[June 27 Balance Follow-Ups]

@Cal Cohen.2358 Sorry to bother you, but could you please clarify how did you intend Untamed's Restorative Strikes to work? Shouldn't we be able to use it both while unleashing pet and player with successive proces in each swap? Because as it currently is on live, this trait is being bound by a hidden internal cooldown despite you guys not mentioning it on stream or in the patch notes. I love the potential this trait has, but it's current malfunction is holding it back way too much for me to have fun with it 😞 Thanks in advance and keep up the good work, there were tons of changes so I understand stuff was bound to break somehow 😛 🙂

[What happened to druid alacrity generation?]

Ar this point they should make Grace of The Land trigger upon entering and learning CA, at least we wouldn't have to waste big heals for boon giving. Doesn't Bladesworn provide alac solely by activating Dragonslash?

[Balance changes opinion after testing.]

I think they could fix let loose by giving some quickness into weapon swap and then some more into ambush attack utilisation, not sure if increasing it's base duration is enough. Would be a start though. Also was looking forward to use Restorative Strikes but it appears to have an unintended ICD bound to ambush timers. Patch is quite buggy from what I have seen so far.  That and some classes being able to overcap quickness and alac with low boon duration and others not so much lol

[June 27 Untamed Builds]

I think a condi Shortbow-Axe/dagger build might become really good, given that Light on your Feet will be buffed on defiant does, and Shortbow auto attack bleed bonus will always apply in that situation. Plus the refresh on Unleashed Ambushes will add even more condi burst potential, especially on that sweet sundering volley. Heck, even Axe on main hand for both sets and alternating between off dagger and torch might be a good and fun option. Rly looking forward Ranger changes next week, we rly are the winners this time around it feels like.

[The Problems With Untamed in sPvP and How to Fix]

Uh, Perilous Gift already gives the *can't die* and the heal that follows to both player and pet, what do you mean when you talked about this skill?

@Project exa.3204

[Hammer 3 skill suggestion]

Do not forget that if you land that teleport on a target you get a decent cooldown refund. And it seems we are going to become a bruiser, so we should not be able to spam mobility that much. I mean we can't ask to be able to do everything at the same time, right? XD

[[WvW] SERIOUS ISSUE - Untamed can't be a frontliner if you can't stow the pet or make it invulnerable.]

6 minutes ago, anduriell.6280 said:

A revive every 90s would do nothing, the buff would needed to be applied to the pet as well that’s true. But more changes would be needed to make the elite usable.

In the below thread I pointed out a bunch of changes including swapping the heal from the current to the exploding spores one. 
it would not make the pet magically survive wvw frontline but at least it could have a chance now 

 

Okay it has a 90 second but don't forget the cooldown refund rewarded for those juicy hit combos.

[[WvW] SERIOUS ISSUE - Untamed can't be a frontliner if you can't stow the pet or make it invulnerable.]

1 hour ago, anduriell.6280 said:

And i do agree with you, the invulnerablity point like in PvE is a very bad solution. It will be extremely annoying in WvW and PvP (specially in PvP) and totally unfair for enemy players. 

 

I am not in the same train as those who are asking for making the pet invulnerable, i just ask for better balancing (in wvw the pets need pve stats at least) and to provide the ranger some tools so the player can keep the pet alive. At least the new elite should be able to cleanse conditions from the pet more consistenly.

Untamed is pretty bad and it is pointing out to be the worse elite of all. We are realizing that (at least some in the forum) and we haven't even play with it yet. I am scared to see how they butchered the elite in competitive modes. 

What if the elite utility also applies to the pet and revives it if dead? That way you could make it sturdier only during some windows of time.

[Build to farm lab, what do you think.]

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POABcih/lVw+YSMO2JW6O3PgREH-zRJYmRP/IYdA-e this is my go to for lab farming. Bounce provides good tagging and second weapon set for big dps on bosses.

[Idea: New F skill for Ranger "Go there"]

22 minutes ago, Velka.9372 said:

Oh, didnt know that, why did they change the skill?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/2016-01-26 the last tab of changes is the one containing it. Not sure of why, but my guess is that although the skill had nice flavor to it, it was not particularly effective or useful. Especially on PvP.

[Idea: New F skill for Ranger "Go there"]

"Guard" used to work like this, it was a ground targeted area skill that made your pet sit somewhere and attack any enemies that came through said area.

