Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing an engineer, and am generally quite happy with the class. I’m ready for a change though.

I only play PvE, and rarely do dungeons (except when I can find the time). I prefer classes with survivability over raw damage (though good damage is always nice), but most importantly, I like staying out of the “mosh pit.” I can’t see anything going on when I’m in melee range on boss fights or large group events. It turns the whole game into a button mashing contest for me.

I don’t need long range, just something to keep me a little ways back. Any recommendations? Or is the engineer really the best at what I’m looking for?

Thanks in advance!

play staff ele, stay at (<600, mind you) range and do max dps in the game easy

maha.7902:

play staff ele, stay at (<600, mind you) range and do max dps in the game easy

Alternatively

Play D/F ele and stay at 300 range and be cool. Like really cool.

Sw?G like Caillou

Try Mesmer, you won’t have to do much…..

Greatsword and sword/x mesmer can keep you in and out of the “mosh pit.” So can short bow and x/x thief. And s/d/f/staff ele. All classes have a ranged option you can swap to if you don’t want to be on top of your target. I don’t see a problem with engi but if you want to try something different, my favorite in PvE is ele

All professions have melee options.

All professions have ranged options.

Elementalists are the only ones who can’t go full at either, since both scepter and daggers have projectiles in 2 out of 4 autoattacks.

All classes do more damage in melee than in ranged, some more than others. However, all classes can also do adequate damage in ranged. If you want to stay ranged, the highest damage profession is probably elementalist with staff (only a slight decrease compared to staff in melee). However it’s also arguably the least durable profession in the game. Ranger is another option, with decent ranged damage and decent survivability.

Condi warrior with long-bow, the burst skill helps get around reflects