I’ve been browsing through the professions that I believe are most fitted for me, and I have a few questions. Hopefully some experienced people can answer them for me. Keep in mind my main focus is PvP:
1) Which’s better for 1v1: Ele, Thief, Ranger, Guardian?
2) Which’s better for 1v2: Ele, Thief, Ranger, Guardian?
3) Which’s the quickest/fastest, that can get from point A to point B between Ele, Thief, Ranger, or Guardian?
4) Which’s the profession that can global (“one-shot”/get enemy health bar from 100% to 0%) the fastest between Ele, Thief, Ranger, or Guardian?
5) In reference to Q1 and Q2, which is the most elusive – by elusive I refer to the one who can face (block or parry), avoid (dodge), evade (get out of the way), or tank (reduce damage) the most damage. All of those branches of what I call being elusive serve one purpose: Surviving. But every profession has a different way in doing so, thus, when answering this question please try to not be biased towards your main profession
I believe that this is it. I’m sure I’ve got more questions as I’m new, but I want to keep this short and sweet and really focus on the top topics and professions that I’m mostly interested in.
Ele, thief, ranger, and guardian are the professions that I’ve studied a bit more because they seemed the most appealing to me – I am up, however, to try other professions that you have in mind which would suit my interests
About me:
I’m coming from World of Warcraft (WoW), I main a rogue (closest to thief) and monk (a bit similar to elementalist as is tanky and quick).
Rogue is the highest skillcap profession/class in WoW, followed by mage. This last season I ranked #42th in the United States, so even if certain professions are hard to play – it’s okay. I don’t mind how hard the profession is, as long as it gets the job I like done.
My skills as rogue in WoW were really put to the test – I had to 1v2 double rogue five times this season in order to win the matches and I was very comfortable doing so – that’s why the 1v2 factor is super important to me.
I did notice some people are very affectionate towards the guardian profession. Some people suggested me, “Oh, since you’re new, try playing a guardian. Everyone welcomes guardians! And it’s easy to find groups as guardian!” – How easy or hard to find groups is not a factor for me either – In WoW, no one wants a rogue, mostly because how squishy they are and overall is really hard to play rogue. But I made that an exception – I was the leader of my own group(s) and most friends wouldn’t take off unless I was in the group.
Although may seem a bit ironic based on what I’ve said, I don’t want to seem biased towards rogue/thief class in any way. I just wanted to make it understandable that I don’t mind playing a very hard or high skillcap class/profession since some people that are going to answer may think back to when they first started playing and what was easiest/hardest for them. And the reason I say this is because some people have also told me that thief is very hard to play. I, however, don’t know this for sure since I’m the new guy
hoping you guys correct me in this.
Reason I’m quitting WoW? WoW is too gear dependent whereas GW2 isn’t. I’ve heard and watched some videos on how GW2 really puts the player skill to the test, and I’m always up for a challenge (such as the 1v2 matches ). ArenaNet also seems like a much more professional and friendly company compared to Blizzard Entertainment: These last few expansions in WoW have been ran by tyrants. Everyone there knows it – it’s like they (WoW devs) don’t even play the game. Blizzard barely talks to the community and I’ve seen ArenaNet/GW2 devs Twitch.tv stream more often than WoW and talk to their community. Also, ArenaNet doesn’t seem scared to admit when they mess up, and walk the community through what they’re doing to fix the issue and how they’re doing it. To me that doesn’t only seem professional but more friendly. In comparison, Blizzard pretends nothing wrong’s going on and instead of fixing the issue they mess up one-hundred more things. Their logic is very stupid too – they buff the most OP classes/professions beyond imagination and nerf the ones that need a buff. There’s more videos about what a joke WoW has become than actual gameplay. Also, there’s a lot less 14 years old in GW2 by the looks of it. There’s no trolls, and the forums seem clean. Fingers cross the badly mannered kids don’t find out GW2 and move over here.
Thanks a lot for listening (err, reading) everyone. All responses are welcome I read the replies that are even in the very back, all player knowledge very much appreciated