Guild Wars 2

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who participated. I’m going to stop adding to the poll now. This has been a limited sample, but it’s enough to give a general idea of the trends in character creation represented by our playerbase. We talk about the popularity of this race, or that profession, but it’s interesting to see the results of an actual sampling. Just some food for thought!

PROFESSION POPULARITY BY RACE
Asura Elementalist: ~~ (12) IIIIIIIIIIII
Asura Engineer: ~~~~~ (9) IIIIIIIII
Asura Guardian: ~~~~ (6) IIIIII
Asura Mesmer: ~~~~~ (7) IIIIIII
Asura Necromancer: ~ (9) IIIIIIIII
Asura Ranger: ~~~~~~ (3) III
Asura Thief: ~~~~~~~ (6) IIIIII
Asura Warrior: ~~~~~ (5) IIIII
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Charr Elementalist: ~~ (6) IIIIII
Charr Engineer: ~~~~~ (7) IIIIIII
Charr Guardian: ~~~~ (4) IIII
Charr Mesmer: ~~~~~ (4) IIII
Charr Necromancer: ~ (1) I
Charr Ranger: ~~~~~~ (3) III
Charr Thief: ~~~~~~~ (4) IIII
Charr Warrior: ~~~~~ (17) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Human Elementalist: ~~ (13) IIIIIIIIIIIII
Human Engineer: ~~~~~ (7) IIIIIII
Human Guardian: ~~~~ (19) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Human Mesmer: ~~~~~ (21) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Human Necromancer: ~ (11) IIIIIIIIIII
Human Ranger: ~~~~~~ (10) IIIIIIIIII
Human Thief: ~~~~~~~ (13) IIIIIIIIIIIII
Human Warrior: ~~~~~ (12) IIIIIIIIIIII
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Norn Elementalist: ~~ (5) IIIII
Norn Engineer: ~~~~~ (2) II
Norn Guardian: ~~~~ (10) IIIIIIIIII
Norn Mesmer: ~~~~~ (1) I
Norn Necromancer: ~ (1) I
Norn Ranger: ~~~~~~ (11) IIIIIIIIIII
Norn Thief: ~~~~~~~ (3) III
Norn Warrior: ~~~~~ (9) IIIIIIIII
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Sylvari Elementalist: ~~ (8) IIIIIIII
Sylvari Engineer: ~~~~~ (4) IIII
Sylvari Guardian: ~~~~ (5) IIIIII
Sylvari Mesmer: ~~~~~ (11) IIIIIIIIII
Sylvari Necromancer: ~ (10) IIIIIIIIII
Sylvari Ranger: ~~~~~~ (13) IIIIIIIIIIIII
Sylvari Thief: ~~~~~~~ (8) IIIIIIII
Sylvari Warrior: ~~~~~ (2) II
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RACE POPULARITY BY GENDER
Female Asura: ~~ (33) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Asura: ~~~~ (23) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Charr: ~~ (16) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Charr: ~~~~ (30) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Human: ~ (67) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Human: ~~~ (41) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Norn: ~~~ (33) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Norn: ~~~~ (8) IIIIIIII
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Female Sylvari: ~~ (43) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Sylvari: ~~~ (20) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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PROFESSION POPULARITY BY GENDER
Female Elementalist: ~~ (31) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Elementalist: ~~~ (13) IIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Engineer: ~~~~ (12) IIIIIIIIIIII
Male Engineer: ~~~~~~ (17) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
•
Female Guardian: ~~~~ (26) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Guardian: ~~~~~ (19) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Necromancer: ~ (22) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Necromancer: ~~ (11) IIIIIIIIII
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Female Mesmer: ~~~~~ (33) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Mesmer: ~~~~~~ (12) IIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Ranger: ~~~~~~ (21) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Ranger: ~~~~~~~ (18) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Thief: ~~~~~~~ (23) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Thief: ~~~~~~~~ (14) IIIIIIIIIIIIII
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Female Warrior: ~~~~~ (22) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Male Warrior: ~~~~~~ (22) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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TOTAL RACE POPULARITY
Total Asura: ~~ (57) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Charr: ~~ (46) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Human: ~ (105) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Norn: ~~~ (41) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Sylvari: ~~ (63) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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TOTAL PROFESSION POPULARITY
Total Elementalist: ~~ (46) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Engineer: ~~~~~ (29) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Guardian: ~~~~ (45) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Mesmer: ~~~~~ (46) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Necromancer: ~ (33) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Ranger: ~~~~~~ (39) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Thief: ~~~~~~~ (35) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Total Warrior: ~~~~~ (42) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

