ranger class boring?

i realize by posting this in the ranger forum i am setting myself up for some nice flames but nevertheless, i have made 3 rangers diff builds each time (barrage, interrupt, sniper) and i found that ranger generally isnt the most fun class to play. I find myself standing there just watching my guy shoot arrows with the occasional click of a skill. I have used them in PvE and PvP and my experiance is generally the same if only a lil better in PvP

is there some fun part of the ranger class that im missing? because 90% of the time its my guy just shooting out arrows with the occasional skill attached

plz enlighten me

The ranger class is boring so dont play it and let us keep our awesomeness to ourselves. thank you good bye.

Try interrupting. That adds an element of awarness and control to your senseless plinking. Many mesmer skills will sync with a Ranger's play style as well. You could also try trapping, or making a R/W Melee character. That adds something to the profession!

thx for replying

any other suggestions?

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If there is no other reason to make a ranger, Female 15k Druids is a reason in and of itself.

Rangers are awesomely well-rounded and versatile. They're like mesmers - it takes a mature player, or one who actually has a ranger to understand their true strength.

Try Trapping, Interrupting, Running, etc. Rangers are quite useful, even if they are a tad frail (but not as frail as casters). My first character was a R/Me, and I love him. I think there's a thread somewhere around here dedicated to their greatness.

Bikini ranger!
Interrupting is fun because to interrupt things like Orison of Healing, you have to get a good sense of timing, because if you wait for it to appear you're going to be too late. Plugging a Concussion Shot straight into the middle of a Mursaat Monk's Orison gives a feeling like no other.

And if you're STILL bored, just go to a dance party and breakdance.

yes, expertise reduces the energy cost of just about anything thats not technically a spell. this can make for some interesting combinations with different secondaries, many of which are listed above in this thread ^

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Ranger are one of the most versatile classes. There are many popular but diverse builds, many of which have been mentioned.

Interrupting is a lot of fun though, both in PvE and PvP. It takes good timing and reflexes but is very worthwhile, even if your teammates don't notice or appreciate it as much as they should (this applies to mesmers as well). To get some skills, you practically need to predict the opponent's move before he makes it in order to interrupt short cast times. Very challenging and rewarding.

Yes. When you interrupt that Orison, you feel really good. The faster-cast skills you need to just guess when you feel they will cast it. After a while, you get good at it. It's nice when you do new UW, and your guildies rely on you to pivot back and forth, interrupting two siege wurms at once.

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My first character was a ranger. He's now up to 1 million exp. I've played him for like 700 hours, so no, rangers aren't boring. My guildmembers got angry because I only played 1 char. (This is not a joke).

I saw one of the most bizarre builds yesterday for Ranger in PvP.

A normal e-denial sorta set up except with 2 R/N using Awaken the Blood following monks CONSTANTLY spamming Vampiric Touch and other skills. Was probably quite amusing for them but after 4 minutes of this i got a little sick of casting RoF on myself the moment i had enough energy.

Nothing is better than interrupter. Rangers have the ability to just totally spam interrupts, even if it hits nothing at all its no big loss, specially when backed up by an order necro (speaking of Barrage/Pet trips to FoW here). Also nothing is more satisfying than watching a team struggle with Willia for a minute or 2, then just slotting 1 concussion shot/distracting shot into Orison of Healing and down she goes.

Also the white ( yellow + silver +silver +silver ) looks great on ranger armor D

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to the OP, I know how you feel, after getting about 200k faction from team arenas and HA, I find that interupting, trapping, sprinter, spiker, whatever get boring after a while. When there isn't anythign fun left, try a different build like thumper or e-denial or degen (DO NOT USE POISON ARROW AS YOUR ELITE)

In my first account, I have the 3 main staple of character: monk, necro, and war. In my second account, I have another monk(for farming) and a ranger.

Of the four characters, I am really realy liking the ranger. It is so freaking challenging to play and it strength is surprising. Perhaps its the "undramatic" animation of ranger skills that gives the impression the class is weak and unexciting.

Think again.

Melandru be praise!

I made a ranger, in fact, my 1st char; deleted her; made a ranger again, my 4th char; deleted him; made rangers a few more times; deleted them. I can play a decent ranger, in fact, just about any build I can think of, but I still would choose something else instead. (Although, I must say, I do enjoy trapping a lot) This isn't to say "yea, rangers are boring" or anything like it. This is merely to illustrate that it's a matter of personal preference. For example, I wouldn't play a war even if I got paid for doing it- I just find Wars extremely boring. So... you are free not to like a class, that doesn't make it boring.

