I think until we experience bwe3, we can't make any assumptions on any class since it'll be their heavy balance/tweak event. As for ranged, Guardian has the worst ranged of all sunshine...8)
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I think until we experience bwe3, we can't make any assumptions on any class since it'll be their heavy balance/tweak event. As for ranged, Guardian has the worst ranged of all sunshine...8)
With the possible console version I heard about I would not be surprised to see native 360 controller support.
I hope they make Playstation button icons too, but I know they probably won't. I use my PS3 controller with MotionJoy so it would be awesome to have PS3 button icons. Just an aesthetics thing more than anything. Maybe it can be modded in somehow if they support UI mods?
01DragonFly
Member
Yeah >.< I have been playing a ranger since B1(lv 35) and It really bothers me that the bow range is so small and we only have a skill trait to increase it.
pets die fast and they take more time to revive than other players >.< .Also some skill that uses your pet like the one that revives an ally are not that good or helpful.
Love summon pets, melee attacks are awesome( prefer using a Greatsword). I hope that the pre purchase Mist fire wolf elite skill is something awesome .
Im going to try out a dual wielding axe ranger in the beta. That just sounds bad ass
Curious about a controller set up issue
If i have R1 asswap set 2 and R2 as swap set 3, can i bind dodge to R1+R2 by sticking the dodge keybind to set 2 R2 and set 3 R1? If I can, I think it would help out a ton since i wouldnt have to use dpad up as one of the set swap buttons (kinda awkward), and I think R1+R2 would work well enough for dodge.
How about this? Give a question at character creation for a Ranger:
"I have always prided myself on _____________."
a) Being an expert marksman and lone warrior.
b) Following in my father's footsteps as a great hunter, with a loyal pet at my side.
a) leads to you not having a pet. You get increased range by default and perhaps a slightly higher chance of a crit while using a ranged weapon. Select b) and you get a damn pet.
For all the bitching people do about starting with an axe as a Ranger instead of a bow, I really enjoy dual axes. It's not bad at all. That said, throw a dagger in the off-hand and it's even cooler.
No way in hell that they do this
01DragonFly
Member
I get that. Believe me, I know it's not going to happen.
I'm just annoyed it's not going to happen.
Oh well. Plenty of other good professions.
That's the best part of the dual axe combo. I just really enjoy the dagger in the off-hand. An extra evasion and a good cripple. Tons of movement.
Eh, as long as they help pets out Ranger is going to be fantastic. I loved playing in melee because it's so mobile. Going melee and bow secondary felt great to me. GS and sword/dagger was a ton of fun too. Sword/torch was great too.
I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but across both BWE1 and BWE2 pets could be swapped out at death, and then switched back out to auto revive. If you swap them just before one dies the one put away will be at full health when you swap him back, which is generally what I did when playing my ranger.
They still die way too fast of course and need a ton of help. I don't see why they don't have some sort of dodge mechanic like players do, to be honest. They need to fix the AI so that it does things like attack targets from behind and dodge out of AOE in addition to making them able to take hits a little better.
I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but across both BWE1 and BWE2 pets could be swapped out at death, and then switched back out to auto revive. If you swap them just before one dies the one put away will be at full health when you swap him back, which is generally what I did when playing my ranger.
They still die way too fast of course and need a ton of help. I don't see why they don't have some sort of dodge mechanic like players do, to be honest. They need to fix the AI so that it does things like attack targets from behind and dodge out of AOE in addition to making them able to take hits a little better.
yes, but dual axes gives you an axe in the off-hand, not a dagger. Axe>dagger
If the pets were to become competent, then yes, I would have no problem with rolling a Ranger. I quite enjoy the profession otherwise. Here's hoping they accomplish what no other MMO up to this point has done to my satisfaction.
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I'm guessing you just dig axes, right?
Everyone knows that axes are inherently cooler than daggers
Universaldamps
Neo Member
So I'm 3 points off 30/50. Just need one last title for the 3 points. What would be the fastest choice out of the ones I haven't completed? 
http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/#page=details&details=bCAAAAAw/fCAAQGAAABAAAgAAAIAAAAAiKEIQAAAAAA
http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/#page=details&details=bCAAAAAw/fCAAQGAAABAAAgAAAIAAAAAiKEIQAAAAAA
So I'm 3 points off 30/50. Just need one last title for the 3 points. What would be the fastest choice out of the ones I haven't completed?
http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/#page=details&details=bCAAAAAw/fCAAQGAAABAAAgAAAIAAAAAiKEIQAAAAAA
Which of the EOTN tracks are you nearest to completing? EV, Norn, Asura?