I’ll go first:

• Sylvari, Female, Ranger
• Sylvari, Female, Thief
• Sylvari, Female, Mesmer
• Sylvari, female, Elementalist

Norn female guardian
Asura female warrior
Human female mesmer

Human, Female, Elementalist
Asura, Female, Thief
Asura, Female, Mesmer
Norn, Female, Ranger
Norn, Female, Warrior
Sylvari, Female, Necro
Human, Female, Guardian

Human Male Guardian
Human Male Necromancer
Charr Male Ranger

Human – Male – Elementalist

Main: Asura – Female – Elementalist
Alts: Charr – Female – Engineer
Sylvari – Female – Mesmer

Asura – Male – Warrior
Charr – Male – Guardian

Sylvari – Female – Mesmer
Human – Female – Engineer
Human – Female – Thief
Human – Female – Ranger
Norn – Female – Guardian

Human – Male – Thief
Human – Male – Mesmer
Charr – Male – Warrior
Sylvari – Male – Guardian
Asura – Male – Elementalist

Honorable mentions that I don’t play everyday, but do play them.

Charr – Male – Engineer
Norn – Male – Ranger

Mule currently but plan to level in the near future

Norn – Male – Necro

Sylvari – Male – Ranger
Asura – Male – Warrior

My 3 80s
Sylvari Male Thief <3
Human Male Warrior
Sylvari Male Necro

Human Female Elementalist
Human Female Mesmer
Human Female Thief
Sylvari Female Necro
Sylvari Female Ranger
Norn Female Guardian
Charr Male Warrior
Asura Male Engineer

Human female Guardian
Human male Engineer
Slyvari female Necromancer
Charr male Warrior
Norn male Ranger
Asura female Elementalist

Sylvari – male – mesmer
Sylvari – female – elementalist
Charr – male – warrior
Norn – female – ranger
Human – male – thief
Human – female- guardian
Asura – male – engineer
Asura – female – necromancer

Human female Elementalist
Human female Mesmer

Asura, female, Elementalist

Main is Norn Male Warrrior
Alt is Asura Male Engineer

And my gf plays a Female Charr Ranger

Charr Male Thief
Charr Male Guardian
Charr Male Engineer
Charr Male Warrior
Charr Male Elementalist
Charr Male Ranger
Charr Male Mesmer

Charr Female Guardian
Human Female Warrior
Human Female Engineer
Sylvari Female Ranger
Norn Female Thief
Sylvari Female Elementalist
Asura Female Mesmer
Human Female Necromancer

PCanineBrigade.4916:

Charr Male Thief
Charr Male Guardian
Charr Male Engineer
Charr Male Warrior
Charr Male Elementalist
Charr Male Ranger
Charr Male Mesmer

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Sylvari Female Ranger
Sylvari Female Guardian
Norn Female Elementalist
Human Female Mesmer
Sylvari Female Necromancer

Main: -Norn Female Ranger
Alts (lvl 80): – Human Female Elementalist
– Sylvari Female Necromancer
Other Alts (dunno if u wanna count them in) :
- Human Male Guardian
- Asura Female Thief
- Human Female Mesmer

Sylvari, Female, Engineer
Asura, Male, Mesmer
Human, Female, Thief
Norn, Female, Warrior

I’ll just use my 80s.

Sylvari, Female, Guardian
Human, Female, Mesmer
Charr, Female, Warrior

Male human, Mesmer
Male human, Warrior
Female human, Elementalist
Female Norn, Mesmer
Female human, Thief

Asura, Female, Mesmer
Asura, Male, Guardian
Charr, Male, Warrior
Asura, Male, Elementalist
Asura, Male, Engineer
Asura, Female, Thief

Male charr thief & warrior

Charr Female Warrior
Human Female Mesmer
Slyvari Female Elementalist

Sylvari , Female, Mesmer.

Cool little survey you have going on here. If you need any help analyzing/displaying the data let me know.