It is indeed a matter of our subjective views.

but I highly support the Ranger class, as INT Rangers are rather valueable in a group, and I personal enjoy this role very much. Ranger for me, in the classical Lord of The Rings are kind of like, hidden watchman, defender, protector, to forsee the danger to my team and able to perven them gives me that satifaction.

Also, Spikers team in HA are extreamly fun, being teamed up together with your fellow members, and strike the same target at once, the saifaction of team work and communication is another asspect of the ranger system I enjoy. Although i would be highly interested in doing it with the Assassin when factions is released.

Trapping.
In DnD, I used to play a Rogue, one of the reasons its the power of traps. It is a method to take down your targets using timing and planing, and which allow you to come out of it, completely unharm. This witty role gives me another satifaction, while the view of the sitation when a pack of mods hit my traps, and exploed into a mass is another.

Sprits calling.

Many sprits from the ranger could change or add another the element of game play. there are many many examples, but one that I resonally experience is that, a fellow rangers, turned all of our attacks into fire damage, which added a 3rd of our normal damage on the tree like titans.

Range, gace and sprit.

I personally love archery, and find it quite a spritual spot, its about cleared mind, stillness, focus, and maintain control flexability even under pressure such as a pack of incomming ranging warrior rushing towards to you. Somthing about using agility vs raw force, calimness vs rage I personally enjoy.

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Like everyone else has already said, Rangers really are the most versatile class in the game. I had the same feeling you did way back on my first ranger, but that was before I really understood what the Ranger could do -- and PvE, honestly, is a really crappy way to find out... (PvE is sort of mucked up due to monsters' abnormally high HP, armor, or bug-brain AI -- making a lot of skills seem underpowered). But after playing through a variety of builds for all the other classes in PvP (which is what Guild Wars seems to have been really designed from the ground up for), I realized what I was missing.

I entered thinking the Ranger would be some sort of high damage sniper like in virtually every other MMORPG, but it definitely isn't in the world of Guild Wars. It's a lot more than that. I won't repeat what everyone has already said, but try thinking of the Ranger as a trippy sort of Mesmer with a bow that also has an emphasis on changing the battlefield itself, yet can also do direct damage with ease. Although the goal of a battle is often to just destroy the other team while staying alive yourself, there's a lot of ways to perform these two functions than just throwing out as much direct damage (eg: nukes) on the enemy and sticking as much direct defense (eg: monk heals) on yourself as you can. For example, an enemy that isn't able to cast their spells thanks to your interrupts isn't much of a threat anymore -- so in this regard, you can almost think of yourself as doing a sort of "monk" function -- defending your team from harm.

Also try capitalizing on the Ranger's versatility. I find that the Ranger cram in a lot of different functions into their skill bar compared to other classes, yet still be effective. Maybe try a skill bar like this one in PvP:

R/Me
14 Marksmanship, 10 Wilderness Survival, 10 Expertise, 8 Domination Magic
Pin Down, Blackout, Savage Shot, Distracting Shot, Apply Poison, Escape {E}, Troll Unguent, Ressurection Signet
+33% Poison Bowstring

It lets you do quite a lot of things for your team, especially in a GvG game. Pin Down lets you cripple, which is invaluable. Blackout on a Ranger is excellent way to perform total skill lockdown, with the casting cost lowered by Expertise and you having more armor to be able to run up to the enemy with impunity. Savage Shot and Distracting Shot are nice, fast interrupts that have an edge over many of the Mesmer interrupts as they have much faster recharge times and can also interrupt skills, not only spells (but also have weaknesses of their own of course, such as blind). Apply Poison is a very nice source of pressure damage when you spread it around the entire enemy team -- forcing their monks to mitigate this damage and greatly stressing their energy stores in the process while the rest of your team breaks them. Escape and Troll Unguent are great skills for Flag Running and taken into context with the rest of your skills, also make you a pretty good duelist in a 1v1 against the enemy flag runner.

So yea, there's a lot more to the Ranger than the stereotypical "sniper guy" in many of the other MMORPG's out there. This class truly can be called a Ranger, and not just some sort of Archer henchman.