Guild Wars 2

1. Ranger
2. Engineer
3. Necromancer

1. Ranger
2. Engineer
3. Elementalist

1. Ranger
2. Necromancer
3. Engineer

1. Ranger
2. Necromancer
3. Elementalist

1) Elementalist
2) Ranger
3) Necromancer

Please nerf the living crap out of the Warrior, particularly the heal signet as well as the oh so annoying Nike builds that can run in and out of zergs with defiance stance, its just plain silly.
Also nerf thief power builds that 2 shot everyone (also consider tuning down the heartseeker spamming – it’s just so fricking annoying and requires absolutely NO skill).

Elementalist
Ranger
Necromancer

1) Necromancer
2) Ranger
3) Engineer

1) Elementalist
2) Ranger
3) Necromancer

1. Ranger
2. Necromancer
3. Engineer

I’ll put 4 instead of 3 in every game mode, cause I find there’s more space to explain the issues.

PvE (No presence of support or DPS in some classes, control needs to be revived):
1. Ranger (Bows are the most inefficient but used the most by far, pet AI useless, bad support)
2. Necromancer (Bad DPS, no support)
3. Thief (No support)
4. Elementalist (Too much Conjure Weapons dependence, very low base stats)

sPvP (Main problem is the condition metagame):
1. Mesmer (No place in it, lack of speed and bad condition cleansing)
2. Elementalist (Lots of nerfs, bad condition cleansing)
3. Engineer (Bad condition cleansing, turrets bugs)
4. Necromancer (Lack of build diversity)

WvW (Few OP roamer builds make most other possibilities unviable, AI.based classes are useless in zergs):
1. Ranger (No place in zergs as pet AI simply doesn’t work in WvW, lack of support and DPS in zergs)
2. Mesmer (Utilitybot in zergs, AI useless in zergs, PU clone-death builds are overpowered when roaming, no ranged AoE damage while being a light armor class, retaliation problem with Feedback)
3. Thief (Bad build and role diversity, too much biased on stealth, no place in zergs)
4. Engineer (Condi spammer build overpowered, turrets bugs, Retaliation problem, master of nothing and jack of nothing)

Overall (Podium and what to do):
1. Ranger (Pet redesigned and less AI dependence)
2. Mesmer (Less AI dependence, lots of bug fixes, better build diversity)
3. Elementalist (Really needs a fresh restart, a whole trait design and a look at base stats)

This is from a pve perspective:

1. Profession1 Ranger (this needs the most help by far)
2. Profession2 Engineer (this needs help, but not more than 1)
3. Profession3 Elementalist (this needs help, but not more than 1 & 2)

1. RANGER
2. Thief
3. Engineer

wow allie
prepare for the big Ranger-QQ-CDI
The all-you-can-flame can begin xD

1) Ranger
2) Elementalist
3) Engineer

1. Necro (pve)
2. Ranger
3. Ele (pvp)

1.Ranger
2.Warrior(nerf reasons)
3.????

1. Elementalist (<OVERNERFED>the only class so nerfed and never looked back, consider the buffs to other classes and check ele’s buffs till now)

1. Mesmer
2. Ranger
3. Engineer

1. Necro
2. Ranger
3. Ele

Ansau.7326:

PvE (No presence of support or DPS in some classes, control needs to be revived):
1. Ranger (Too much bow dependence, pet AI useless, bad support)

What do you mean too much bow dependence? if you want to do the most damage as a ranger in pve you have to use melee weapons and go close quarters, as a low armor class. I think if anything it is the other way around, the unparalleled archer should not have bows as a second rate skill.

Kasei.8726:

Ben K.6238:

Out of interest I decided to collate votes from pages 1-7.
Second or third votes for a class were ignored. Only one top 3 per poster, so where more than one was provided I chose buff lists where available. PvP/PvE/WvW posts I had to skip.

Class / Rank——1—-2—-3 -Total
Ranger_____150__87__39__276
Elementalist__74__78__68__220
Necromancer_43__49__56__148
Engineer_____17__47__55__119
Mesmer_____24__22__28___74
Thief _______15__23__27___65
Warrior______3__11 __13___27
Guardian_____3___2___7___12

Added formatting.

Hey Anet, can we get some CSS for these tables please?

