100% uptime with 3 (arguably 4 with sword/dagger as an option) of their weapons due to being ranged, warriors don’t have nearly as much SUSTAINED damage as us, etc.
A ranger going for damage went from pretty scary, to absolutely horrifying in one patch, a GOOD ranger is capable of just out controlling, and out damaging people now due to these pet changes.
You might be right. I think all the bad Rangers are the ones complaining on this board. I sometimes look at the complaints and just don’t understand them. With this update my dps seems alot better than it was. I just don’t get these guys and no wonder no one wants to team with us. I have never seen a class board in any other mmo this bad. If we suck so bad why are you still playing Ranger? I just don’t get these people and maybe its time not visit anymore. And the math these guys put up are a joke most of the time. Its time for you guys to just play annother class and let people that like the class post something good for a change. Man its just so tiring to come here. Please just play another class already.
I know some of you will think its not a big deal. But when will arnet fix it so Ranger pet names will stick. I find it hard to believe that this is still not working after all this time. How hard could it be to fix this.
Ok it looks like there is lot of satisfied players. I’m gonna download it.
Just remember its not anything like wow or any other mmo. No exclamation marks over npc’s heads. And gameplay is very action like. You can move while doing combat and should. People are always sayng they want something different in an mmo. And the only one out there thats different is this one. Good luck and hope you enjoy the game.
I think i’ll wait and see how they are before i judge them. And since we will be able to play around with them seems fun to me. I just don’t believe they will be the as bad as you all are saying. What are you basing all this on wvw pvp? Is it all about the pvp? I don’t see how you could know how they will work without trying them.
Its funny,I’ve always made human characters in mmo’s. But for some reason i went straight to the Asura race and love the little guy more than any character i’ve ever made in a mmo. Love the way he talks and runs or even walks. Whenever i’m in a city hub i have him just walking around while everyone else is running. The laughing and dances moves are the best. Asura’s seem to have that extra something in them compared to the other races.
It wouldn’t be very much fun for newbies if the content was 10x more difficult in starter zones. If you desire more of a challenge, perhaps playing in a Level 80 zone might provide that for you. Just a thought. =)
Lol this is so true. I can’t believe this guy complaining about it being to easy for him in a low lvl area and he’s all tricked out in end game gear. Like only lvl 80’s matter in this game. What an ego.
Tom, do you think it is in Anets best interest, or my best interest, to do something I hate repeatedly for an insane amount of time, and in a perverted way (server hopping, key farming, boss trains) to get something that I need/want? Do you think that this grind in a game that is not supposed to be about grinding, and farming in a game that is supposed to be the solution to that style, is legendary? Is it fun? Is it worth it?
1. You don’t need a legendary weapon.
2. It’s their best interest to keep you playing. That way they can hope you spend money on the game. I know many people who have claimed “I won” after crafting a legendary and then quit playing.
3. The only person who can answer your last question is yourself. See #1 and think about it really hard.
This is true, If you think you need a legendary to be happy playing, then i feel sorry for you. This is the kind of grind that all mmo’s have. You don’t need a legendary. And if you think the grind for it is to much, don’t bother and get back to playing and having fun. A game should be fun not stressful.
There’s partial onus on the community to represent the Ranger in a brighter light. People adamant in using ranged options over superior melee options are all stuck up on the tanky pet + ranged design model that -could- work in other MMO’s, but just doesn’t apply in GW2 at all.
A Spotter, Frost Spirit, Zerker Sword Ranger in PvE is amazing. But, how many of those do you see on a regular basis?
No doubt, Rangers could use a hell of a lot of tweaking. You can’t deny, however, that players can choose to be useful or selfish. Most take the latter, and thus poorly represent all Rangers – even those who work hard to get where they are now.
I agree here. I think its the way people play them. Whenever i group i play as a surpport class. True i think a lot of people got the wrong idea about how rangers in this game would play. It is different which can be challengeing but thats fun to me. Just my thoughts on it.
Now that we going to have a second sigil slot,was wondering what to pick up and what pairs would be good together on them. Just looking for some ideas out their from you guys. The one i have now does +5 damage.
I like everything about the Ranger class. I like all my pets and i like how i crit every other hit. My first max lvl character in any mmo i’ve played. I grab aggro so much that tanks hate to group with me. When i was lvl 67 i asked for help with a champion mob and a lvl 80 Necro. showed up to help. Even with all his pets out i kept aggro and would have to stop shooting so he could retake it. Its the most fun character i’ve ever made. I am death with a longbow at max range.
Totally agree with OP. The world is empty. And seeing a few people in a zone doesn’t change that either. The world is down right empty. The most people i ever see are in LA. I’VE never played an mmo that was like this. Its all down to the way the game was designed. 25-70 area’s give no reason to go back when your done. To me this is what Arena net should be working on instead of adding temp.content. The world feels like a wasteland.
I call BS. Most MMORPG have even more vacated areas below max level. At least, GW2 has some incentive running below level maps with downscaling.
OMG and even that is not working my friend. Out in the world in a two hour play period i might see 12 people.
Totally agree with OP. The world is empty. And seeing a few people in a zone doesn’t change that either. The world is down right empty. The most people i ever see are in LA. I’VE never played an mmo that was like this. Its all down to the way the game was designed. 25-70 area’s give no reason to go back when your done. To me this is what Arena net should be working on instead of adding temp.content. The world feels like a wasteland.
