Guild Wars 2

I want to run a Sylvari, but am having a really hard time deciding which profession I want to go with. I have it narrowed down to either a Thief or an Elementalist – anyone have any words of wisdom to help a girl out?

Thief!

Because a Sylvari with a feathered hat is adorable. And thief do all sorts of crazy stuff in their attacks, fit for an energized Sylvari!

If you like both professions’ play styles, I’d suggest considering armor looks.

For showing bio-glow/skin:
female light armor > male light armor > female medium armor > male medium armor

I scrapped my male Sylvari Ranger because the medium armor frustrated me, it is almost all very buttoned up and full coverage on the males.

But, if you don’t care about that sort of thing, I hear Thief is very fun to play and good at PvP! And they do have some very spiffy hats.

And I hate to say it, but I find my Elementalist to be harder to play and less rewarding than my other two characters (Ranger, Necro), it is sort of like playing the game on a different difficulty setting. However I don’t have a Thief so they may be a hard class for all I know.

Best of luck with your choice!

Passiflora.2047:

If you like both professions’ play styles, I’d suggest considering armor looks.

For showing bio-glow/skin:
female light armor > male light armor > female medium armor > male medium armor

I scrapped my male Sylvari Ranger because the medium armor frustrated me, it is almost all very buttoned up and full coverage on the males.

But, if you don’t care about that sort of thing, I hear Thief is very fun to play and good at PvP! And they do have some very spiffy hats.

And I hate to say it, but I find my Elementalist to be harder to play and less rewarding than my other two characters (Ranger, Necro), it is sort of like playing the game on a different difficulty setting. However I don’t have a Thief so they may be a hard class for all I know.

Best of luck with your choice!

Thanks for the insight! I’m a girl, so I would be lying if I said that the armor choices didn’t play some sort of factor. I already have a mes, so I might go thief just for something completely different. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the elementalist difficulties, though some insist that it is just that it takes a little more patience to play and learn to be good at it. lol.

I love my Sylvari Elementalist to bits, but I’ll agree with others and say the class is a lot harder. Thief is faceroll compared to Ele.

I would try the Thief playstyle first and see if you like it. I’ve seen my friend’s thief in action, he’s really scary with her. The armor is neat to boot.

I ended up going with thief – loving it so far!