Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played since around the first month of the game’s release.

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Semune.1952:

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

There is no Tank or Healer in this game. It runs on a soft trinity of Damage/Control/Support which Guardian can do all of.

Semune.1952:

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Yes they’re all good. They all excel at slightly different aspects/areas of the game. What specifically are you looking at doing? That will give people a better idea of what may be a good fit for you.

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Semune.1952:

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

There is no Tank or Healer in this game. It runs on a soft trinity of Damage/Control/Support which Guardian can do all of.

Semune.1952:

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Yes they’re all good. They all excel at slightly different aspects/areas of the game. What specifically are you looking at doing? That will give people a better idea of what may be a good fit for you.

I agree, but he asked for classes that people want in groups.
You might aswell wear a sign that says “kick me” if you roll a necromancer, sadly.

Do you have only the one character? If so, I’d make all three. Spread them out over the different races, so you can experience the various stories (and get the achievements for each chapter). Which class people demand most, though, I can’t say. That’s not the kind of circles I run in.

jokke.6239:

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Semune.1952:

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

There is no Tank or Healer in this game. It runs on a soft trinity of Damage/Control/Support which Guardian can do all of.

Semune.1952:

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Yes they’re all good. They all excel at slightly different aspects/areas of the game. What specifically are you looking at doing? That will give people a better idea of what may be a good fit for you.

I agree, but he asked for classes that people want in groups.
You might aswell wear a sign that says “kick me” if you roll a necromancer, sadly.

Ah. Yeah may have missed that part slightly :-P Then as Jokke said PuG’s have a bias against Necro’s so Warrior, Mesmer or your Guardian would be a better fit.

One of my guildmembers asked me a day ago ‘How do I join a group in the LFG? Everytime I join for a dungeon I get kicked’ I noticed he was level 37 and wanted to join a AC Explorer… I told him ’PUG’s are stupid’ and I gathered a group from our guild and we did one AC explorer in 20 min with Level 80 Guardian, a Level 36 Engineer, a Level 80 Necro (MM at that), Level 37 Ranger and a level 60 Guardian. People have got some things so wrong about this game that it is frightning… But my advice is, join a kind guild that is not all about farming and doing speedruns and stuff and you can be whatever class you want to be. In my opinion no class is so bad that it does not deserve a spot in a group. What can ruin a run is a bad player but even so it wouldn’t hinder you from joining a group. Me for example I rather have new players than Elite players in my groups.

No such thing as tanks or healers in this game. And guard is quite desirable for dungeons/fractals, as far as I know.

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

One of my guildmembers asked me a day ago ‘How do I join a group in the LFG? Everytime I join for a dungeon I get kicked’ I noticed he was level 37 and wanted to join a AC Explorer… I told him ’PUG’s are stupid’ and I gathered a group from our guild and we did one AC explorer in 20 min with Level 80 Guardian, a Level 36 Engineer, a Level 80 Necro (MM at that), Level 37 Ranger and a level 60 Guardian. People have got some things so wrong about this game that it is frightning… But my advice is, join a kind guild that is not all about farming and doing speedruns and stuff and you can be whatever class you want to be. In my opinion no class is so bad that it does not deserve a spot in a group. What can ruin a run is a bad player but even so it wouldn’t hinder you from joining a group. Me for example I rather have new players than Elite players in my groups.

Most people expect lvl 80s in dungeon groups. Especially since the trait revamp. I don’t see that as particularly elitist.

AdaephonDelat.3890:

jokke.6239:

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Semune.1952:

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

There is no Tank or Healer in this game. It runs on a soft trinity of Damage/Control/Support which Guardian can do all of.

Semune.1952:

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Yes they’re all good. They all excel at slightly different aspects/areas of the game. What specifically are you looking at doing? That will give people a better idea of what may be a good fit for you.

I agree, but he asked for classes that people want in groups.
You might aswell wear a sign that says “kick me” if you roll a necromancer, sadly.

Ah. Yeah may have missed that part slightly :-P Then as Jokke said PuG’s have a bias against Necro’s so Warrior, Mesmer or your Guardian would be a better fit.

Thanks!

This is the information I was looking for. In just about every game everyone says “roll whatever”, but, then there’s this one class that people don’t like to bring along. Now I know this role is a Necro from your post and other posts hinting and Necros being undesirable.

I’ll probably end up rolling a warrior. People in this thread say that guardians are desirable, I don’t doubt that, I just think their playstyle is really odd. I’d honestly prefer the traditional tank playstyle, but they don’t like the trinity so meh. xD

-For PvE, tank is pretty unnecessary in this game, everyone go full DPS:
Guardian is a very desirable character in PvE due to the amount of utility they can bring.
Necro is rather useless in PvE because they bring almost nothing but damage,
Mesmer can bring many useful utility just like Guard so they are decent.
Warrior got nerfed hard recently but they still has decent DPS + best offensive buffs in the game so they are desirable.

-For PvP and WvW, Tank can be useful if you know what you are doing:

Guardian is the best at supporting, with the right builds and gears, they can also achieve the unkillable status of a tank ( though through sustain and utility rather than straight tankiness )

Warrior has the best straight tankiness in the game due to the highest base stats and the ability to wear heavy armor. If pure tank is what you want, they are the class to go for.

Necro is the best at applying conditions (Bleed, Burn, Poison…. etc ) to slowly wearing down enemy, in 1v1 and small fights, it takes pretty long to kill a Necro due to the death shroud bar and the sustain. They are the only class that can go toe to toe with Warrior in a straight fight. They are great in all situation: Big, small fights or 1v1, their only down side is the lack of mobility

_Mesmer is a class that relies on deception to win, they are extremely good in small fights and 1v1. Problem is they are highly single target in damage so in big group, they are only needed for some of their "important " utilities: (namely group stealth and portal )

jokke.6239:

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Semune.1952:

I have a level 80 guardian, but I don’t know if I want to play it because it feels like that class has an identity crisis. I made it at first because I thought it was a tank, I think I’m still confused as to what it’s supposed to be…

What classes are good right now? I realize that people are going to say play whatever I want to, but, I really don’t like spending hours leveling up a character only to find out nobody wants them in their groups because they’re useless. Should I stick to my guardian? (If their role is a healer, I don’t want to bother with it).

There is no Tank or Healer in this game. It runs on a soft trinity of Damage/Control/Support which Guardian can do all of.

Semune.1952:

I think the classes that look the most interesting to me are the mesmer, necromancer, and warrior. Are any of these 3 considered really good, any of them considered really bad?

Yes they’re all good. They all excel at slightly different aspects/areas of the game. What specifically are you looking at doing? That will give people a better idea of what may be a good fit for you.

I agree, but he asked for classes that people want in groups.
You might aswell wear a sign that says “kick me” if you roll a necromancer, sadly.

Necromancers can do great damage of you spec them right. I found it to be a strong, viable class.