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  1. The only thing i'd wish to see for a ranger is to reduce the pet downtime from 60 to 30 seconds. 15 seconds on swap - double that if it goes down. 60 is too punishing in pvp and especially in wvw where it tends to die in 3 seconds. This is another reason why Soulbeast is awesome to play, it gives a work around.
  2. This is a buff for Soulbeast, return of the glory days. Owl for sustain and mobility and Smokescale for utility and damage. for WvW that is, for pvp....well meh, maybe it'll have an easier time dealing with Willy benders. I'm also very happy they finaly changed Shared Anguish since that trait has been garbage for years.
  3. Honestly, It was so bad I'll go Core Ranger before I use the 3rd Elite spec. I'll stick with Soulbeast, thank you. WvW roaming - LoL, go Soulbeast or Core Ranger, Untamed is garbage. WvW group play - oh look, my pet is dead 90% of the time and i can't control it, fun times! WvW zerg play - *kicked from squad* PvP - *looks at what classes are in my team* Oh god.... we have dead weight in our team. *loses game to enemy bot team* Ranked PvP - *Gets angry whispers* Tournament PvP - *kicked from party* PvE fractals - (T4 + CM) *asked to leave the party or swap to something useful* PvE Raids - *kicked from squad* 9 billion LI isn't worth anything when your spec is useless. PvE open world - VIABLE woohoo!!!! 10/10 amazing spec - IGN. Edit: And i thought Druid was bad, only viable in PvE Raids and nowhere else, really. But god kitten Anet! You've done it! You've made a spec (currently) only viable in open world PvE content, it's so bad it will never hold a candle to literally anything else.
  4. If you were on EU i'd take you up on your offer. I see flaws in your gameplay. Would be interesting to see what happens.
  5. Medium armor main here. (play all 3 classes, but Ranger most)Warrior is bad, but at least it does have a few builds that work. Mes is just the worst right now. Both Elite specs gutted. I liked chrono the way it was, it wasn't op, it felt like it was in a good place (wvw and pve wise), it could be beat, but no haha f*ck you, gutted. Mirage needed changes, but this change was just nuclear. Give them the doubld dodge back and nerf endurance regen or mirror duration.
  6. 1 rev isn't a big issue, but 2 revs....well good luck doing anything when they both push far and just glue themselves to their target. I couldn't imagine pvp being even less enjoyable but the madlads did it, gg Anet.
  7. Another thing to keep in mind is that Power builds and power in general is FRONT loaded - meaning you do your big hits with no build up. Whereas Condi builds are BACK loaded - meaning you have to build up your damage. Because of this power builds are far better at bursting quickly, especially so if the boss has burst phases and currently Power Soulbeast is very good at it if you chain your skills correctly. 60k/s dps and higher is very doable as your opening burst, condi builds cannot achieve same numbers.Here's a Power Soulbeast burst (3 soulbeasts actually) in action against a lvl 99 Challenge Mode fractal boss with phases. There's a video on the power rotation with a LB:
  8. No offense, but this is a learn-to-play issue. PoF and HoT expansion mobs and their respective living story maps are stronger than core game. That said as i posed in another place you could try my build. For open world/story content http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlZwuYRsHmJWsX7P9R8G-zRIYRUxXKNlAhVAZGB9GCqNL/usB-e Idea is to camp beast mode and cap crit chance to 100% with cheap food. I haven't had issues, but then again i've been playing for a long time.Alternatively a user named "Paper Roll" on youtube has a tanky condi build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAUh/lFUwe6Zf9tu62ZoWaPlv/UgsAnfF-zRRYcKBjaiOPyQLFGIFVVeIGmI+nCBtHESdc3SFfD-e he's generally a advocate for condition damage, i don't agree with everything he said, but to each their own.If you'd like to learn more here's the vid.
  9. Open world: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlZwuYRsHmJWsX7P9R8G-zRIYRUxXKNlAhVAZGB9GCqNL/usB-e Longbow is fine, this is the build i use for Open World. I camp beast mode and never un-merge, the cheap food caps crit chance to 100%.WvW: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlFw6YRsHmJeSXrvzRkG-zRJYiRF/RkpKQjzSELbA-e - note this is a baseline build, you can adjust stat mix, pets, utilities, weapons as you see fit.Have fun.
