The Ranger Thread - Woo Yay Rangers Yay Woo

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In PvE I have been using Longbow :-

1v1 Lay traps, 3 for weakness, start backing off, 2 for flurry of shots, they will hit the traps (burning and cripple), 4 to push them back, 5 to rain arrows and cripple again, 1 to finish off.

Vs groups put the rain of arrows sooner then kite in circles - or switch to great sword which is practically a AeO with the basic swings.

I definitely the traps the most useful - though only the burning and cripple ones. I use the condition removal as my third utility since getting rooted leads to a swift death.

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PvE is definitely a million times easier with a bear (or two ) since the cats I was using before got 1 shotted by any melee enemies a few levels above mine. The bears seem to be able to tank anything 3 or 4 levels higher for long enough. Especially if you switch pets when one get low.

The polar bear is trivial to get (won't give spoilers) so I would recommend to all for PvE.

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Recently I have switched to Shortbow and Axe and Torch based on conditions - more for a change than because its more effective. I was underwhelmed by Axe main hand at first but then I realised it hits 3 targets at once so its actually not that bad. Torch has good synergy with axe main hand 2 (burning field + projectile finisher), and the area burning also works pretty well with traps.

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Sword, meh. He prances and dances but he doesn't do a lot. Probably just need to practice though! Maybe better in PvP.

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Horn I like since it gives a speed buff. Duration is pretty limited though. I tend to pick this up for WvW. The summon birds seems to do next to no damage though with a pretty long cool down.

Dagger - not really used it to be honest.

[magiuspaulus]

Just found out the GW2 RPS forums
Currently i have a longbow/shortbow swap, which seems to work nicely for me (but then again, i'm only lvl 26 atm).
I do have a question, a very basic one, but i fail to find a good answer to this:
Should i go for Power, precision or is a combination between the 2 the best? It is not very obvious to me, though on 1st sight power seems better. The same for the traits, i have a hard time choosing between the 1st (bonus to power and +condition damage) and 2nd (bonus toprecision + crit chance). The condition damage is nice to have with the shortbow, but the +crit chance seems better in general. Any help would be appreciated!

[Nalano]

I'm level 72, still using long/shortbow.

I'm as selfish as they come (three signets!) and it works great. What really makes the build is the Piercing Arrows: What that means is that all arrows go their full travel length, so like column shot in AoC, they just run through mobs of enemies, cutting a line through them. In other words, all my shots are AoE.

You don't know how it feels until you knock back 3+ enemies with a single Point Blank Shot, then unleash a Barrage and a Rapid Fire that hurts them all.

And since I have four different types of regeneration, just about any pet I put up front does perfectly fine. Hell, I've been dabbling with Summon Fern Mastiff to have two fern hounds running around with me, knocking things down and eating them.

[President Weasel]

Woah, you are hells of selfish. I am running three signets but at least I am using the healing spring rather than the "screw everyone else" troll unguent.
I'm also experimenting with using a pink moa, since a) Pink. Moa. and b) it's got an aoe heal ability that will occasionally proc, which should allow me to give a bit of extra heals to the party without having to remember to press F2 for the fern hound's command heal.

I really like the lynx model, and it does a very satisfying amount of damage, but as soon as a fight gets interesting I go back to wishing I was running double bear and could basically tank forever. Bear/Giant Flamingo should work nearly as well and allow me to do a wee bit more damage. Plus, Pink. Moa.

[Nalano]

Woah, you are hells of selfish.

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[zoombapup]

I ding'd level 80 on ranger a few days ago. Getting my arse kicked in the final story mode thingy. Advice welcome!

From what I can tell, the "level 80" guys in the final story quest (victory or death) are actually level 140-ish for some of them (seems pretty random which, some go down easy, others literally take 10 minutes to kite ONE of them while my little group does damage).

Anyone done this story quest got any pointers? I wasted maybe 50 silver on trying to do it (you have to repair your armour enough times they give you an armour repair place within the quest itself).

Another thing, they give you a revive orb just before this quest. Think they were taking the piss with that?

[duff]

I ding'd level 80 on ranger a few days ago. Getting my arse kicked in the final story mode thingy. Advice welcome!

From what I can tell, the "level 80" guys in the final story quest (victory or death) are actually level 140-ish for some of them (seems pretty random which, some go down easy, others literally take 10 minutes to kite ONE of them while my little group does damage).

Anyone done this story quest got any pointers? I wasted maybe 50 silver on trying to do it (you have to repair your armour enough times they give you an armour repair place within the quest itself).

Another thing, they give you a revive orb just before this quest. Think they were taking the piss with that?

What kind of a bloody muppet can't do the last quest. LOL ITS A GROUP QUEST U NOOB!!!!1111!!ONE!!1

[zoombapup]

NOOB indeed duffin old chap. Yeah, for some reason I didn't see the "requires 5 people" bit at the door when I went in the instance

Man that quest is loooooong. I was nackered at the end. Can't say it dropped anything brilliant either. But at least its done now. I can retire to my knitting and crochet. Now somebody fetch me a cup of cocoa and read me a story

[duff]

So does that mean you'll do some pvp now? :P

[harhis23]

I often used Swoop in my journey. Dagger and axe are perfect as well.

[zoombapup]

So does that mean you'll do some pvp now? :P

Of course honey plums. I'll do pvp anytime. Just need to figure out a build. Still watching instruction vids for that kind of thing. Try it tonight?

[squirrelfanatic]

Of course honey plums. ... Try it tonight?

And in the game!!

Hahahaha!

[zoombapup]

And in the game!!

Hahahaha!

Oh you wag!

I still don't know what I'm doing in PVP, so if anyone wants to see truly horrible play, join us tonight!

[zoombapup]

Holy carp. I just saw in a video that your pet can res you if you're downed! I didn't know that! I just spammed the keys that weren't on cooldown when downed. no wonder I revived so much. You live and learn.

[harhis23]

Yeah... I can agree more. Same as me before. Just keep on playing.