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> @"The Boz.2038" said: > What build and gear? What was killing you? And how fast were you killing them? a mix of marauder and beserker gear, and it was the last quest on living world 3 (confessors end, kill caudecos) it was the jade bow adds killing me and the dodgy camera angles, but wasnt a big deal

Thanks for all the advice all, i really appreciate it, although after finishing 'confessors end' in lw3 and dying 5 times in the process i am worse at this game than i realised :)

> @"Gotejjeken.1267" said: > Go Soulbeast, glass as you're capable of (i.e. marauder gear is fine, but berserker everything else). > > I find LB / Axe / Axe better for open world than GS is, axe is a mob weapon so it just works better in general and find I don't get reflected all that often to suffer being only range. Traitlines you'll want WS/BM/X...I use Skirmishing for the last one due to vicious quarry giving a ton of ferocity when you have honed axes in BM selected (and WS gives super fury uptime). > > Can solo plenty of champs this way, especially if you use a pet with prelude lash as you'll have many ways to take a breakbar down. Shouldn't have too many problems with open world either. > > As for group play, just going to lay it out now...ranger is not a group profession. Ranger seriously lacks in the sustain department and can share hardly anything (SB stances are half baked); so if you do decide to do WvW or PvP you're going to need to get used to fringe supporting / roaming. Ranger is pretty excellent in havoc though, so if you WvW and run with groups of 5-8 you can provide a lot especially if you lean into immobilize. > > EDIT: Realized I came at the group thing with a competitive perspective--for PvE groups / raids I believe condi ranger is acutally pretty helpful with spotter and such...I don't do PvE group content so your mileage will vary. Thanks, yes i really just want to avoid being the much maligned build really - and actually be useful for pve when i join a guild Will definitely try out axes thanks

> @"Mungo Zen.9364" said: > Are you killing stuff okay? Are you surviving okay? If so then the build/weapons are secondary to your enjoyment. > > I would say work towards Soulbeast as your Elite and try and few different power builds with it. As well, try out each of the different weapon combo's that suit power builds (and then eventually Condi to save you buying new gear right now). Getting to know the versatility of your profession will serve you well in the long run. Yup i am doing the HOT story at the moment and not dying much etc, i do find soloing hero points in HOT a bit of a challenge but that is about it Will definitely start putting points into Soulbeast thanks.

Surely the decision will be entirely commercial? If the move to steam and the expansion do well, there will be incentive to carry on...

Thanks for the response, i really appreciate it :)