  10. Ranger has many builds for all game modes. Both condi and power.The only place where we're (still) not wanted is organized WvW large scale zergs for many reasons. For Group PvE You have Power, Condi and even a Hybrid version. Also Druid for healing/support.Power: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAgeFlZw2YgsLmJWuX7P/R8G-zRIYR0xXG1mCVUB2OLRssB-eCondi: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POABg+djlZwkYWsPmJW6O3P3JkC-zRJYmRP/YEPF6UB+mFePrA-eHybrid (Combined dps ~40% power/ ~60% condi): http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POFBcihflZwAZSsPmJW6X/P/RcE-zRJYmRPfZEXKUZFI+HJI2DvltOrA-eHybrid build in dps test/additional info in description below: Druid: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwEY6MsMBmCDhlwIxSVyrZVyxyB-zRRYQBJoG1c9lR1pQ6VgvzifbWA-eFor Open World i can suggest my personal two builds that i run, i mostly run the power version.Personal Condi variant: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAV4fnE8Cd8il8CO8Cs8iFDBLv62dDvNdgUXVjJAM6KdTIF-jByBQBxUJ4FuIAMd/BA8AA2nuhFq+jFOCAbU5HpAMTZF-ePersonal Power variant: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlZwuYRsHmJWsX7P9R8G-zRIYRUxXKNlAhVAZGB9GCqNL/usB-e For PvP i can't comment as i rarely pvp but when i do i run a power build. Note i do not play ranked, have not played it since i got my leggy back piece.Power: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAMxflFw6YgsHGKeSXXP7BkA-z5IeKZKE6WEkwCokJgGGAAnother core ranger version is available from Metabattle: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Ranger_-_Power_SurvivalCan't comment on condi, i've seen some, but i don't know the build so someone else might help with that. For WvW i run a plethora of builds. Mostly of what i feel like at the current time. I am a roamer though so for the most part my builds are selfish and not group oriented.I will leave armor stat combinations out of it as you can run the classic full Marauder + Durability runes setup and adjust the tanky-nes or glassy-nes as you see fit to your playstyle.WvW Sic' Em Soulbeast: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlFUw6qbgBuneGameSXrv7UmuAHgE-eWvW Core Ranger: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlZUw6qbhBOv8GaoOePpr1UgsAvnG-eWvW Boon Beast: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlFUw6qbRFtneGaoeaTmvzUgsgHUE-eWvW Long Range Marksman: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlZkx6qbg5tneGamO0X7P9UKAyp9G-eWvW Long Range Skirmisher: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAMFlRkx6qbg5tnemZmWsX7P9UKwBI/G-eWvW Pull Beast: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAweNlFUw6qbgBuneGameSXXP7UgUipLA-ePets, armor and even weapon sets can be adjusted to your liking.I do not play condi or druid in wvw, but i've seen some nasty setups that generate a lot of immobilize.WvW Condi Druid: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAUxjlFw6YesF2JWKPpt6RMH-e have experimented with this setup and while it is somewhat fun it lacks any form of stability to really be good. It is quite annoying due to the sheer amount of immobilize it can dish out. Hope this helps you to find something you'd want to play. Don't be dismayed by people criticizing Ranger, it does have shortcomings, some builds work better in certain situations than others but despite everything it is in the best state it has been since launch.
  11. Ranged, Rogue play style has always been my thing. Gw2 is really meh atm, but when i do occasionally log on to play WvW i'll roam like i always have. I'm not interested in hugging the commander, never have really. Tried some support Boon beast, but scrapper is simply superior in a group setting. Instead i'll pick off targets i can pick off (mostly yummy squishy necros and other rangers/thieves), annoy the enemy squad, deny camp caps, cause small scale mayhem and scout if needed. I want to do my own thing, i want to kill people that doesn't involve a large scale Condi-Tank-Heal f*ck fest.That and my CPU is outdated and it's not fun playing this poorly optimized game at large scale fights with 15 fps.
  12. I would have hanged the Soul Beast so that it doesn't have pets at all and instead swaps to "Beast spirits" you could select 2 spirits just like pets to swap to. You'd be permanently in beast mode, but get stat buff and access to pet skills. Think of it as revenant, but with Beast spirits changing your "attunement" from Stout to Ferocious and changing the F1,2,3 skills. In small scale fights not having smoke scales field and utility would be nerf, but it would feel more unique and not just "you're a ranger, but you merge with pets"And druid needs a change too. Pets under their control need to become celestial when avatar is active giving them some sort of ability, something like "Your pets are weaker, but while in celestial avatar form your pet applies X to allies or heals nearby allies by X amount for X duration or does X to foes and has 40% reduced damage/condi taken." Something that makes your pets as well as you ACTUALLY support people and not be a weak, useless CC bot and nothing more.
  13. It's not 5 times the healing, but 3. No need to inflate the numbers. Base healing from Rugged Growth with 0 healing power in WvW is 403 not the intended 155. The 600hp/s from Rugged growth is achieved with 400 healing power and Earth Runes which give toughness, protection duration and the (6) is Increased Outgoing Healing by 10%.My damage with this setup is low, im not bursty. Sic' Em full Marauder Soulbeasts are the same as before in terms of fighting one. But yes Rugged Growth is bugged, you can all test it for yourselves.
  14. There's no way that can be tr-- -- holy fudge monkeys! Yeah, I already reported this bug, hopefully they'll fix it. I've already come across Soulbeasts with my Sic' Em variant that I couldn't kill and they couldn't kill me too, but they were more likely to kill me because they could out-sustain me.It's pretty nuts right now. S++ tier dueler because of this and everything doing less damage.
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