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Longbow was already not the best dps dealer in the game, with it's autoattacks falling a bit short (even tho it's still very fun to use and the only ranged option for power dps apart from Axe/axe, and that one has a far shorter range and still can be fun but it isn't ideal either in my opinion). A bit unfortunate I think.

Same here, yesterday alone I've got dc'd more then 7 times...

The ping/crash problem got fixed after a recent patch that fixed a lot of the crashes:)!

thx:)!!

Thx!! So that way I can check if it's because of my homenetwork or something else right?

Hello!! I'm an EU player and I play on the Far Shiverpeaks EU server, but lately I get a high ping. Before the problems my ping was always between 40-80 but recently my ping is between 120-350 and there are random spikes which make the game quite unplayable as my framerate drops below 10fps during those spikes and high average overall. Loadingscreens before took average but now it's insanely slow (more than a minute waiting often). Does anyone know a solution for this? (Am I being redirected to a NA server perhaps or do the EU servers have some trouble atm?)

Looks very fun to play! I haven't tried out the shortbow a lot, I think it would be nice to try the two of them out with a condibuild! Thank you for the explanation of the build, I will definitely check it out (I gotta get some dire or viper gear first tho haha)!! Only got one question left about your use of the beastmode, so you said the Iboga pet gives confusion and the Lynx gives bleeding, do they inflict this when you're out of beastmode or can these effects also be given when in Beastmode (with the extra pet attacks you get)?Thx for the reply :)

It's not about toxic or elitism etc. Raids have requirements made by the game itself.You are free to go and play and have fun in game, question here is, would this people want to play with you, when you are not prepared to meet the game requirements.Meaning never done it, don't know the mech etc. Otherwise you are free to join training runs, spend time to get familiar with fight and go join LFG after. Ok! Sorry I didn't know that, thx for pointing it out! So raids are open for all, someone new to raids can do raids without getting dismissed by a lack of experience (except maybe the bossfight itself) ? There are raids training group made by community, you are more then welcome to join on discord and if have time go to training runs to learn, from the top of my head its raiders inn but raiders in this topic will point you more accurate.Cool! I'll definitely check them out!! (I'm new to raids as well ehe)

It's not about toxic or elitism etc. Raids have requirements made by the game itself.You are free to go and play and have fun in game, question here is, would this people want to play with you, when you are not prepared to meet the game requirements.Meaning never done it, don't know the mech etc. Otherwise you are free to join training runs, spend time to get familiar with fight and go join LFG after. Ok! Sorry I didn't know that, thx for pointing it out! So raids are open for all, someone new to raids can do raids without getting dismissed by a lack of experience (except maybe the bossfight itself) ?

Thx for the advice!! Anytime. Sounds about right. You might also factor in number of enemies, what your pets F2 does, etc. You can use it to save your pet from going down or an instant-revive for pet swapping without penalty. Sometimes when you're trying to power through an area crowded with enemies, the pet is at risk or draws extra aggro so it's good to stay merged. Or maybe you're using a ferocious pet and you want to add +200 power to the current attack combo you're using (in addition to effects like Sic Em' and SoTP). It's a lot of playing it by ear and using your better judgement. I see a lot of soulbeasts who treat the beastmode mechanic as set it and forget it and it's not always the best option. Your pet contributes a lot to the fight in PvE and beastmode gives you direct control of the mechanics of your pet in addition to the pet itself. Though I'm also really glad they didn't enforce any kind of limit on the mechanic. Flexibility and freedom of use with regards to beastmode is the best thing about it.Thank you for the indepth explanation!!!I'll keep in mind that I have to be tactical with Beastmode, I will try to use my pets as often as possible, also when fighting against more monsters so they are not all focused on me, and I meld for short moments for an increase of boons and some extra damage and so my pet can regenerate meanwhile!!You really saved me there, I thought it would be the better option to use Beastmode almost all the time so yeah, thanks for letting me better understand how to use Beastmode:)!

I don't wanna be offensive, I'm pretty new myself, but isn't it so that games are an escape from real life? I mean games are just for fun, it's nothing like the real business life and stuff, I get that there are groups that are very passionate/competitive and want to get to the top with raids and stuff but still, toxicity and discrimination shouldn't exist in a game, it's just really silly in my opinion. Can't we all just move on and play the game? Because when reaching a point where people discriminate others just by PROFESSION or build then these so called pro's are just being stupid/ruining the game for others, no?

Yes, pretty much so, except of course you don't need gears for PvP. PvP side has its own gearing mechanism that you don't need to grind, you can go there from around level 10 onwards. Some final thoughts. You know, even thought people keep a big noise about meta fractal builds, in reality it takes long time until you are and you have experienced enough group to take full use of strict meta builds and team compositions. As long as you are doing T1-T3, of course you can practice running strict meta builds, but most of time you will be disappointed to your performance. It is because lower tier PuGs can not maintain the boons and condis necessary to meta builds to shine. Because of this, I have tailored my fractal builds to lower tiers to fit to the reality, to save lots of tiers and frustration, even when practicing: bit more sturdy builds, group heals if anyhow possible, more CC if possible and such. Many people come to fractals with fragile builds, and as they don't yet have experience (of the fractal mechanics and how the class works) nor they have their meta support, it can be just painful experience. This holds true to some extent even to T4 groups, although they are usually too arrogant to admit that they don't yet master their class and the fractal in hand. I got to say that in many groups some other class or build would have been better, if we consider only completion of the fractal. But we can also view that as a learning process, which then justifies choosing builds you don't yet master. And if other people are OK with that, that's just excellent. WvW/PvP side is different. In fractals and raids, encounters are always the same. Same mobs with same health hitting with same pattern. That's why you can optimize team compositions and builds to extremes. This does not hold true at WvW/PvP side, every encounter is different, every enemy team composition is different. That's why you need more rounded builds, they can't be optimized to certain encounters, but they need to have tools for many different encounters. WvW/PvP side does not have strict builds and rotations to maximize performance, they are more situational and more like generic guide lines, ideas and patterns how to use your class in various situations. Now when you tailor your build to open world. Open world is PvE, it does not surprise you once you have learned how the mobs in the maps work, and you can optimize your build quite far even when running alone. On the other hand, when you are unfamiliar with the mobs, sturdier builds give you longer opportunity to try to learn how the mob works. I'd say that sturdier builds make exploration of new frontiers more satisfying, as they are more forgiving for mistakes and being unexperienced with certain mobs. Last thing. Remember that meta fluctuates. Every time classes or gears are tweaked, it stirs meta. Certain builds will drop out of meta, others come to meta. This is very annoying. So, in long run, you really can't stick on one certain build, one certain stats, one set of weapons, no, you can't even stick on one certain class. Ranger is a good choice. Berserker is good choice for ranger, because so far it has performed better as power DPS, and current meta is power DPS meta. But still, in long run, don't be too strict with gears, runes, sigils ans weapons, and if possible, explore other classes, too. Otherwise you will be highly disappointed if meta ever changes so that your build is not anymore valid. Ok, that's good to know, I was always afraid to enter PvP before hitting lv80 because I thought it would be crowded with hardcore pro's haha, I didn't know it was already accessible from lv. 10, thx for letting me know:)! So for stuff like fractals it could be handy to always tailor in a bit of self-sustain into my build so I do not have to rely entirely on the supportive roles of the team, right? I'll definitely do that then, I'll stay a bit away from a strict meta build and only when I'm really experienced enough, and even then like you say, it's like a learning curve, it's better to use a build that isn't 100 percent optimized but you can handle very well then an optimized build you can't handle all that great. As a side note, I really enjoyed reading your thoughts about the fractals and the WvW/PvP, you got some really good and well thought-out visions on that!I will try to round out my build for WvW and PvP, because you don't have those consistent attack patterns indeed! I can really see myself in your open world statement there, before I had a pretty fragile, mostly dps based build but I didn't have any survability but now I already tailored in Wilderness Survival into my build and I'm going the way I mentioned earlier, and it really does make a difference, content gets a lot more fun this way! Always getting downed became really frustrating at some point and now it's a lot more forgiving build and it's also interesting to play totally different than before! I'll definitely keep that in mind! I will try to keep up with the meta and tailor my build up to date if it would be really necessary, and of course I will try out some other classes as well! I already am looking forward for trying out a Guardian or a Mesmer:)! It's just that I struggled with my first character and therefore I didn't want to start a new one yet. So that concludes it I suppose, if I knew how to mark this discussion as answered haha I would, but I don't know how so yeah, I really want to thank you a lot! You have learned me a lot and thx so so much for helping out with my build!!

Hi! I was wondering, how do you make these nice cinematic screenshots like woth your druid without the game UI showing up and stuff?

Dang she looks like a hella cool anime character! She's awesome man!!!

Thx for the advice!! So, going Beastmode should only be for example for short bursts with skills like "Sic'em" and "Strength of the Pack" or boons and after that me and my pet should seperate and attack independently?

Infusing & attuning add infusion slots to rings. It helps reaching required AR for higher tier fractals. Berserker is always solid choice for power-based DPSers. Dagger, sword and axe are all good with of hand axe, but they have slightly different purposes. At open world it really don't matter much, pick the one you like. Like I said, many PvP side ranger builds have longbow, because of its utility value. It is bad choice for fractals and raids. In open world, you really don't need the utility longbow gives you against moving targets and kiting, but on the other hand, it won't hurt that much either. Although rangers usually tend to love their longbows, I'd still recommend to slot GS instead of that. But true, it's a worth of long debate, which two you choose from LB, GS and x/Axe. You don't need to stick in details at this point. You will eventually find what game mode you like most, and you tailor your build for that purpose. Leave weapons berserker. I think only option for Marauder gears are crafting, or acquiring stat-selectable pieces from PvP/WvW. Get berserker, and slot in some soldier pieces to get your health where you want them to be. It's cheaper, you then already have some berserker pieces, and you can later get rid from soldier pieces if you want. If you go to WvW, that is then different story, of course. Then you might want to invest more to marauder and such pieces. My main point was: you need to understand what fractal meta builds are. In this case, they are builds designed to maximize DPS output against fractal mobs, and they are designed to work with certain team compositions, and certain level of experience by yourself, and your team. There is absolutely nothing wrong to use them in open world (and many experienced players do that, because they are familiar with content), but for less experienced people there are more forgiving options available from traits, and you can also tune your open world build by swapping some pieces to give you bit more protection. I can't say much about runes. I think I go with Durability runes with my WvW roaming build, and haven't felt it necessary to slot other runes for open world. Yes, rock gazelle works with most ranger builds, but of course you don't need to stick on certain pets. Try them out and pick the ones that fit best to your purposes. Okay so for a "final decision", a path to follow with my ranger:When doing Openworld Survival and stuff like dungeons & lower tier fractals, I should be fine with berserker trinkets & weapons and a mix of soldier and berserker pieces for armor (with infusing AR in mind when doing fractals), Greatsword and offhand axe variations should be a good choice and something like a soulbeast sic'em roamer but with axe variation instead of Longbow should be all right for most content, except raids and high-end fractals where I should be full berserker (meta to maximize DPS) because of the general support roles like druids and stuff that are around?When doing a bit of PvP I could swap for a Longbow because of it's utility value, if I recall correctly. Durability runes can be useful to have like you said:). (and WvW will mainly be marauder stats on armor)And when talking about pets I should just test them out to see which ones are a good fit:D!So, built on your tips and advice, should this be a good way to go with my ranger?Thx again for everything TamX:)!!

So It could be handy to change weapons for the various modes? I think I'm going for the power route since my traits will benefit from that more I think:)! Thx for the weaponswapping tip!!

Yes, longbow is really not a good choice for PvE. It's purpose in PvP side is - or has been - its utility (push, stealth), not that much its damage. GS + x/Axe is currently very solid choice for close all ranger DPS builds. Yes, full-zerker is for high-end PvE group content only: it's only for T4 fractals and raids. Really, for open world when you are alone and you need to be self-sufficient to certain extent, tailor your build for that. Like said: marauder is 1:1 replacement for zerker in WvW (which is high end end-game content, but not PvE). You can mix in soldier pieces if you can't yet get marauder. You most probably will always have swap sets: one set for open world, and several sets to other game modes and roles (fractals, raids and WvW). There is currently no meta core ranger builds for open world. But don't be afraid: before metabattle had its own open world section, I tailored my open world builds from PvP and WvW roaming builds. Currently there is PvP power survival build for PvP, check this out: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Ranger_-_Power_Survival What you usually want tailor when fitting PvP builds to PvE side, is that PvP builds are designed against moving targets pressuring you all the time. At PvE side you can tune down CC, anti-CC, condi cleanses and such. You also dont need as much mobility, and you don't need ranged pressure against kiting. I hope this helps! First of all, you're an amazing help! Second, so I'm thinking of doing that Sic' em Roamer build you linked which has Wilderness Survival and like you said that would be a great choice for better survivability! the build does use a Longbow, and based on the advice about longbow, do you suggest to change that longbow for an Axe variation (if so, should it be dagger/axe or Axe/Axe?) or should I keep it?I gonna do my trinkets with Berserker stats and my armor will be Marauder (I'll take a look which dungeon I should do for Marauder/soldier Stats) But should I do my weapons with marauder or should I leave them Berserker? When I begin with fractals in the future I'll slot some Berserker gear! What kind of runes do you suggest for a build like the Wildernes survival Soulbeast one?Also I heard a lot about that Rock Gazelle, will it work with this particular build https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Soulbeast_-Sic%27Em_Roamer? When doing Core Ranger I'll definitely try the PvP one out! It can keep me alive with that Suvivability :)! For real thx so much!!

Ok! Yeah, the trait that inflicts bleeding isn't that good when you look at my condition stats, I'll set it to Primal Reflexes when slotting Skirmishing instead! Thanks:)

I will add them to my routine! I will gather asc by Fractals and events! I didn't know crafting was the hard way to do it ehe! Thx for the trick, so it's recommended to use in the beginning something like marauder stats and when I reach the point where I unlock ascendend gear I can swap the stats to Berserker for the high end endgame content, right? I'm not an expert in evading and dodging, but that's something that will come with time I suppose:)! How does the swapping stats thing with ascended gear work? Do you need to create runes or is it without any "cost"? Yeah I had come to the same realisation unfortunately... But it can be a third weapon for occasional use like you say. I'll try to use Greatsword, but I'm not 100 percent sure which Axe variation I should use, Dagger/axe looks tempting because of the great dagger you get when unlocking Soulbeast; Sword/axe is the one I use now and it does ok damage; and Axe/Axe looks fun as well, especially because that's the only real ranged replacement for the longbow, and I chose ranger because it has the ability to do ranged damage so yeah... Which Axe variation do you suggest? For this... You can follow a HP train group in lfg ... Preferably HOT maps I think... Edit: HOT maps got the max hero points of all ... 400 hero points I'll do LFG! A huge thx for all the advice Crystal Paladin, you helped a lot:D!!

Hi guys!Not so long ago I fell in love with GW2, I love the game and it's community and I'm really glad I discovered the game, however I ran into some "problems" with my ranger recently! Lvl'ing up was really fun but now that I've hit Lv. 80 and I'm trying to do endgame content, I'm having a tough time figuring out a solid build that has some survivability and some ok damage or support.At the moment I have only one character, a human male ranger at Lv. 80, and I'm desperate for some help for my build! Here's some info about my character and gameplay: What content will I be doing and how will I obtain gear?I will be doing general exploration (Core tyria, Maguuma Jungle and Crystal desert as well) and dungeons. I will try to do WvW and Fractals once my ranger is geared up for the task. I'm planning on getting some ascended gear by crafting as soon as possible, but for the forseeable future I will be doing dungeons to obtain some dungeon currencies to trade for exotic gear with the Dungeon Merchant. My build at the momentFor some time now I've been using a Core ranger with the following specializations: "Beastmastery", "Skirmishing" and "Marksmanship".BeastmasteryFirst trait I chose was "Potent Ally", a simple trait for stacking Might.Second trait I chose was "Wilting Strike", a trait where my Beast inflicts weakness.Third trait I chose was "Beastly Warden", which taunts foes.MarksmanshipFirst trait is "Clarion Bond", which stacks some nice boons like Fury, Might and Swiftness.Second trait I use is "farsighted", it basically increases my weaponskill damage.Third one is "Lead The Wind", which let my arrows pierce and it reduces my Longbow skill's recharge.SkirmishingFirst one is "Sharpened Edges", it inflicts bleeding.Second one is "Spotter", it increases my precision by a value of +100.My third trait is "Quick Draw", which recharges the next weapon skill I use faster. My future SpecializationI'm beginning a Soulbeast build however, as seen on the URL (Some quick notes I have with the integrated URL: I didn't select any gear because I don't have any endlevel equipment yet; You will see that I didn't select the 2nd and 3rd Soulbeast Trait, because I haven't unlocked them yet, I don't have enoguh Hero points but I'm gonna gather them :D). I'm starting Soulbeast because I find it a rather interesting specialization:)! My weapons of choiceI mainly use a Longbow, I know it isn't the best weapon but I really like to use it so I'm tempted to keep it. I've used Axe/Axe and Sword/axe in the past but right now I'm using Dagger/Axe (I cannot handle Greatsword that good). The futureNow I was wondering, can anyone help/give me advice for making an allround build with Soulbeast and preferably a longbow in mind? Which stats on armor, trinkets, weapons should I be looking for and which sigils & runes should I be trying to obtain? Almost every guide I've seen so far says Berserker but at the moment I get downed A LOT because of a lack of Toughness or Vitality. A huge thx in advance y'all:)!! (P.S. How can you achieve 200 Hero Points to use for completing an elite specialization ehe?) Speedylordhttp://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAT4XnUqAtCiFsAOsActgl9Ab52FAObPdgm3yLf9yJvRqpA