Info on Ranger Class

An article about Ranger

This post has been edited by azizul1975: Sep 6 2012, 03:39 PM

drow ranger?

Ranger reporting in

Guild Wars 2 ranger

me gonna roll a sylvari ranger.

same here

Today when I play a short bow ranger, it seems the bow is buffed a little? Mebbe it shot a bit faster

Ranger!

I am aiming Lynx!

Norn ranger reporting in

I`m trying a norn ranger at the moment. Any tips?

In SOS btw or rather always in overflow in fact

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/34112-...-pet-locations/

Key:
P = Province, Z = Zone, W = Nearest Waypoint

Alpine Wolf
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer Foothills / W: Outcast's Waypoint
East of the waypoint at the 'Honor the spirit wolf' heart.

Arctodus
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer Foothills / W: Vendrake's Waypoint
Run straight east until you hit the mountain, then follow it south. You'll find a cave filled with them. The juveniles are at the end (watch out for the veteran!)

Black Bear
P: Ascalon / Z: Plains of Ashford / W: Adorea Waypoint
North of this waypoint, juvenile bears are scattered among the other black bears.

Blue Jellyfish
P: Kryta / Z: Lion's Arch / W: Sanctum Harbor Waypoint
Swim straight south. With the map fully zoomed in, this jellyfish was found to the west of the 'Sanctum Harbor' text in the water.

Boar
P: Kryta / Z: Queensdale / W: Crossing Waypoint
Cross the bridge to the east and follow the road to the right. Don't go far, but climb the first small hill you see in front of you. The juvenile boar is up here.

Brown Bear
P: Kryta / Z: Kessex Hills / W: Cereboth Waypoint
Found west of the waypoint across the river, wandering among the bears.

P: Kryta / Z: Kessex Hills / W: Fort Salma Waypoint
SW of Fort Salma among the bears, South of the 'Aid Fort Salma' heart.

P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer Foothills / W: Borealis Waypoint
NW of waypoint, in a cave near the 'Honor the spirit of Bear' heart.

Eagle
P: Kryta / Z: Kessex Hills / W: Sojourner's Waypoint
Found north of the road west of the waypoint, flying among the centaurs.

Hyena
P: Ascalon / Z: Plains of Ashford / W: Decimus Waypoint
Slightly east from the waypoint, among the hostile hyenas.

Ice Drake
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer's Foothills / W: Outcast's Waypoint
East of the waypoint and east of the 'Honor the Spirit of Wolf' heart; along the river.

Krytan Drakehound
P: Kryta / Z: Queensdale / W: Beetletun Waypoint
The juvenile is only a few feet from the waypoint, sitting to the left of the tent to the north. If it is not here, there is another juvenile in the large building to the left.

Lashtail Devourer
P: Ascalon / Z: Diessa Plateau / W: Dawnright Waypoint
NE of the waypoint is a field full of lashtail devourers. The juvenile is among them.

Lynx
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Snowden Drifts / W: Snowdrift Waypoint
Head east along the main road. The juveniles are above the main road, above the 'Hrothgar's Pass' text on the map.

Pig
P: Kryta / Z: Queensdale / W: Claypool Waypoint
Head south through the town. There are juvenile pigs everywhere!

Polar Bear
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Hoelbrak / W: Hero's Compass Waypoint
Head southwest across the lake and to the shore.

Raven
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer Foothills / W: Borealis Waypoint
Near the 'Honor the Spirit of Raven' heart to the north of the waypoint.

River Drake
P: Kryta / Z: Queensdale / W: Ojon's Waypoint
Follow the lake northeast to the dam where you'll find juveniles among the other drakes.

Red Moa
P: Ascalon / Z: Plains of Ashford / W: Spirit Hunter Waypoint
Head northeast. The red moa are on the eastern side of the gorge, southwest of the purple crystal.

Shark
P: Kryta / Z: Kessex Hills / W: Kessex Waypoint
Head south to Viathan's Arm (the lake). Swim to the very southern end, where you'll find a few juvenile sharks swimming around.

Snow Leopard
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Wayfarer Foothills / W: Borealis Waypoint
SW of the waypoint, in the area of the heart 'Honor the Spirit of Snow Leopard'; near the heart NPC.

Warthog
P: Ascalon / Z: Diessa Plateau / W: Blasted Moors Waypoint
The juvenile is just northeast of the waypoint.