Class / Rank	1	2	3	Total
Ranger	150	87	39	276
Elementalist	74	78	68	220
Necromancer	43	49	56	148
Engineer	17	47	55	119
Mesmer	24	22	28	74
Thief	15	23	27	65
Warrior	3	11	13	27
Guardian	3	2	7	12

yeah well, this whole thing sounds like a competition and of course the classes that arent played as much will never make it to the top.
i agree though that rangers needs a whole make over and that ele in spvp needs help, but every class needs to be looked at.

war:was overbuffed

thief: is only a ganker and needs more build diversity

mesmer: has been nerfed down to the point where there is only ai builds. in wvw there arent even real wvw raid builds because ai is terrible. then over 20 bugs(some of them gamebreaking, and no aoe for a kitten light armor class. this class need a whole rework, less i1v, less dueling, less ai, mor aoe, more actual light armor class skills and traits.

engi: has a ton of bugs too, lacks a clear role in wvw raids, is doing fine in spvp and tpvp

necro:needs bug fixes and more defensive traits. combat speed is very bad so u will have a hard time to escape a zerg. maybe better stability?

1. Necro
2. Ranger
3. Engineer

1. Thief
2. Ele
3. Ranger

1. Ranger
2. Elementalist
3. Warrior

1) elementalist no build diversity either go tank or lay on the floor
2) ranger pet ai makes them near useless as well as shouts
3) necro lack of survive and bad bugs

1. Mesmer
2. Ranger
3. Elementalist

1) Elementalist
2) Ranger
3) Engineer

1) Ranger
2) Elementalist
3) Theif

1. Ranger (Pets in Particular)
2. Necromancer
3. Elementalist

Honestly just have:

3. Necromancer

They are pretty good in WvW and PvP. They just need some PvE love to get them in line with the current dungeon/PvE meta. I am not sure who 1 or 2, I would guess rangers at least.

Aioros.4862:

Ansau.7326:

PvE (No presence of support or DPS in some classes, control needs to be revived):
1. Ranger (Too much bow dependence, pet AI useless, bad support)

What do you mean too much bow dependence? if you want to do the most damage as a ranger in pve you have to use melee weapons and go close quarters, as a low armor class. I think if anything it is the other way around, the unparalleled archer should not have bows as a second rate skill.

I meant most players you find play only with bows, and they become the worst, they bring bad DPS, no support, and they spread the mobs. Changed for more clarity.

1. Elementalist
2. Engineer
3. Mesmer

1) Elementalist
2) Ranger
3) Thief

1. Ranger
2. Mesmer (large-scale wvw!)
3. Elementalist

1. Mesmer
2. ……..
3. ……..

1. Elementalist
2. Ranger
3. Engineer.

1.Mesmer bugs bugs and more bugs
2.Ranger, make us want them around
3.Necro

Allie Murdock.8152:

Vox Hollow.2736:

Are we listing classes that need Balancing or Development Time?

Because I think the number tweaks between classes are largely okay. But there are definitely certain classes that have clunkier gameplay, lackluster utility choices, awkward traitlines, buggy or buggy-seeming performance, etc.

Dev time!

in this case, i think people voting ele should think about their vote. eles dont need much dev time to revamp the profession and its mechanics. eles require more balancing.

1. Ranger
2. Elementalist
3. Engineer

The trouble with warriors isn’t simply that they’re overtuned—they also reward passive play. It should require more effort to get the results that they do.

1. Elementalist (survivability/mobility buff)
2. Ranger (buff)
3. Warrior (nerf)

Ansau.7326:

I meant most players you find play only with bows, and they become the worst, they bring bad DPS, no support, and they spread the mobs. Changed for more clarity.

And most ranger players you find probably made a ranger to be an archer, it’s not that hard to figure that one out. That may be a hint that ranger design is severely screwy … but then again i’m completelly biased on that subject.

1. Ranger
2. Elementalist
3. Necromancer

1. Thief (needs a huge make-over combined with damage adjustments)
2. Ranger (spirits need an entire make-over; pets need more commands)
3. Necromancer (needs animation cues for a lot of skills)

1. Necromancer
2. Ranger
3. Engineer

1. Necro
2. Engineer
3. Elemental

1.Ranger
2.Necromancer
3.Elementalist

1. Ele
2. Ranger
3. Thief