Just one day I would like to see ANet’s PR guys take the day off. Their whole entire staff
come on the forums and say whatever was on their minds.
As a huge critic of the game nothing would make me happier than to see one of their staff members come on these forums and tell me along with all the other critics to just kitten off. It would be nice to know that there are people at ArenaNet outside of Josh Foreman that still care about making a great game and not just about chasing after financial profit.
I would love to get their honest opinion on time gating, I bet they hate it as much as we do.
Why do you think Riot Games is so friggin successful, THEY TALK TO US PLAYERS, a lot.
Anet needs to just…… ugh, just stop being silly.
I don’t get why their afraid to post on the boards. It just makes them look like they don’t care.
As someone who does not run dungeons, does not do fractals, and hates crafting. I never have much gold, all I do is WvW and even that is going down hill. The Ranks were not supposed to add Stats, yet we have 2 that add stats. One adds 250 Vitality = Quite a bit of health. The other adds an extra 100 power and condition damage.
I have a feeling these WvW Seasons where we will see no updates for almost 2 months at a time to WvW is just going to kill it more and promote unfair zerging gameplay, worse than it already is.
So, I have been finding it harder and harder to log in, lost all motivation to play when Ascended started coming out, and now I just feel like I will never be able to gear my chars.
As a casual player, and I mean casual (2 – max 3 times a week for only a few hours) will never see a lot of gold/materials or the time to craft for ascended.
I agree with you. And for the record,Colin’s idea of what casual is doesn’t fit with most people view of what it is. I find that i login less now because of the direction the game’s going. Its fine by me i have no regrets i got my money’s worth out of the game. There are other games out there to try.
On my server for the past week I’VE noticed everyone seems to be in LA. The game world itself is empty. I kept running into group events with no one but me around. With all the changes with gear and empty world, I have a bad feeling about the future of this game. I think the temp.content they are adding is a big waste of time now. They need to start fixing the main games problems and stop wasting time with other crap.
Just wait and see what happens in 6 months. Those same QQ players will complain about needing new gear. Yeah i have a bad feeling for this game down the road.
It won’t be long before those lucky/rich enough to get their ascended gear are creating topics about how faceroll easy the content is, and why can’t we get harder/new content to challenge us since we have better stats than before.
Meanwhile the rest of us are working towards those better stats.
Meanwhile some of us are wondering if it’s even worth it to try.
This is so true. And arena net should have ignored these people in the first place. This game will get really stupid with gear just like wow did. These types of gamer’s with no life are never going to be happy with anything. They play all day and get everything in a month. These player’s kill every game they play because dev’s suck up to them.
Thoughts on the insane amount of Materials and Time Gating to acquire a single Ascended Weapon? As if this is what GW2 really needed in order to survive its second year on the market……
Hey GW2 you should consider paying a salary to all of your customers because playing GW2 is a full time job. For anyone who actually enjoys acquiring all this virtual non-sense can you please acquire and mail me the items in this below list? Thanks….
I never buy gear. I also get tons of masterwork and fine level items to salvage. I dont see the issue.
Some people have better loot drops than others. I hardly ever got green drop let alone rare ones. It may have worked out good for you but it never did for me. I bite the bullet and brought from the TP. I also had i friend that played reach 80 and he was still in blues that he got from drops. In fact he quit because the RNG loot drops are so bad in this game. This is and has always been a major problem in this game.
This is my problem with this game now. It wasn’t going to be about gear. It was going to be about content. This is why i spent 60 dollars for the game. It was going to be different. But get a few wow players on the boards QQ and they suck up to them and change the game. I will never go after Ascended gear ever and when they change the game and make it so you need this gear, well i’m gone. I had high hopes that these guys would have the guts to be different. I really liked this game alot but i see it turning into a gear wow copy all because of a few hardcore ex wow players QQ about no end game and gear. The gear that was already in the game was enough. I had just finished getting my last piece of exotic gear for my lvl 80 Ranger and felt like i really did it. Finally a max lvl character in a mmo for the first time and with gear and weapon to match and now all i had to do was wait for new content and explore the game world. Two weeks later Ascended gear treadmill began’s. Man i really miss the original idea of what this game was going to be. And when all these wow players get this gear does anyone think that will be the end of it? No because they will come right back here QQ again for more.
All arena net has to do is just start putting things to do in the older area’s. I’M really starting to hate this temp.stuff. Just beef up the older zones so players have a reason to go back to them. I want to see new mobs to fight. Those early lvl zones were so much fun to play in. The game scales your lvl so they should take advantage of this. Some of those pre 80 zones were really my favorite area’s but i have no reason to go back as i’ve finished them.
You don’t even need to grind to get ascended gear.
You will get the materials to make it by playing the game at any speed, in any way.
You and all of the other complainers are over dramatizing the entire issue.
Look at what is required to make them, and look at all the options of obtaining them. You get all of the materials without trying. Now relax.
Lol yeah rely on the games RNG. you’ll have Ascended gear in no time. I’m lvl 80 and still get nothing but crap loot drops in this game. I can’t even remember the last time a got a rare.
