Guild Wars 2

What are the most desired classes in open world PVE and in dungeons? Every individual profession forum except for Elementalist seems to think that its profession is terrible.

PvE Dungeons? Depends on the dungeon. But for most runs if you want a complete team:

Guard
Ele
Warrior
Mesmer
(Any other prof as long as you are not speed running.) (If dungeon = CM then Thief) otherwise another Guard or Warrior.

Just open world PvE, anything works.

Guard/Ele/Warrior are the most used in general but you would want a complete team and not the “4 warrior 1 ele speedruns” which are actually really slow

Generally for dungeons everything but necromancers are useful. Guardian, elementalists, and thieves are especially good (good damage and better support). Warriors, Rangers, Engie bring additional offensive support and do good damage. Mesmers don’t do good damage but can provide several types of support, some of which, like portal, are unique so they do well too. Everything is viable and adequate to complete content though. People usually desire warriors more mostly because they are simple to play, innately more forgiving and people have the misconception that they do more relative damage than they actually do.

In open world PVE everything is adequate everywhere, really you might want some movement speed to run faster (which is easier to do on some professions than others) but thats it really.

So Mesmer’s are wanted? I just hit 80 with one and am deciding if I want to level another profession to main.

Mastamaker.2957:

So Mesmer’s are wanted? I just hit 80 with one and am deciding if I want to level another profession to main.

They are in several dungeon runs if you know how to play Mesmer. For example, if you run COF path 2 you are very welcomed if you know how to drop portal and to get past the boulders. Also Time Warp is a very welcome skill on bosses when stacking. Toss in the reflect skills if you know when and how to use them. Plus as a back up if you don’t have a Thief that can pop Shadow Refuge you can pop Mass Invis on your team when it is time to run past mobs.

If you just want to stand back and spam GS 1 in every dungeon then you most likely won’t be welcomed. I’ve never been kicked on my Mesmer. I find it great fun.

Why not level one of each to 80? Professions change over time with tweeks and nerfs. This way you’ll have one of everything in your kitten nal.

Almost every class is desired. But nobody wants poorly played professions. Learn to play your profession and you’ll be welcome every where.