Guild Wars 2

Been playing Guild Wars 2 off and on since it started. After not being impressed with Elder Scrolls Online I am coming back. Trouble is, not sure who to play with.

To tell you truth this post is about making one of my character my new “main”. I mostly play casual PVE with some end game and some WvWvW

80 Engineer
He is my main but that was only because I love engineers in an MMO which is rare. I have never been happy with flamethrower damage in this game and I hate the Rifle abilities. I am mainly stuck with P/P and that only works if you have that static electricity build and you basically have to unload everything on random mobs in Orr. It just feels like I am using a pea-shooter when I play.

44 Guardian
This guy is definitely in the lead for my new main. This class is very close to the human “paladin” I have always wanted. I just dont care for the range options though and the 2 handed 3rd animation is still painfully slow (yes, I have partial OCD)

52 Warrior
My big guy, my Norn. The class is effective and I even use bow or riffle sometimes and love it. The only issue I have is that the class is sometimes boring to play. I cant put my finger on it.

51 Necromancer
Again, a class I made because I mostly like the “idea” behind playing a Necromancer. Truth is, nothing will ever touch my Ultima Online Necromancer and I have to face that fact. My favorite weapon of this class just so happens to be the least useful, the axe. My luck huh? I wish the range was 900 not 600. Anyways, not sure how useful this class is in PVE end game.

10 Thief
Trying to emulate my Witch Hunter from Warhammer Online with moderate success. I use a sword and pistol build. I usually dont play rogue like classes. I also love bow and dual pistols with this guy.

20 Elementalist
Used a free 20 token on this guy. If I play him he will take the place of my Necromancer as my “human caster”. Is this class fun and effective at end game pve?

1) If you aren’t using Grenades/Bombs, give up on Engineer as you will be next to useless.
2) Guardian is extremely useful and you should never need the range options anyway. Should be a high-priority choice if it’s fun for you.
3) If you find Warrior boring don’t play it.
4) Necromancer is by far the bottom of the PvE food chain. Nobody wants Necros in their group.
5) Bow and P/P are awful weapon sets to have on a Thief. If you don’t like D/D, give up on this too.
6) Elementalist is extremely overpowered right now. Every group should want 2 of these suckers. I love my Ele.

Ele or Guardian is your choice if “effectiveness” is a concern for you.

Great advice there and to the point, I like that.
I dont like grenades or bombs so thats done. Don’t care for D/D for Thief so thats done.
But I love Guardian melee and love casters, I think my Guardian and Ele just got promoted!

Huh~ What is wrong with engineer flamer? I do just fine with it. I went into the PvP training area and at least with the build I have (fireforged trigger/juggernaut) it nearly matches my damage output for bombs and grenades (even with grenadier).

Plus with Bunker Down, it means all my BD mines spawn asap. 49% crit chance, and my Flamer is my main weapon. Works fine for me.

Hey, who was your WH? You seem familiar like.

WH? Mine? What is a WH?

Witch Hunter, stealthy coward of pvp in Warhammer Online.

My original main was my staff + sword/focus mesmer dealing condition damage. She’s alot of fun to play with despite everyone condemning her. Lots of movements, requires some quick thinking on the feet.

After fooling around for a year on my mesmer though, I rolled a guardian for a change of playstyle, going melee instead of range and i must say i really quite enjoy it. And my guardian is now becoming my main.
(Bonus: My guardian is an Asura, so maybe its psychological, but I feel she just moves faster and does everything faster. Easier to do JPs too. Plus she’s so adorable and hilarious to see a small little creature like her tanking.)

I’d recommend the guardian as your main since you mentioned that you already like it. Greatsword is fantastic and bring lots of useful skill to the fight. If you need range, switch to Scepter/Focus.

For healing, i use “Shelter”
For levelling and moving around fast, i use “Retreat” + “Save Yourselves”
Judge Intervention is fantastic for closing gaps and instantly recovering from Knockbacks.
Elite skill for me is “Renewed Focus” to get a breather due to 2s
of Invulnerability + re-charging all my virtues.

My typical fight style is:
1) Greatsword3 to close in with enemy.
2) (Optional) if i need to pull nearby enemies, use Greatsword5
3) Activate Greatsword4,
4) Activate all Virtues
5) Activate “Retreat” + “Save Yourselves”
6) Greatsword2 for whirling slash
7) Activate Elite Skill “Renewed Focus”
(If you are taking heavy damage even before you use this, move away and switch to Scepter/Focus fast to get some distance and do some healing. If you are not damaged, continue on to Step 8 )
8) Re-activate All Virtues
9) Use Greatsword4 or Greatsword3 (Which should be ready by now)
10) Greatsword2 for another round of whirling slash.

This combo should be able to kill most enemies without your HP dropping.

I… am confused. Never played it. I used to play WH40K in the early 90s

GuzziHero.2467:

I… am confused. Never played it. I used to play WH40K in the early 90s

Well Warhammer Online ended up being just a huge pvp or rvr thing. Actually much fun, but omg what a grind to get to God status.

Anyway, Guardian is like KOTBS on steroids at high levels. I run Staff then switch to Great Sword. Sometimes I swap out and run sword and focus and either of the 2 handers.

The Mesmer is kinda cool’ but don’t start a new toon if you can avoid. The new traits system is the worst thing that I have ever seen in a mmo, except for the Warp Forged chest quest in WHO.