Q:
What is your favorite class ?
A:
I kinda have all professions at lvl 80 with good gear at this point (but not all with full elite specialization, also revenant is going green/rare gear atm) so ill just give a very quick review about all the professions.
. *Elementalist
-I mostly use him in dungeons,ice storm,aoes and might stacking is very usefull
-i love how versitile the class is and i dont only mean it cause it has the most skills in the game
-mostly going staff, sometimes scepter/dager-focus, rarely using d/d. Because the staff is versitile on its own i rarely feel the need to use other weapons.
-Tempests added more aoe skills
. *Mesmer
-I often use it in pvp, has several ways to play in pvp and i love when i trick people with my clones as well as deal a chained cc on someone that leaves him completely defenseless for a long time
-Often using portals and shouting on map chat to help people out on guild missions, JPs or even wvw.
-love the stealth
-Chronomancers added more aoes,and the continuum split trick
.*Necromancer
-A class im currently playing, pretty fun in pvp,durable as well.
-Has several different gameplay styles that i just love and cant seem to find on other classes (most others are very simple,they have condi builds,dps builds or some sort of support/healing builds)
-Necro can play with a small army of minions that are quite durable if you take care of them and you can also play with vampiric traits.Can also combine it with minions and you will see more dmg numbers on your screen as well as green numbers for your health than can fit on your screen.
-theres also death shround builds, corupted necromancer builds and the reaper is super fun and awesome
-Reapers added epic cleaving abilities,and reaper form just makes you a rampaging maniac that cleaves trough mobs with dmg you cant even imagine
*Thief
-At one point i got super bored of the game,until i started playing thief.
-I plaid it in all aspects of the game, pvp was awesome in hit and run tactics specially when it comes with zipping around the map capturing points.
Was a scout in wvw and i even “invented” a alarm trap that allowed me to “be” on 2 sides of the map at once…kinda.. but scouting is pretty hard now with the new wvw maps
As for pve, the initiative mechanics and the way thief was ment to be plaid was something super refreshing for me at the time when i needed it.
-Can stealth for a very long period of times, even infinitely if i spam cloak and daggers at the right time.This allowed me often to stealth ,shadow step and grab treasures guarded by traps and champions in some more hidden areas of the pve world.
-The skills offer you “the perfect tools for the right time and place”. This felt more dynamic as i was caught switvhing between utility skills and weapons more often than on other classes that usually took 2 weapons and 1 set of utility skills from lvl 1-80
-Daredevils added a bruiser style gameplay. Its mostly oriented towards pvp with so many different cc, skill cd increasing interupts and even a elite skill that finishes your foe if downed. Also many many dodges and “rewards on dodge” traits
-Engineers
-They were pretty fun in wvw tho i havent tried them on the new maps yet.
-pvp was either a hit or miss for me :/
-pve was great.Again i love heavy utility based classes that are very versitile and can offer many different things and gameplay styles.
-however i dont really like all the rifles,guns,flamethrowers and mechanical kits in a fantazy world that still uses mostly magic swords and bows…
-Scrapper added flying mobile turets and a tanky hammer
-Ranger.
-pvp was pretty cool,but mostly used only 1 type of build
-I plaid wvw similar to thiefs, was scouting and sniping peeps from far away.
-ranger Trappers are pretty fun to play
-in wvw i enjoyed having the extra perk of looking around for pets to charm as well as switching between
-Druids added a primary healer class. Has also cc support..but because of the HUGE difference between druid spec and any other ranger spec its kinda hard to combine with other specs as a druid.. Youll probably go as a hybrid. Zealot dps LB/staff ranger or Apothecary SB/staff ranger would be nice.
-Warriors
-Class with highest passive health ,health regen and armor in the game
-extremely durable (or can be if traited right)
-Its skills are extremely rigid…most skills simply do dmg in one way or another. Theres barely any utility in them that you can use to help people around you or effect the world in some way.
-Never tried pvp with it because of that reason..i knew id have to simply chase people and try to kill them…
-Best choice for a zerk commander in wvw (imo)
-Can support people around with phalanx strenght ,banners that grant regeneration and stat boosts and a wide aoe rezz with the Battle Standard..
-everything else is really rigid and plain simple when it comes to skills
-Berserkers added enhanced burst skills and a 10s stun breaker..skills are still rigid and not complex in any way
-Guardian
-Was a main for quite a while of mine
-Bunker/support pvp guard was pretty fun and a refreshing different thing to play compared to other classes
-Also a nice commander for wvw
-has a ton of utility that can help players around, from permanent protection,reflections,projectile absorptions, healing,swiftness,might you name it.
-i just enjoyed being able to effect everyone around me with boons,specially when i needed to speed up npcs or protect them in events.
-Dragon hunter offers a longbow that has quite a range compared to anything the guardian had before. I find playing it by shooting things from far away and using traps and switching to a melee weapon if they come close the best and most fun way. Tho it does kinda limit the supportive side of the guardian since youre shooting things from far away
-Revenant
-Havent tried it in pvp or wvw.
-In pve i love it cause its quite versitile, it has a stance for anything you want and you can switch between 2 of them at any given time.
-However the skills ,even tho versitile, are still very restrictive.
-You pick 2 stances, 2 traitlines that go well with the stances, 2 weapons that go well with the stances, gear stats that go well with the weapon skill ability and there you go..thats a formula to play rev. Because you cant change any of your skills and using a mace on shiro stance has no sense and is ineffective
-Heralds come with skills that offer boons and effects to everyone around you.
Think of your self as a moving pulsing pillar of boons
Since when did this business of being a hero become being a business?