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Favourite Profession and Why?
I have played three professions to 80: Mesmer, Warrior and Thief.
Mesmer: It was my first character so when I was lvling up in pve I didn’t think it was so bad UNTIL I saw warriors a rangers next to me doing as much a 3x the dps with about 1/3 of the work. Seriously. In the end though, it really pays off since you get an extremely versatile troll profession with a high skill cap. Great profession to play in WvW and pvp.
Warrior: You can probably guess why I chose warrior this time. They are just roflstomp in pve. However they are super bland in pvp and basically are sitting ducks in pvp. Easy learning curve to play though. I thoroughly enjoyed lvling up my warrior since it was so easy.
Theif: I chose this third because it’s such a versatile class. You can go out all dps do or die or go p/d with massive stealth and survivability. Absolutely enjoy playing this class in WvW. Pve? Not so much, pve experience was probably in the middle of being a sucky mesmer and a roflstomping warrior. WvW is so great with thief, I play p/d with an emphasis on survivability and stealth. I rarely ever die and when I get zerged all I have to do is stealth and run in the opposite direction. Another great thing about thief is that I can lead WvW noobs on a wild goose chase. The best experience I had with that was when I was still leveling up and still had crappy gear. I decided to go run around Eternal Battlegrounds just to see if people attack me and sure enough some people started chasing me across the map, over plains lakes and hills. They never could catch me so most of em gave up but there was one guy who REALLY I mean REALLY wanted to kill me. This mesmer (female) had a legendary Sunrise. Since I played Mesmer, I knew all the tricks and trades up her sleeve and avoided/dodged them easily. So I kept running and she kept chasing until I come across another player from the other server killing a Oakheart Veteran or something like that. I decided to join in and help the guy kill the Oakheart until the mesmer finally catches up. Mesmer attacks me and I stealth and go a couple yards away, the Mesmer then starts attacking the other server player (an asura). So I am just standing in the background watching them duel. I managed to get in an emote “Volke the Rogue cheers for Blackgate Invader” since I wanted him to kill the mesmer lol. Sure enough he downs the mesmer but for some reason he doesn’t finish her off and walks away LOL!!!!!!!! This is the best part, I go up to the downed mesmer and start shooting her a couple of times with my short bow just to interrupt her heals. I did this for awhile until she manages to summon a Phantasmal Rogue (and boy that thing hurts, especially since I was under-geared) so I make it look like as if I’m running away > Shadow Refuge > wait a couple of seconds and I finished her off in stealth. Seriously, highlight of my thief career.
TL:DR?Mesmer great pvp class. Warrior awesome pve class. Don’t chase thieves in WvW.
(edited by Phoenixfudge.5290)
Mesmer and Necromancer take the top spot for me.
They both ended up so different from how I expected them to turn out while I was leveling them.
They’re both beasts in WvW in their own way. My Mesmer’s a 1 man hit squad and my Necro is a zerg stopper when paired with a friend who’s similarly built.
They were both ridiculously slow to level compared to my Warrior and Ranger though. I started the Mesmer first and shelved him because it was just so slow. It was slow mostly because I had no idea what I was doing, but still. I leveled my Ranger and Warrior to 80 before I picked up my Mesmer again. Now neither of them see any play, It’s all about my casters.