Guild Wars 2

So I am returning to GW2 now that my life has settled again. I have a level 80 guardian, but there have been quite a few changes in the past months it seems, and I have no idea what I am doing, so I plan on starting fresh.

I have a few questions as to which class I should pick up at this point to help me decide.

1) