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Typed "GW2 ranger" into Google, FIrst was the wiki page for Ranger, under it a video guide to Ranger, under that 2 builds for Ranger on YT, under those was Metabattle and SnowCrows. A bit under that is Hardstuck with "RANGER BUILDS". In 5 seconds I found 3 sites with builds, 2 videos with builds and a video that will have a build along with explanations as it's a guide. Not being able to or not willing to check what the search results are unless they say "THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND YOUR RANGER BUILD" is not the game's fault, it's your fault mate.

Easiest to obtain Legendary armor, might as well be expensive, even if only by ~15%.

WoW may have a lot of active subs, but it sure as hell doesn't feel like WoW has a lot of active subs. Playing on Arathor and Sunstrider with occasionally dipping into Argent Dawn to play with a friend makes me feel like I'm in Lion's Arch around midnight population wise, both people about in cities and queue times for PvP or even Raid groups.

Aquatic Headgear, simply because that's the only missing armor piece from the Leg roster.. then maybe Legendary tools. Unbreakable tools usable by each character without moving them sounds like a pretty big QoL, even though I brushed it off first as "meh"

GSWAMM - God Still Walking Among Mere Mortals.

I don't care what color the title is in, because it's GWAMM, not some random title you get for playing for 5 hours. What do YOU care what color the title is in that you create this unhinged whine-fest complaining that people not playing GW1 don't want us to get rewarded for putting in the effort(to buy a game?) so that others can get GW2? We paid because the game wasn't sub based like WoW and looked fun, like, mate, I got GW1 for a combined ~25k HUF(that's 63€ today or ~100€ back then) in 2006-2007, which was hella money back then, especially for a kid, that was almost HALF of the monthly minimum wage back then. Working 6 hours as a KID for 2 weeks just to buy a game is effort, so, in that case that comment checks out, but it's not the effort of buying, but the effort of getting money.

Yes. On Dervish and Ritualist.

Veteran loyalty are the titles in GW2 that are only achievable in GW1, the skins and items in GW2 that you can only get through playing GW1, those already exist. GWAMM in itself is being rewarded in GW2, because you play GW1. I bought GW1 in 2006 with my spare money I got for helping the local post office bring out mails for 2 kittening weeks and then later used what money I had left from the Christmas ~10€I got from relatives to make enough for Nightfall. I bought another copy of GW1 in 21. As I said, get over yourself with your entitlement, Anet already gave out massive freebies in GW2 for playing GW1. You're not some divine being that blessed others with the chance to play GW1, I'd rather not say what I consider you after these kinds of comments where you spit on others who disagree with you assuming they haven't played GW1.

"Effort" Are we really considering paying for a game to be some huge effort worthy of a pile of rewards ~20 years later? You made the exchange, they worked on a game, you paid for it, then years later they decided to give you extra rewards in their next game simply by buying and playing their previous game. Considering the majority of GW2's playerbase hasn't played GW1 or doesn't even know what the game is like I highly doubt that people buying a game that had a runtime of ~3 years are the reason for the playerbase in a game with 10+ years of development, content and monetization. GW2 Veterans, people who have bought even the core game and all expansions leading up to now are however a bigger reason.

I mean, it got nerfed, but it's still present on SC's site under Legacy, they moved it because of the changes, you can still find it, check the rotation, even the video is still available, the biggest difference will be that it's not stupid OP anymore. Which is good, the game's already powercrept enough. SnowCrows, they list builds for Raids/Strikes, they moved the Condi Deadeye build from their "Featured" list to "Legacy" due to the changes to Axe. Legacy doesn't necessearily mean "not working" since builds like Alacren are on the Legacy list and they still work, they're just outdated. Power Mech and Alacmech are also Legacy despite being working builds, just like before.

I love how I knew it's a complaint that something broken got nerfed even before reading this. In short: New weapon OP, got nerfed to sane levels.

I want a Unicorn mount just for making the Dreamer with a rainbow color Title saying "annoying to be around" and whenever I take a step I want the Unicorn's neighs. I'm a GW veteran, I deserve it. And thus we have titles, skins and whatnot in GW2, don't forget that Anet already has rewards for people who play GW1 or played GW1 before GW2. So pipe down with the entitlement that you should be thanked for buying GW1, because if that's the case Anet should be carrying me around on a throne in the future.

Welcome to MMOs in general, except in GW2 majority of the content can be done solo, unlike in other MMOs. If you can't figure something out on your own or would not want to spend time on it then yes, you have to ask others who have gone through figuring it out. You are not forced to use YT or the wiki considering that those sources also created guides by.. playing the game and figuring it out like you could. Having to interact with others isn't a design flaw. This is not Warzone or Fortnite where you press Play and you're in shooting others without the need to look up anything, because almost every weapon and whatnot is copy-paste.

What grind do I need to do catch up to others gear wise when I'm still running my level 80 Berserker Ascended Gear with Scholar Runes to catch up to the gear people are running today? Yeah, nothing. You don't need catch mechanics when there is no need to catch up to others when you don't play for a bit.

Which is about the same as not playing WoW for one release cycle. Imagine if not playing for like 3 months meant your Ascended gear was on the level of lower end Rare.

People mostly play GW2 because of the exact reason you mentioned, the game isn't 95% go to A, go to B to grab something, go back to A shoving story down your throat to progress inch by inch. People are pointing out that OP is mad about having to spend ~3 hours to unlock all the content "locked" behind story progression that can't be just bypassed by using a TP to friend, not defending having to do story. None of the story is forced in the game as none of the content locked behind makes you a lot stronger.

That's why people were fine with the quality of IBS dropping as it went on. Oh wait, people whined their kitten off just like with Soto now, if not more.

You don't need to use them carefully. My 1 year old alt account still has 20 of them laying around and I've been using them to bring low level characters to LW maps to try to do map completion on each at level ~5. I've not been using them carefully, I've literally TP2F'd to Orr early on, when that account had no mounts to jump over the gate in Lornar's. The game is giving out more TP2F than one needs and it's visible.

TP2F is an option considering your problem is being forced to do the story, if your issue is having to pay - you can actually get them for free - then I suppose your issue is also having to buy the expansions to do the content, right? You get TP2 Friend from birthday gifts, booster packs, which are given as an extra for buying an expansion and you can even get them from BL chests, so there is a free stream of TP2 Friend in the game that you simply don't have to pay for.

When I got expansion for my alt I did each Strike a good 10 times before I even bothered to START any of the expansions. EoTN is opened to anyone who has PoF,, you can enter Arborstone with a TP to friend even without doing EOD, you can also visit expansion maps through GH for free or via TP to friend, you only need to own the content, no need to start it. So, yeah, make sure you're up to date with the game before making claims. You're not forced to do anything in the game, if you don't like something don't do it, it's that simple.

Yeah, Anet added it specifically because you swore you won't buy anything from the BL store until they add back a Rune bonus...

I've seen a Soulbeast get turned to dust by a power WB 3 hours ago... I've been seeing kitten like that happen since.. almost the release of WB. You sure you aren't confusing some weak conditions from power builds with actual condi builds?

"Log in, get episode for free" is on the other end of the chart from "gambling-addict-bait and compulsive-spender-bait business model". Not charging a shitton of money is a pretty good way to be considered customer friendly, giving out free rewards is also a good way to be considered customer friendly. Yep, it's always the current expansion that is going to be the last, because Anet is not caring anymore and the game will die and the previous expansions were always perfect, repeat with every release. I've had friends whine that GW2 is going to die in a year back in 2012.

GW2 is turning 12 this year mate.

Playing the same MMORPG each day for years? Yes. Playing the same MMORPG for years? Not really.