Guild Wars 2

I was wondering what class i should roll. I have tried them all to a certain extent, but i wanted feedback from players with classes at 80 PvE-wise.

I don’t like faceroll classes or classes that can just murder others without even trying. I love a good challenge.

This is regards for PvP and PvE

Engineer or Elementalist.

Elementalist because with staff it requires 2-3x more button presses to achieve the same level of DPS as any other class. After the AOE nerf, you probably won’t be able to achieve that same level of DPS at all with staff. :-P

Engineer because it keeps getting nerfed to hell and back. Atm, its viability compared to other classes is pretty laughable. Don’t expect to achieve the same level of damage or utility as any other class.

Really skills players can achieve kills with both of these classes for sure, but your average player won’t do very well with them.

The devs have something against classes that start with the letter E…

I always thought Ele’s were a bit overpowered and easy to play, noting i’ve seen them everywhere. The attunements are a challenge to stick to and remember what does what…but i still love how they can burst.

Engis, i haven’t played much and thought they have small burst and a large utility. I know kits can be hard due to their uniqueness. I love being able to have a technical “4 weapon slot” due to those kits :P

Yazkin.6179:

I always thought Ele’s were a bit overpowered and easy to play, noting i’ve seen them everywhere. The attunements are a challenge to stick to and remember what does what…but i still love how they can burst.

Eles are popular because they are neat. :-p At the end of the day, there is a very large group of people who immediately think “If I could do anything in this fantasy world… I would probably want the ability to do magic!”.

Also, D/D elementalists are pretty viable. It’s staff that’s crap.

I’m sorry that I only can give nput on the ranger proffesion but what I can say is:
The Ranger may be a class that is quite easy to learn and it’s ridiculously good in open world pve. The challenge cmes when entering pvp and dungeons where learning to manage to makes a really big difference, learning when to switch your pets for every new fight can be quite anoying but it pays of. I myself have 500hours of playtime on my ranger and I have alot left untill I can admit that I master the class.

zargnath.9524:

I’m sorry that I only can give nput on the ranger proffesion but what I can say is:
The Ranger may be a class that is quite easy to learn and it’s ridiculously good in open world pve. The challenge cmes when entering pvp and dungeons where learning to manage to makes a really big difference, learning when to switch your pets for every new fight can be quite anoying but it pays of. I myself have 500hours of playtime on my ranger and I have alot left untill I can admit that I master the class.

I seemed to enjoy melee rangers. The macro-management is a worthwhile skill when mastered, and helps in many situations. Evasion is a subtle key to how i played with them, and didn’t really plan on going ranged like they were meant to. They are good, as you stated, but don’t seem to give me that “challenge” unlike the necromancer does (in terms of timing and managing skills. Especially Death Shroud and the Minion skills.)

Engineer Engineer Engineer.

They really don’t have any viable builds against other classes. Also, they keep getting nerfed and still have a lot of bugs.

Engineer simply have a lot of choices! Thats what I love about them. All these people complaining about how much they suck.. I don’t get it to be honest. In PvE as a supporter I do fine and yea in WvW I suck as my gear and specc are not made for that, makes sense. PvP I barely do but with a decent specc works fine.

That’s a difficult question.
First you ask for what class to roll, then you sort all good ones out by saying you don’t want to faceroll.
By that, you filtered thief, warrior and guardian. Engie and rangers are of the book because they are not fun anymore due to overnerf.

This leaves mesmer, necro and ele. Necro is kitten too.

So it’s mesmer and ele. Take one of those if you want more buttons for less effectiveness.

To be overpowered in everything go Warrior, Guardian lesser so Mesmer, Thief and Elementalist in wvw only..

To be completely lacking in most areas go Engineer and less so Ranger, Necromancer..

A lot of you seem to be thinking of classes you consider the weakest. I am asking for classes that require skill. I agree, Engis take quite some skills to be viable. I see Mesmers take skill from their need to use skills in perfect sequence and timing.

Kittens? Overnerfs? Who cares, any skilled player can always find a way around that and do just fine with them.

Yazkin.6179:

A lot of you seem to be thinking of classes you consider the weakest. I am asking for classes that require skill. I agree, Engis take quite some skills to be viable. I see Mesmers take skill from their need to use skills in perfect sequence and timing.

Kittens? Overnerfs? Who cares, any skilled player can always find a way around that and do just fine with them.

AHAHA did i just read this. Have u seen Engi’s in high ranked pvp, nope? me neither.