Universaldamps
Neo Member
Pretty much rank 2 or 3 for all of them. I haven't put too much effort into them as my main goal at the time was to just get through all of the missions and complete the campaign. Do they take very long? I'm using a SoS Ritualist if that matters at all.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
uuugh I just need money, I need my things to sell. Someone sell my Ecto for me!
I tried for 3 hours and nothing!
I tried for 3 hours and nothing!
Teknopathetic
Member
"uuugh I just need money, I need my things to sell. Someone sell my Ecto for me!"
If you're that hard up, just visit a rare mat trader?
If you're that hard up, just visit a rare mat trader?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
You misunderstand. I need gold, that's why I'm trying to sell my stuff.
Teknopathetic
Member
"You misunderstand. I need gold, that's why I'm trying to sell my stuff."
No, I don't misunderstand, I'm saying sell your ecto to the rare mat trader. For gold.
No, I don't misunderstand, I'm saying sell your ecto to the rare mat trader. For gold.
LumpOfCole
Member
I just sold ecto at 14 per 100k to get my last few weapons for the HoM.
I'm sitting on just 12 ecto now that I might just give away to the next person who draws something specific in MS Paint or something. Not sure yet.
Fill up Hero's Handbooks till rank 8 for whatever one is furthest along and then HM book for 8-10.
Universaldamps
Neo Member
I had no problems selling 14 ecto stacks a few hours ago. Though I did undercut and was selling @ 98k, but 100k shouldn't be too hard.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Omg I didn't know you could do that! 7k ecto is just what I was trying to do.
Bwahahaha good bye game... although I still need to finish one more title.
Universaldamps
Neo Member
LumpOfCole
Member
What should I ask GAFers to draw in MS Paint to give away my last 12 ecto? I'm thinking Fluttershy as a Sylvari.
Wrong thread?
Alister_McCalister
Neo Member
Some epic new concept art taken from the client!
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Eir carrying Snaff avatar woo woo!
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Eir carrying Snaff avatar woo woo!
Wow these are amazing.
DAT ART
It's... beautiful
Awesome stuff.
Angry Puppy
Member
Careful, there looks to be some spoilers in some of the art.
Damn, I had no idea so many beta keys have been going around. Just between Curse and Alienware, they've handed out 60k keys and 10-20k from geforce.com. Then combine all of the fan sites who handed out 1, 5, 10, 50, 500, etc plus people who bought since BWE2 and damn BWE3 is gonna be packed. I do have to wonder if they knew they were going to be throwing keys out in their last BWE so they just doubled their servers in BWE2 to get more time to test it rather than wait until they had 100k+ random people trying it out?
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1160647-Beginner’s-guide-for-WvW
Found this WvWvW guide on mmo-champion
I found it quite informative. I havent played WvW yet, but just from the little info i gathered on it, it seemed rather daunting and a bit intimidating to me. That thread definitely helped clear some things up and pointed out some useful strategies
Question though, when you purchase upgrades from the quartermaster, do you use your own gold or some special gold your whole side gains while doing WvW. If is your own gold, i dont think ill be doing a whole lot of upgrading...
Hitting the supply dude and taking out supply camps definitely seems like the most fun thing to do though
Think ill be rolling norns for the BWE so i can avoid the massive amount of people. Its probably going to be crazy in the slyvari/asura, and probably even human early leveling zones
Found this WvWvW guide on mmo-champion
I found it quite informative. I havent played WvW yet, but just from the little info i gathered on it, it seemed rather daunting and a bit intimidating to me. That thread definitely helped clear some things up and pointed out some useful strategies
Question though, when you purchase upgrades from the quartermaster, do you use your own gold or some special gold your whole side gains while doing WvW. If is your own gold, i dont think ill be doing a whole lot of upgrading...
Hitting the supply dude and taking out supply camps definitely seems like the most fun thing to do though
Think ill be rolling norns for the BWE so i can avoid the massive amount of people. Its probably going to be crazy in the slyvari/asura, and probably even human early leveling zones
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
It's your own gold and honestly you're only thinking it costs a lot because you just started and have no money. You'll quickly get to a point where you can throw money around in WvW and also get some back through capturing or defending points.
They had talked about balancing as a whole and that included the economy so I dunno if they've done the balancing pass on that for BWE2 or if they already did for BWE3 and that might help with the initial WvW costs. I do know that BWE2 WvW costs were lower than BWE1.
awesome. do you get a sound or visual cue or pop-up when you get them?
There there, it'll be ok. Even if it did, you'd still have to launch the NCsoft launcher eventually.
In that video you can't quite hear it but those little white things when you complete some achievement progress and it goes into your XP bar...the tink tink tink is SO god damn satisfying. One of the best sounds ever. This also applies to when you find POIs, waypoints, and so on.