Guild Wars 2

hi all, in WoW I was a warlock because I enjoy casting DoT’s

is a necromancer good for that in GW 2?

also I noticed I don’t see even close the the skill choices I saw in GW 1
did they simplify it and pretty much give you a pre defined build?

Skill choices are based on your weapon now, instead of just random skills for everything.

As for Damage Over Time spells, maybe Condition damage would work for you? Engineers are probably the best when it comes to Condition damage, but every profession has trait lines that help boost condition damage. Just Engineers make the most of it with their skills.

Just all personal preference of course, as others might feel differently.

I specced into condition damage on my elementalist (earth trait line) and use a scepter with dagger off hand. I do some nice dots and I really enjoy playing her.

I have played all the classes at this point though engineer is my lowest. I like condition damage builds in general on all my classes. IMO, the necro is the best at stacking tons of them. They also get a skill called epidemic which copies all conditions(DoT’s) on your target to everything around it. If other players have dots on your target, you take credit for the copies of their dots too.

Human condition based dual pistol engineer with Reaper of Grenth elite. So many numbers ticking off the enemy’s head just makes me smile =D

The Necromancer should be king but they are struggling with innumerable bugs and lackluster traits right now. Engineers are currently best-in-class for DoTs and Condition Damage. They are also relatively uncommon if that means anything to you.