Jetjordan

I, on 19 May 2013 - 04:41 PM, said:

could not disagree more with this

Longbow is NOT a bad weapon.  Just because you can't sit on it the entire fight doesn't make it bad, if you aren't constantly weapon swapping as a ranger you are doing it wrong anyways.

I think ranger is really very fun, a lot of people hate on them becuase it's harder to play them at a high level than say, a warrior.  I play high level dungeons and fractals (done into 40s) and done just fine.  You have to switch pets/skills frequently to be effective but I enjoy that.  It's not a faceroll pve profession but I've never felt gimped in my groups.  You can switch pets to apply different group buffs per situation and spirits certainly have their usage (people that rag on them super hard usually just haven't figured out the best places to drop them)  Also for areas with tough melee mobs you can bring a boat load of movement debuffs on ranger and make those fights a lot easier for the DPS classes to chew through safely.  

Rangers are fun/easy to level with too.  I also stomp pretty much every other class 1v1 as a ranger in pvp/wvw too so there is that.  (but this is pve forums I know....)

So don't listen to the hate, if microing a pet and combo of range/melee with adaptable support sounds up your alley I would give ranger a go for sure.  If you don't want to micro your pet, just dont play ranger...

I think this is a good thing.  We all knew that more content was not to be.  Hopefully this means that Gw1 will run for years to come if it's properly set up so that it is inexpensive and hands-off for anet.  5 years from now if I can log in and go run around in pre-searing ascalon (the most sentimental place for me in ANY game I've ever played) I would be a happy, happy boy.

I use LB/GS with the bow skill CD reduction trait and I think its pretty beastly, you can get off all your CDs with LB and then switch to your other weap for sustained DPS.  Skills 2-5 are great, it's just not a weapon that you should sit on all the time.

well I spent 50 of them on a +30 Magic find set amulet that is now going to be phased out....