Whiptail Devourer
P: Ascalon / Z: Plains of Ashford / W: Duskrend Waypoint
The juvenile is just north of the waypoint.

White Moa
P: Shiverpeak Mountains / Z: Snowden Drifts / W: Torstvedt Waypoint
Head southwest toward the path heading west. When this path meets the main road, keep an eye out for the juvenile.

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/34112-...-pet-locations/

Right now I amdigging Sword/Dagger <---> Shortbow combo, seems nice for a single target nuke. Testing the Greatsword now, but first impression doesn't give as much as fluency feeling compared to Sword/Dagger (Leap out to evade attack, leap back in YO!!!). GS skill 1 saves lives though.

Shortbow is preferred to Longbow, due to bleed and speed. But thinking of testing out Axe in WvWvW setting, because of the AoE ricochet.

Btw, what pets are you guys rolling with? Spider/Cat here.

Sylvari ranger here! The shortbow is pretty wicked but one of the skills seems like its a bit buggy for me D:

Sword as a secondary weapon set is wicked, especially when you wanna fend off melee attackers and get away to start sniping them again.
Trying out the warhorn as my off hand with the sword. Just because calling in hawks to eat the faces off my enemies is hilarious xD

initially i was thinking of sword/torch combo, but after doing research and play a bit, i think axe/torch has the upperhand.... because we are "ranger", suppose to play with range/throw weapon....

You mean the jump-back skill? It's a bit buggy sometime, that I am not jumping back far enough or suddenly I am back at the last position. I like the bleed on number 1 though. Send it pet and just snipe-snipe-snipe while bleeding them.

The stun/cripple pretty useful for the runners in WvWvW as well.

This post has been edited by mistabean: Aug 28 2012, 09:12 AM

how u guys cope with large group of mobs? axe/longbow
axe only hit up to 3 targets... longbow have large barrage aoe...

Yeah most of the time I just end up exactly where I started even after I go through the jump animation haha! True true, its quite a good approach. Only reason I use the longbow instead of the shortbow is because I absolutely love the barrage.

True I imagine so! I've only tried WvWvW once though.

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Added on August 28, 2012, 9:22 amPersonally when I've got a mob on me, its great to have a longbow for the barrage. And also the skill that helps you push back whatever gets too close for comfort.
The key is to make sure your pet is the one tanking for you if you're soloing large mobs. And be prepared to keep your pet alive so the mobs don't aim for you! to do this, I've been using the troll unugent. Makes you and your pet's HP regen like crazy.
Also, I use a sword/warhorn combo as my alternate weapon set. The sword has skills that let me get away from any mobs that get too close to me and the warhorn lets me call down hawks to attack the mobs.

Basically out of my 3 days of experience, thats how I've been dealing with the bigger mobs when there's nobody else around to help.

This post has been edited by prthiv: Aug 28 2012, 09:22 AM

im using, main short bow and axe/horn combo. horn skill is awesome!

Two ways to deal with it actually

1) Use Axe. Axe is your staple AoE weapon, with skill 1 hitting 3 targets, and skill 2 a conal AoE. It's not much, but it is something.

Longbow is actually a single-target nuke, with Barrage mainly for crippling a large number of mobs (particularly in WvWvW situation), while others are picking them off. Barrage is also useful in PvE to "tag" mobs to you, so that when others killed them, you will get some loot and XP. (If you use Shortbow, Skill 2 [Poison Volley] is the tag method I always use. But both of these are not so powerful AoE methods (i.e you can't aoe nuke like a frost mage in WoW). Single target until they die.

But no matter what Ranged Weapon you are using:
a) If you are being targeted KITE!!!. Axe Skill 3 is a chill. If you use an OH Dagger, Skill 5 is a cripple. If you are using Shortbow, Skill 3 is a jump-back, Skill 4 is a cripple, Skill 5 is a daze (stun if you hit from the side). If you have spike traps as your utility, use it!
b) Swap pets!! If you can, before the first pet die. But with two pets, you can handle up to 3-4 mobs in all honesty. Even moreso if you are using high vitality/toughness pet (though I am using cat, and he hits hard!!)

2) Go into melee. Melee attacks hits in a short cone in front of you, and you can hit upto 3 mobs at the same time. With a cat at your side, you can make short work of the mobs.

