We need rifle or pistol

[Jobber.6348]

1 hour ago, Dadnir.5038 said:

The thing is that warrior is really lacking in term of ranged weapon, that's probably why the suggestion received a negative feedback.

And then we have whatever that thing Longbow is supposed to be. 

[Dadnir.5038]

1 hour ago, Yasai.3549 said:

And then we have whatever that thing Longbow is supposed to be. 

This isn't exactly the right place to talk about warrior but having merely 2 ranged weapon skillsets out of 8 weapons skillsets is far from being a good balance. And when you consider that those 2 skillsets are far from performing well... Well... It's lacking.

On another hand ranger look almost balanced in term of ratio with 4 weapon skillsets out of 8 being ranged.

[Psycoprophet.8107]

Ranger has a good ranged weapon in lb, good med ranged weapons in sb and axe. Ranger has ranged weapons pretty covered but if they wanted Ranger to have another ranged weapon be viable for damage they could easily change a druid traitline to change staff between healing and damage, of course auto attack on staff damage coefficient would have to remain lower do to its current form but it's other skills could deal decent damage and would fill the role. 

 

Edited October 30, 2023 by Psycoprophet.8107

[Psycoprophet.8107]

Again...ranger needs off hand shield or sword. No rifle, no pistol and no ridiculous maces( which were getting lol).

That said rifle is def better idea vs pistol.

Edited October 30, 2023 by Psycoprophet.8107

[Jobber.6348]

2 hours ago, Psycoprophet.8107 said:

Again...ranger needs off hand shield or sword. No rifle, no pistol and no ridiculous maces( which were getting lol).

That said rifle is def better idea vs pistol.

The thought of being in the jungle and suddenly you hear a faint shrieking from the treeline and then getting jumped by a Ranger with 2 maracas is horror movie material.

[James Saulot.4851]

I'm happy we're not getting any of this cowboy or great white hunter nonsense, and reading some of these posts cements that feeling.

[Axelteas.7192]

On 9/10/2023 at 7:50 AM, BadSanta.6527 said:

sound more like personal opinon rather than what we actually need . 

i dont see how rife going to help ranger 

mace is a fine choise just deal with it 

wanna play with rifle play engi 

im tired with all this we need rifle therat 

well thematically a mace is  a warrior/soldier weapon. Since rangers are adventurers they use dexterity rather than brute force.

[draxynnic.3719]

17 hours ago, Psycoprophet.8107 said:

Ranger has a good ranged weapon in lb, good med ranged weapons in sb and axe. Ranger has ranged weapons pretty covered but if they wanted Ranger to have another ranged weapon be viable for damage they could easily change a druid traitline to change staff between healing and damage, of course auto attack on staff damage coefficient would have to remain lower do to its current form but it's other skills could deal decent damage and would fill the role. 

 

Given that ArenaNet seems to have decided that damage druid should be using conditions, I wonder if staff should be rejigged so that the damage it does is condition based rather than power based. Make it suitable for celestial hybrid builds.

2 hours ago, Axelteas.7192 said:

well thematically a mace is  a warrior/soldier weapon. Since rangers are adventurers they use dexterity rather than brute force.

If using the precise definition of mace as an anti-armour metal-headed bludgeoning weapon, yes. There are a lot of weapons intended for unarmoured or lightly-armoured combat made from natural materials that would count as maces for game mechanical purposes - and weapons that can be fashioned in the wild seems completely on-brand for rangers to me.

[Psycoprophet.8107]

3 hours ago, draxynnic.3719 said:

Given that ArenaNet seems to have decided that damage druid should be using conditions, I wonder if staff should be rejigged so that the damage it does is condition based rather than power based. Make it suitable for celestial hybrid builds.

If using the precise definition of mace as an anti-armour metal-headed bludgeoning weapon, yes. There are a lot of weapons intended for unarmoured or lightly-armoured combat made from natural materials that would count as maces for game mechanical purposes - and weapons that can be fashioned in the wild seems completely on-brand for rangers to me.

Maybe a club.

Edited October 31, 2023 by Psycoprophet.8107

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

I bet OH mace has a 3s block with a flipover skill, an AoE knockdown.

I bet MH Mace has confusion on the AA, a 1/4s daze with blind, and a shockwave that bleeds and cripples.

Or some combination of all that...

[draxynnic.3719]

17 hours ago, Psycoprophet.8107 said:

Maybe a club.

In the simplest form, yes. There are a lot of weapons from non-metalworking cultures they could also take inspiration from.