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Rhomulos

Member Since 21 Jun 2012
Offline Last Active Yesterday, 07:05 PM

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In Topic: Any news on potential Longbow buffs?

Yesterday, 12:21 PM

View PostNerfHerder, on 18 May 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

Last I heard from Anet, the Ranger's Longbow damage is "fine". And that was a long time ago.

In reality, its just the auto attack that needs the buff. Rapid Fire and Hunters Shot are worth taking LB for alone. If nothing more than priming your target with vulnerability and burst while you travel into melee range. Point Blank is kinda meh, but comes in handy if you switched to range to kite and heal. Barrage is excellent for tagging mobs for loot/AoE trash mob damage, and the cripple would be nice if CC meant something in this game.

What makes rapid fire worth taking?  I've found it doesn't do much damage at all, less than auto-attack at max range.  And shortbow is better to rely on on-crit effects.  Hunter's shot is nice, but I can't see taking LB anywhere but maybe a little in WvW.  

I doubt Anet holds the same opinion on what they considered 'fine' a long time ago by this point, so lets hope for a little update to longbow in the coming month or two.

In Topic: Eugene's Ranger Video Guide

14 May 2013 - 01:52 PM

View PostLoopySnoopy, on 02 May 2013 - 03:42 PM, said:

I saw the joke I got the joke, but didn't like it lol it makes rangers look stupidly crap that's why I made my little statement...

Wait, so what you said wasn't a follow up joke?

In Topic: Is there anyone that's almost done Flameseeker Prophecies?

14 May 2013 - 01:42 PM

View PostCoren, on 14 May 2013 - 01:37 PM, said:

Well it does.say in the description:) good luck to you anyway
  real late at night, wasn't reading ;p

In Topic: Is there anyone that's almost done Flameseeker Prophecies?

14 May 2013 - 12:45 PM

View PostCoren, on 14 May 2013 - 11:53 AM, said:

You should go to the droknars forge section mate:)

Ah ty, didn't know if legendaries would be under crafting or PvE

In Topic: Why hasn't Anet addressed the current zerker or gtfo pve endgame?

14 May 2013 - 11:00 AM

View PostDasryn, on 14 May 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:

i think i found another issue.  basically a lot of people like zerker gear because DD is reliable dmg.  its reliable becuase you know you are going to see big numbers and you have the general idea of what those numbers are going to look like.

that being said, i am still a firm believer that ConD can provide comparable dmg, but because its hard to gauge exactly how much dmg you are actually doing, people tend to think DD is superior.

and i know, people are going to tell me the math can be done outside of the game but here's my argument to that:
if that was the case, and all the math could be done out of hte game and that was definitive that DD > ConD - then Guang would win his argument that Rangers had better DPS than warriors because his math proves that rangers can out dps warriors.

the argument against Guang is that there are situations that arise in game that blows the math theorycrafting away.

ok, then that means ConD can be comparable to DD.

how this pertains to the topic:
i believe the "zerker or gtfo" mentality is generated by the community rather than the actual game.  i think the lack of a dps counter and tangible proof of numbers is what's causing the playerbase to default to DD/zerker builds/gear.

condi DOES do a lot of damage and everyone knows that, but the damage has to be done over a period of time to be comparable.  Why this isn't effective is because a lot of organized groups can burst bosses down before a max condi player's stacks could contribute the same damage as another's straight up burst.  

I don't have numbers, but I can tell you right now that condi overlaps with others, takes too long to be effective compared to direct damge, and the very rare occasion it can be cleansed.  it's armor ignoring and goes through protection, but we push out retarded amounts of damage already so it would only serve to speed things up where it's already not needed or offer a different but less reliable playstyle.

We don't need more damage, zerker is a problem because we don't need anything BUT damage.  And to everyone saying you can't play zerker anywhere but a few specific dungeons, that's not true at all.  I've never NOT been zerker with a group full of zerkers since release.  

This topic is also about the highest tier of PvE, which is about being optimal rather than using your own style.  Anet hasn't found how to mix the two yet.  I'm all for build diversity, but when it comes to me personally.. I just don't have fun when I'm not ACTUALLY offering as much as I know I can.

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