Greatsword skill 1 chain ends with an evade, skill 4 is a block with counterattack, skill 5 is a daze (stun if you hit from the side). Sword skill 2 is a leap-out, leap-in (great for evading stuff), skill 3 is evade and go behind the mob (though doesn't necessarily hit) while skill 1 chain is a moving and very fluent skill (can give you headache a bit, but nice to move around).

TL;DR: Know your weapons, know your pets, and dodge/kite like hell.

AOE ? i use traps.... Fire Trap, Viper Nest, Spike Trap.... all 3... i run to mob group, launch all trap, all go less than half health..lol

The thing is addicting like hell if you follow a zerg, but even better when you are in a guild group.

True! I completely forgot to mention the beauty of traps! haha

asura ranger reporting in..only play till level 13 and got 3 pets....never really know the charm system..sometime the function just come out from no where~ then i quickly press F...if missed..then dunno when only it will come out again..

right ... i totally forgot about traps ! thanks azizul for reminding

for pet i don't really bother charming other animal, i simply use the bear i selected during character creation...

bear is very good at tanking, i think... you send it to engage the enemy, and then you pew pew from afar, lol...

how bout pig ? decent HP and can tank , summore with the nice knockout skill


how do you all build your ranger's trait ? can share

Drake is pretty good too, not as tanky as bear though I feel
Currently running long bow/great sword combo

I prefer short bow since it's faster and I pump power and precision.

Just cant find any good lv 30 bow yet, still usingmy lv21 green bow

thanks for the pet list gotta catch them all! lol

Sylvari Ranger here.. Bow/Greate Sword user Yoroshiku ne!

Norn Ranger here too, and I use shortbow as primary and great sword as secondary.

Will eventually switch to shortbow/longbow after I get some good weapons.

Tonight will spend hunting down pet locations.

lulz not fun when the opposing zerg forces is much larger.

Archeave - reporting in Human Ranger in SoS here currently level 9

Rolled a Norn Ranger called Eira Dunedain Weapons of choice is Short Bow as main and Sword/dagger as a secondary. But the animation for sword/dagger is kewl

Norn Ranger (SoS) reporting in - Murasaki Nana :wink:

Yeah, started using sword/dagger combo now as secondary. It's working pretty well and using traps as well.

So far, traits I've build is

Markmanship (1)
Skirmishing (2)
Beastmastery (3)

You know, what I wish with the Sword is actually a rushing attack. Kinda like Greatsword skill 3. I like Greatsword as well, but then it lacks the fluidity that the Sword has (even though skill 2 and skill 3 didn't connect most of the time ahahahaha)

finally , my ranger reach lvl 30, and can now use the elite skill. i unlock "Rage As One" or whatever the skill name is....

my traits : Marksmanship 10, Skirmish 10 so far .

EDIT :

ah, now i remember the skill name... "Rampage As One"

This post has been edited by azizul1975: Aug 29 2012, 09:55 AM

Sylvari Ranger reporting

Hello rangers.

I wanna ask, would each races have their own perks to the class?

Like in WoW, or it's purely appearance and personal story?

as far as i know, all race can be any class, no restriction or special treatment...

Thanks ya

the main hand/off hand is use automatic? or have to use any key to throw e.g axe main hand/off hand?
nvm... found my answer already... based on the skill use... got it..

This post has been edited by exkaizen: Aug 29 2012, 08:53 PM

Every race have a race-specific skills that is not tied to any profession. So far, there is no conclusive argument to say which racial skills goes well with which skill (from which weapon) of which profession. Because, it is as complex as you read my previous sentence =P.

Read about the racial skills about the wiki. IIRC, every racial have one healing, one elite, and a couple of utilities.

Also, Sword/Axe is kinda cool. But, I think Sword skill 1 locks you into place. I can't dodge nor evade when Sword Skill 1 is in full swing.

And now I am missing the Evade effect from the Greatsword . Need to find a Green Greatsword I guess.

This post has been edited by mistabean: Aug 30 2012, 09:04 AM

Do not use Auto attack when u using sword, using sword/greatsword with fire trap is good..can combo fire aura which burns enemies. good for condition build.

using sword/horn for now...i love call of the wild..makes me so fast so good..xD

This post has been edited by zizi393: Aug 30 2012, 10:15 AM

i think im very used to gw1..any 1 find the ranger builds alil limiting?maybe im just still thinking in the box...skills 1-5 cant say much..cos its weapon skill but im finding 7-9 just...urgh..not so attractive.

for a fast play style where u just run hit run hit...traps and spirits dont quite fit in.

my lvl 33 ranger so far :

anyone got a solid nice guide on rangers for either dmg or pet build? if got please link it

No, just feel for yourself . There is no right or wrong.

reporting in so everyone in SoS?