[[PvP] The Stancebeast Roamer]

I would rather pick warhorn instead of axe for aoe daze and boons and take nature magic over beast mastery for greater survivability. And maybe take WS over skirmishing, would make you a lot more sturdy on those 1v1, lots more condi cleanse, dodges, muddy terrain on heal cast. The slow and cripple pulse is insane sometimes. Sure you can't proc so many blocks and mobility abilities, but you can take a bird instead of a canine and that's pretty much solved. But I like the idea of your build 😄 i just hate that we have to sit still to cast axe 5 when warrior can do pretty much the same without reflects but deals a duck ton of DMG while moving and spinning that axe.

[What content will I do as a healing druid?]

12 hours ago, Lazze.9870 said:

Raids and strike missions, off-meta in fractals. Open world trains.

 

Basically PvE. Even Anet themselves has, indirectly by ways of balance, made it pretty clear that they don't want druid as a healer/support in PvP or WvW.

Funnily enough during HoT interviews they stated druid could carry squads on their backs and stuff on WvW xD

[[Poll] Weapon for the next Ranger Elite Specialization]

@doogal.9368 said:

@Pedro Sequeira.3198 said:Would love the ranger to take on the aspect of a stealthy hunter, kind of like the Predator or even Rengar from LoL. Doesn't have to be like a thief, want it to bemore like a patient hunter, ya know? Totally clueless on what weapon to choose tho, love all the ideas :P

Read a really interesting weapon idea for Theif.Whip.

I've been trying to land a patient hunter gameplay with LB. It's the only thing that feels right to me regarding LB open world. (cue the choking gas + glass arrows!)

I guess it is not Impossible to do it with LB, but i want something truly stealthy with utilities oriented towards that playstyle. If we can't have that i want an unrelenting Warden with hammer works for me hehe

[Which rune suit condi D+T/SB soulbeast?]

Try runes of the sunless, its a bit more defensive but the elite proc is just too great to ignore.

[Twice as vicious procs]

@"Cyric.7813" said:ye, ye, lose your damage for 10 sec while outside beast mode

How would you tackle the issues that we have to "waste" CC in order to have have good uptime of this buff then? I think i was a little vague on how this change would work, it doesn't have to be necessarily like i described it.

[Twice as vicious procs]

So guys i was thinking, and wouldnt be twice as vicious trait something proc when entering merge mode(even thematically speaking)? The cooldown is on the unmerge and everything! This would allow ranger to stop being a CC spammer and use those skills when they actually are required instead of a permanent part of the rotationa as they are right now. Would love to see this happen this balance or on the near future.Anyways what do you think?

[Ranger changes May 28th (Shouts)]

@EnderzShadow.2506 said:

-It's not for an upcoming e-spec. Need an expansion for that.

Expansion definitely no longer required for this, on their roadmap they restated they will try to add xpac like features on more normal patches such as in LW episodes and whatnot.

[Ranger changes May 28th (Shouts)]

@matthewr.3980 said:Rangers should at least get a trait that offers the same functionality of condition removal on shout/command skill use.

I don't think they should, that ability came from a rune set in the first place, why would we get an extra benefit out of this change when the other classes don't? It's not like we do not have better condi cleanses ourselves as rangers or anything. Would agree with some new rune that interacts with said new command skill type, but i get the feeling that this change was not only due to making sense when it comes to its type name but also due to future content ahead like the next elite specs.

[PvP Queue is Completely Not Working]

I am still experiencing this issue as well (EU). Is season end going to be be delayed or something?

[Current Meta PvP builds? Anyone Try anything that works?]

Hello there! Lately i have been meddling with this in gold, i sacrifice dps for durability and team utility support. I am having so much fun with this in pvp. Any questions feel free to send them :) Here is the link http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNBjYD7kgXohXsiXwjXgqFsMJY592f7xtJA84mAOVuLXm7kHUFVA-jpxHQBM8CA4vjAQI2fAAHEgv9AAoXZAA

[[Poll] Weapon for the next Ranger Elite Specialization]

Would love the ranger to take on the aspect of a stealthy hunter, kind of like the Predator or even Rengar from LoL. Doesn't have to be like a thief, want it to bemore like a patient hunter, ya know? Totally clueless on what weapon to choose tho, love all the ideas :P