Ok, so I have already done one on races, which wasn’t a big hit since it is not as important to choose as professions. Professions do not exactly have to fit your character’s race.
For your professions, you should really choose these professions by the way you are. For example, I like to be more ranged and help out with AoE’s but I chose warrior in the beginning. I am still playing with him but when I make my next character I will be sure to choose either an elementalist or ranger.
Here is a list of 5 things you should do to pick your ideal profession.
1. Spend time on the descriptions by people on the internet/ GW2 book.
2. Choose what you first feel for, don’t second guess yourself.
3. Experiment before you keep going on the adventure with a character.
4. Look at the skills and weapons/things your weapons give and see if you like them.
5. Read what I think people pick most often due to personality.
WARNING DO NOT LOOK AT SPOILERS UNTIL AFTER YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST LIKE YOU!!
Straight Forward People: Melee (Occasionally Ranged)
Improvisational People: Melee
Creative People: Melee/Ranged
Logical People: Ranged (Sometimes Melee)
Intellectual/Cognitive People: Ranged
Funny/Trolling People: Unpredictable (Mixed)
Lets start off with 1-4. If you are really worried, spend time on the internet to look at all the classes in play so you don’t enter the game right away because that’s just going to waste time. Spend a little time just looking at what they can do before you start to try ones out. Go with your first guess. If you keep second guessing yourself you probably will not choose the right class right away, which is alright, but usually your first guess is the best one. Including on tests anywhere. once you try your first character, try things out and look at weapons, buy them if you can or just get them from drops. I would not spend more than 10 lvls trying to experiment with this character unless you are sure you want this character. If not, try out another profession. Remember, you have at least five slots and you can always delete them.
Then come the personality part. I will go through these one by one to explain my reasoning. Before you read them CHOOSE WHAT TYPE OF PERSON YOU THINK YOU ARE and don’t pay any attention to what they equal, because you will be matching with the descriptions below to see if you fit with any of them.
Straight Forward People often decide to go in and don’t like to just sit around. They want to go do it instead of wasting their time. They would rather go in and deal with the challenges as they come and they are good at adapting. This is more of the characteristics for a Melee person.
Improvisational People are very good at adapting and like to take things on as they come. They don’t want to spend time debating how to attack or who will be defensive, and they know what they want. They usually have a main objective and don’t switch weapons around all the time.
Creative People I made a mix of melee and ranged weaponry because they figure out ways to be creative with everything, no matter if it is ranged or melee. Creative people tend to be mixed and don’t stay with one weapon long because they like to try everything out. They decide that its better to have a variety of things.
Logical People tend to use ranged weapons more because they feel like they can do more with it and its more of the “Logical” way to do it. They want to do more damage while being more safe doing it. They want to get to the point without the most hassle and time. If this requires melee they will use it.
Intellectual/Cognitive People like to think things through and don’t want to rush through things, they aren’t afraid to take time and they want to make sure they get through it. The safest way to get past something is with Ranged weaponry in most cases, but it will usually take more time.
Last but not least is Funny/Trolling People. These people try to do things that are very random and make people laugh, while others get very frustrated
They don’t care as much about how they do as long as it’s fun. There aren’t so many in Guild Wars but there is an occasional one. They are mostly unpredictable because they will do the weirdest things to annoy you and make you laugh. Don’t always trust them
Please leave comments on what you think about this post and if it helped you. If you think the personality descriptions are weird or off please tell me how to make it better. All constructive criticism or nice comments are appreciated.
Also, I feel like if you include a person with each of these personalities (Funny/Trolling is optional) you will have a great mix for a dungeon. Try it out!