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Added on August 30, 2012, 5:26 pm1 question for pet.
Character creation menu pets and charmed pets is the same right?

This post has been edited by Dee-san: Aug 30 2012, 05:26 PM

i think most of us are

my 80 ranger


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So fast

join a zerg group and do dynamic event non stop. very easy to level actually

centaur events ?

lv70-lv80 area .. there is no heart quest in that area.. all Dynamic Events. So you pretty much have to join a group to fight the DE

my current build.


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hnnnnnnnngh ... How did you get the berserker set

mystic forge

My ranger is now still at lv55. too low to hunt for mats for my craft needs. Currently able to craft rare grade (yellow) lv65 long/shortbows. any ranger need some crafted weapon, gimme a holler ingame. cheers.

@@... I need some weopon... u in SoS?

ill ad u, pm me ur ID please >.< currently lvl 50 atm~

Here my Ranger (my belove 1st /main char)





PS: how did u guys do crafting, it so hard man, it's like im using 250 ore for just 30 lvl crafting (from 40~70) . . . . and then stuck because no more low lvl resource


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Nearly level 30 and it seems harder to find good armor. Most drop I get is light and Heavy armor

Ya, I'm in SoS. My ID is cressalve.5241. But you can PM me ingame by the name Eira Dunedain. I'll be on after 5pm usually. Gimme a holler ya?

At first I just leveling my craft casually as i got mats from my travels and quests. Then I craft all the raw materials until it gives me no exp, then I start using discovery pane to craft. It gives superb exp.

an article about Ranger... looks like we have the first love... lol

guide on Pets. Be careful about using the exploits that is taught in the video though. especially the neverending increasing buff and the oppa unlimited plasma buff.

Disclaimer: I do not take responsibility if u get banned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1NZ9c0q0w

We need more love >.< . . . our spirit (major suport skills) really $%^&* big time....

especially in explv dungeon content . . . it kinda useless Ouch Ouch...and our shout >.< LoL 50~80 sec

PS: just to compare to other class

Just rolled 1 Human Ranger here I starting to love ranger more and more.

my full grenth set, gonna use it highly on pvp atm. gonna craft Berserker's Emblazoned set mainly for pve. farming matts for legendary longbow, shortbow, axe and warhorn.

edit: the ruby orb is pretty nice. i'm using 5 of them on the 42k karma equip. i added the stat so u guys can see what it change.

This post has been edited by juine: Sep 8 2012, 07:30 PM


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What weps build you guys prefer to use? Shortbow seems nice for quick attack and long bow for high damage

Believe it or not, I use both. I swap em when I feel the timing is right. Why no melee weapon? Because I can XD And there's a reason too

what im using

pvp- longbow/shortbow

pve- longbow/axe.horn

SPvP - Shortbow / Sword+Dagger (sword and dagger got reallly nice skill because of the free evade)

WvW - Shortbow / Longbow

PvE - Shortbow / Sword + Warhorn (change to L.bow sometimes)

my current stats, 30/30/10

waiting to craft the other 4 piece of berseker set.

Just reached lvl 10 as Ranger. Busy hor.. Only can play an hour or two per day.

I have 10 skill points remain unused. Dunno should invest on which skills..
Can you guys point me out? Ultility and Healing Skills. Using shortbow and switch between longbow as main weps

This post has been edited by Mr.Beanster: Sep 10 2012, 03:40 PM

I like Longbow for PvP, Shortbow for PvE.

Maybe going to try Longbow/Shortbow for PvP, Shortbow/Greatsword for PvE.

Only use Longbow/Shortbow combo for both.

eh melee ranger not viable ooo both pve and spvp etc.

dual wield axe is quite nice, 1st 4 skill is axe throwing skill.. the last skill (slot5) is kinda melee, and block projectile as well... cyclone axe iirc the name

pure melee probably viable in sPVP since it is a quite a crowded area of fighting... i found that i dont like sword, coz i always confuse with the 2nd skill (sting)....

