Guild Wars 2

Basically, Idk which class to play. I’ve played the Ele to like lvl 25 but I’m not sure its the class for me. What do you guys think is the easiest class? Preferrably ranged. Thank you.

What put you off the elementalist? If you’re looking for more survivability in PvE, ranger is pretty good because it’s so difficult to finish them because of their pet skills and they can take more punishment due to being medium armour. You could also choose to go all out and play a rifle warrior.

I would warn against picking the “easiest” class, because you could get to level 50 and have anet nerf something and suddenly you’ve got to start over. Try to play a class because you like the way it’s meant to be played despite any balance problems, not because of them, and you’ll be happier in the long run.

Well ANet gives you 5 class slots so try out some classes. Ranger is a lot of fun. I’d say go with that one then if you don’t like it play WAR.

@Chalky I played a Ranger a little bit, but I found the attacks really boring with SB/LB.

Unfortunately warrior is kinda the same story with a rifle – pretty one dimensional.

I play an elementalist myself, level 80, and as long as you learn how to survive it’s pretty effective.

Take the following strategy as an ele with a staff vs a melee enemy:

Lava font at the feet of your enemy to draw aggro, placed such that they run through it as they run towards you. Flame burst as they approach and when they’re almost at your feet, lava font and arcane blast. This will give you 3 stacks of might from the self combo and critical damage to the mob. Then hit burning retreat and flame burst again if it’s off cool down.

Time that right and you’ve got a recipe for killing any early-mid game melee mob without getting hit. Add in a bit of dodging, arcane shield and some well spent trait points and you’ll be able to floor any soloable mob in the game as well as any other class.

@Chalky Thanks, I’ll try that. I have a precision build. Would pure power be better?

For PvE I use power, yeah. PvE mobs are easy enough to avoid so hitting them for high fast critical damage is less important than it is in PvP. I can’t say I’ve spent very long using air skills though, but I’m sure there are precision builds that could be very effective in PvE.

The biggest reason I don’t use air in PvE is because with a staff, the air auto attack is really unpredictable and will tend to bounce to random mobs when you don’t want it to.