I have 4 characters that I play regularly, I’ll list them in order of most likely to main to least likely to main

1) Asuran female Thief
2) Human female Ele
3) Human male Mesmer
4) Sylvari male Ranger

Male Asuran Guard
Male Charr Warrior
Female Norn Ele
Female Asuran Engineer
Male Sylvari Mesmer

1) Sylvari – Female – Engineer
2) Sylvari – Female – Necromancer
3) Human – Female – Warrior
4) Asura – Female – Elementalist

1) Human – Male – Warrior
1) Human – Male- Elementalist

1) Human – Female – Thief
2) Human – Female – Mesmer
3) Asura – Male – Elementalist
4) Human – Male – Ranger
5) Human – Female – Necromancer
6) Human – Male – Guardian
7) Sylvari – Female – Engineer
8) Human – Female – Warrior

Human Female Ranger & Necromancer & Thief
Norn Female Elementalist & Guardian
Charr Male Warrior
Asura Male Engineer
Sylvari Female Mesmer

I play all 8, 6 Female and 2 Male in total.

Charr Male Warrior

only character since Aug 25th 2012.

Sylvari, male, ranger
Human, female, necromancer
Sylvari, female, guardian
Asura, female, elementalist
Charr, male, engineer

Main: human female mesmer
Alts: sylvari female mesmer
human female engineer
human female elementalist
human female thief

1- human female guardian
2- human female guardian
3- human female warrior

Norn, female, Engineer

I have absurdly bad alt-itis. A single character rarely gets two days of back-to-back play, with the exception of my Human Male Elementalist who gets logged into for at least 20-30 minutes a night. The ones below level 40 are brand new, just rolled up within the last couple weeks, and are the current focus of my attention. The ones over 40 date back in one form or another to the first few weeks after launch, although several of them were rerolled 3-4 times before I got them perfect.

Asura Female Engineer (8)
Asura Male Necromancer (42)
Charr Female Elementalist (10)
Charr Male Engineer (50)
Charr Male Guardian (8)
Human Female Mesmer (58)
Human Female Warrior (12)
Human Male Elementalist (80)
Human Male Thief (22)
Norn Female Necromancer (30)
Norn Female Ranger (80)
Norn Male Warrior (42)
Sylvari Female Guardian (41)
Sylvari Male Thief (40)

And then there’s Account 2. Only two see any regular use, belonging to my girlfriend when I can convince her to play, and the rest (not listed) are RP extras who I create and delete as needed.

Norn Female Guardian (80)
Human Female Thief (65)

Eh, I’ll go in order what I’ve played recently to last played. You can decide which one to pick.

1. Asura/F/Mesmer – Level 54
2. Human/M/Guardian – Level 66
3. Asura/F/Warrior – Level 80
4. Asura/F/Thief – Level 35
5. Human/M/Ranger – Level 80

I’d pick out of the top 2, those are 2 new characters i’ve created ever since I took a couple month break from the game since 3-day headstart.

I do have 500 hours logged onto the Warrior though, so pick w/e one you want.

1- Human Female Necromancer
2- Sylvari Male Elementalist
3- Asura Male Ranger
4- Charr Female Thief

Honorable mentions:

Charr Male Guardian (80, but inactive and likely staying that way)
Human Male Mesmer (only mid level, but climbing as my next project to 80)

Also:

Low level Norn Female Engineer
Mid level Asura Female Warrior

Thank you for making this thread. I love stuff like this.

Geez, lots of men must be playing female characters if these stats are right. Either that or there are more female forum posters. Very interesting topic.

Toxyn.9608:

Geez, lots of men must be playing female characters if these stats are right. Either that or there are more female forum posters. Very interesting topic.

Male Norn Warrior
Male Human Thief
Male Asura Elementalist
Male Charr Engineer
Female Human Mesmer

1, Sylvari – Male – Ranger
2, Charr – Female – Warrior
3, Norn – Female – Elementalist
4, Human – Male – Mesmer
5, Sylvari – Female – Thief

Interesting thread

Updated up to Nittles’ characters. Be back to do some more later. Even though it’s early, it’s interesting to see some of these results, isn’t it? Some things are really not a surprise, other things are. For example, I’m surprised most of the Norns so far are female. I would have thought a big hulking Viking character would have been popular among guys. Shows what I know.

Norn – Female – Ranger
Human – Male – Mesmer
Sylvari – Female – Thief
Asura – Male – Engineer
Charr – Female – Elementalist