Why aren't we Rangers?

[Beddo.1907]

7 hours ago, RDBuck.6098 said:

The saddest thing about the Ranger is there main is to the LongBow and ShortBow and they are the weakest weapon for the Ranger. Just sad 

Longbow has been a menace in WvW for years and usable in PvE as a Soulbeast burst tool.
Shortbow was used in WvW with Ancient seeds (until it was changed) and is still a stable pick for PvE Condi builds instead of Mh Dagger.

Also sword is right there.

[Beddo.1907]

On 10/11/2023 at 12:24 PM, WastedYears.8934 said:

How about Chakram as a weapon!! Can be used as a mid range weapon with some melee skills as well for close combat.

 

Or a vinewhips with mid range attack with whip lash consecutive attack and mini aoe spin attacks that does physical and confusion and immobile as cc ...

 

What if the dev changed "maces" and instead announce rangers will be getting a unique weapon called "tree barks" as weapons but same skill design as mace as intended...

 

Just a real lack of effort on the devs part really...

We are not getting new weapons, due to the amount of issues, mainly collections and hundreds of skin sets. 

[nobleboivin.4102]

On 9/7/2023 at 3:10 AM, Doggie.3184 said:

Why isn't Druid 'Shroud' a Werewolf? Not all things live up to their name.

Reading this makes me wish we had a lycan themed elite spec ><  I know it's redundant with Norns but it'd be cool.  Like a reverse soul beast.  You  merge with the naimal

[Remus Darkblight.1673]

On 10/14/2023 at 3:44 PM, RDBuck.6098 said:

The saddest thing about the Ranger is there main is to the LongBow and ShortBow and they are the weakest weapon for the Ranger. Just sad 

I refer you to my post in another thread.

 

[Doggie.3184]

On 10/15/2023 at 5:00 PM, nobleboivin.4102 said:

Reading this makes me wish we had a lycan themed elite spec ><  I know it's redundant with Norns but it'd be cool.  Like a reverse soul beast.  You  merge with the naimal

I wish as well. Also wish Soul Beast merge was more interesting, like growing a tail or claw or stuff like the Polymorph attacks in Divinity Original Sin when you use their skills instead of green fart strings we can't remove. XD

[draxynnic.3719]

7 hours ago, RDBuck.6098 said:

In the original Guild Wars the Ranger can be played as a ranger it had good bow skills good trapping skills how much rather have the Ranger from Guild Wars 1 into Guild Wars 2

You say that like GW2 ranger doesn't already have three good ranged weapon options and the ability to bring nearly a full skillbar of traps (no elite trap, but Entangle is good for keeping enemies in your killzone).

[Sansar.1302]

1 hour ago, draxynnic.3719 said:

You say that like GW2 ranger doesn't already have three good ranged weapon options and the ability to bring nearly a full skillbar of traps (no elite trap, but Entangle is good for keeping enemies in your killzone).

Only good ranged weapon is axe and it is only 900 range

[Majic.4801]

I'm here to support "Head Canon" as the next unlocked Ranger weapon.

[Remus Darkblight.1673]

14 hours ago, RDBuck.6098 said:

In the original Guild Wars the Ranger can be played as a ranger it had good bow skills good trapping skills how much rather have the Ranger from Guild Wars 1 into Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 has three trait lines directly related to Guild Wars 1, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, and Wilderness Survival.

Guild Wars 2 has all the weapons from Guild Wars 1 apart from Spear (land) and Scythe, and Ranger can use all of them except Focus, Shield, and Wand (Scepter). (Rifle, Pistol, Mace, Torch, and Warhorn weren't in the first game).

Ranger can still use traps in Guild Wars 2 and it has some of the best bow skills in the game, especially on Longbow.

What about the Guild Wars 1 Ranger specifically do you want in Guild Wars 2 that isn't already here?

Edited October 17, 2023 by Remus Darkblight.1673

[Sansar.1302]

9 minutes ago, Remus Darkblight.1673 said:

Guild Wars 2 has three trait lines directly related to Guild Wars 1, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, and Wilderness Survival.

Guild Wars 2 has all the weapons from Guild Wars 1 apart from Spear (land) and Scythe, and Ranger can use all of them except Focus, Shield, and Wand (Scepter). (Rifle, Pistol, Mace, Torch, and Warhorn weren't in the first game).

Ranger can still use traps in Guild Wars 2 and it has some of the best bow skills in the game, especially on Longbow.

What about the Guild Wars 1 Ranger specifically do you want in Guild Wars 2 that isn't already here?

Longbow on ranger is THE weakest longbow in gw2 it have no burst skills only good dmg is on channaled multi hit skills. 

Outside of soulbeast sic em and one wolf pack and clearing sige on walls ranger long bow is 100% useless 

[Beddo.1907]

The amount of bad takes in this thread is the example of why Anet is hesitant to read feedback.

[Psycoprophet.8107]

3 hours ago, Sansar.1302 said:

Longbow on ranger is THE weakest longbow in gw2 it have no burst skills only good dmg is on channaled multi hit skills. 

Outside of soulbeast sic em and one wolf pack and clearing sige on walls ranger long bow is 100% useless 

Wtf, is this for real? Lb on ranger is by far the best and most versatile ranged weapon in the game. LB on warrior is complete garbage and rely's on zerkers recent buffs, rifle on warrior is garbage and rely's on a zerker meme build. DE rifle is mid tier, definitely not on same level as ranger lb, like what ate u smoking?

Edited October 17, 2023 by Psycoprophet.8107

[Dadnir.5038]

2 hours ago, Sansar.1302 said:

Longbow on ranger is THE weakest longbow in gw2 it have no burst skills only good dmg is on channaled multi hit skills. 

There is 3 longbow skillsets in GW2 and I dare say that ranger's longbow is by far the strongest skillset out of the 3. Warrior's longbow is "meh" at best and guardian's is just plain garbage.

17 hours ago, RDBuck.6098 said:

In the original Guild Wars the Ranger can be played as a ranger it had good bow skills good trapping skills how much rather have the Ranger from Guild Wars 1 into Guild Wars 2

In the original GW the character was dual classing anyway. However, I dare say that the most famous ranger's build were mostly melee (Ranger touch and Bunny thumper).

GW2 is a vastly different game compared to GW, even the lore feel like it has been tempered with a bit. Personally, I would have loved to have GW's profession system on top of GW2 ease of movement but... well... That would be a different game already.

[draxynnic.3719]

To be fair, touch ranger and bunny thumper were famous because they were unusual and fairly specific in what they brought to the table - there was no shortage of standard archer builds.

[draxynnic.3719]

17 hours ago, Sansar.1302 said:

Only good ranged weapon is axe and it is only 900 range

They're all good enough to be used in meta builds, and there are no meta builds that I know of that go full melee like some other professions. Ranger is also generally competitive enough that you can't claim that this is just because the melee weapons are bad.

[Psycoprophet.8107]

On 10/7/2023 at 9:00 AM, Psycoprophet.8107 said:

Sword and board is what we need.

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by Psycoprophet.8107