This post has been edited by azizul1975: Sep 11 2012, 02:34 PM

wrong, they are really viable especially the burst built rangers (GS)...
they have burst almsot as high as GS warriors with more utility...

the sword/ dagger build on the other hand is one of the best point holding build due to the number of free evades together with 6sec invulnerability

I beg to differ. I have a sPvP ranger with GS as well as a shortbow or longsword + dagger/torch/horn depending on my mood of the day. Works out quite well I dare say.

The torch deals conds which is in one of my personal builds to deal max conds as well as holding up fairly easily against another guy (1v1..anything other than that will need more help especially mesmers...thoes are annoying.)

Shortbow DPS is higher than Longbow.
Shortbow + Tanker PET
Shortbow is great for Critical Build. Think dota drow ranger...

Melee i use sword, larger spread + 1 handed.
( your offhand can give stat bonus. )
Offhand - torch ( the 5th skill for torch is good AOE dmg )
Rush into a group of mobs, burn the land with Torch, swing your sword,
when you go down, aim the lowest hp mobs, Kill him, stand up with 50% hp, heal, repeat.

My current build has me using both the longbow and shortbow. The longbow is for sudden long range burst and to chase down those who are running away.

Shortbow is for up close and personal attacks.

Hi Everyone~
I just started a ranger yesterday
and i has one curiosity regarding about pet..
is ranger pet can enable auto attack rather than press F1?
Even pressing F1 is not 100% responsive at times...

It auto attack the target you hit if you don't press F1 unless you put it to passive mode.

If it's on guard, it'll attack the nearest mob.

I had reached 80. Anybody can advise what karma armor to buy as I have less than 1 gold or do I have to craft my own armor?

Dunno about karma armor since the ones I see that worth to get for the stats is sold at Orr for 42k karma points per piece.

But if you wanna buy rare grade Lv80 fullset armors, might cost you around 40s per piece. That's around 2g 40s for full set.

If you wanna craft rare grade armors yourself, you either farm 90 vials of potent blood or buy it straight from TP for a pro rate of 1s 60c per piece. That's about 1g 44s just for the bloods, not inclusive other mats.

Not too sure if this makes sense but I'd avoid karma armor. If you don't have much coin, blue grade armor should tide you over till you can afford better armor. Rare grade (gold) armor is pretty cheap as well. 40-50s x 6 which you can farm in less than a day of game play. Those will be good enough till you can get better.

Cressalve can craft armor/weapons so you can look for him for that. He'll help you out if you can provide him the mats, talk to him and work something out. Cheaper than buying gear from TP since he's craftin git.

I am turning poorer trying farm mob from dying, level 75-80 map are quite deserted and hard to do events. The drop is bad even i am eating peach tart with 26% magic find.

Never travel through Orr all alone, it's suicide act Go with at least 1 friend if you are exploring or farming in Orr. Those risen sure is annoying as hell.

EDIT: might want to drink some anti undead potion. plus 10% dmg to undeads and lessen dmg from them for 8%.

This post has been edited by cressalve: Sep 14 2012, 03:19 PM

Wow, this is something new to me. I had never seen a potion. I was thinking they spawn fast so it's good for farming but Undead are really poor mob with nothing to loot.

Any good places for farming alone?

Farming for rangers eh? Best bet for survivability and massive loot drops, join zerg rush doing DE Orr luls, with magic find stat you can get yellow and green equips quite easy.

Im like on my shortbow so far. Trying to make a pve build but still low lvl.

Sword is gooding too with Quickening Zephyr.

BTW if i want do burst damage what should i invest in? Precision or Critical condition? I tried with power build and it seems the damage is consistent most of the time

This post has been edited by Mr.Beanster: Sep 14 2012, 07:43 PM

try precision + condition damage . bleeding and poison are scary ~~~
equip lv 5 trait on skirmishing for Sharpened Edges

I will try on that build later ^. Meanwhile im looking to tame a couple of pet. My bear die very fast especially in dungeon

what are the good sigil+runes combination for longbow ranger?

What lvl is the Polar Bear? I want to find him. Love bear can tank for me. Used pet like hound and stalker kena gang bang by few monster already die within few second

Pets are broken. I consider pets in GW2 to be more of a liability rather than an asset.
They die way too fast, and they often get in your hair when trying to leave combat.

This post has been edited by gaeria84: Sep 16 2012, 10:21 PM