Guild Wars 2

Ok, I have a level 80 human messmer. Very fun. Best class out there in my opinion. But variety is the spice of life! My next character will be an Asura male named Quojo. I’ve made and deleted him several times to try to find a class I like. Had I known how fun they are my messmer would have been Asura but I don’t want to go back now. The 3 classes I am most interested in are Elementalist, Engineer and Necromancer. I’m looking for opinions on which may be the most fun and why. Thanks for any ideas!!!

Considering that male Asura with names ending in vowels tend to get ragged on as children, I could see Quojo being a Necromancer. Think “Creepy quiet kid in the back of the class.”
Come to think of it, this factor is probably why Kudu is such a jerkface. XD

Those are all fun classes. I love my Asura engineer. When I plant a Big Ol’ Bomb, it’s almost as large as I am. I’ve seen some really creepy Asura necromancers as well.

I also have a Norn elementalist and a human necromancer. If asked to rank them in order of fun, well… I’d honestly have trouble deciding. But I’ve played my Asura engineer about twice as much as the other two, so that should count for something.

Engineer gives you a lot of variety, and is a great profession for a mad genius Asura. (Dynamics!!!) They even have golems as a racial elite. Some people think they’re weak, but I think instead they require a bit of skill and a lot of experimentation to find out what playstyles work best for you (again, an Asura trait…) As I leveled I went through four very different builds, and even within each build there’s a lot of flexibility to substitute different kits/gadgets/elixirs. Right now I have a tanky bomber build who’s kind of a prankster really.

Elementalists are actually kind of similar in a sense — they have attunements where engineers have kits — but play quite a bit differently. They’re really powerful once you’ve worked out how to make the most of your build/gear. Compared to an engineer, there’s less flexibility, a somewhat easier learning curve overall but more emphasis on tactics and combos, a higher penalty for just flailing randomly, and more potential for high damage. You’ll probably find both engineers and elementalists who say something completely different though. I’m running a Scepter/Dagger build, emphasizing fire, which I find works for me a lot better than the D/D builds a lot of people recommend.

Necromancers I think are a bit more straightforward but still fun. I thought the class was horrible the first time I dabbled in it, but after learning more about the game and ditching the axe, I grew to like it more. I’m doing scepter/dagger and staff epidemic build — pile conditions onto an enemy and spread them into AOE mayhem. (Being a condition build though, taking out buildings is horrifically slow.)

Elementalist! You get a profession that are OP at everything; PvE, PvP and WvW. With the same easy to get gear and same Traits for it all . I have a Necromancer that i’ve wasted a lot of time into because i’m hard- (or thick) headed and really wanted it to work, but trust me, they just isn’t worth it in the end. Necro need too many changes to be on a equal level to the rest, and six months in Arena has given them nothing.

If you have already rolled one and trying it out, you have most likely already thought to yourself a couple of times: “This can only get better”. Sorry, it won’t.

Definitely engineer with a quirky name like that.

+1 vote for Quojo the Necro. Reminds me of Voodoo and Ouija Boards

I +1 the necromancer idea.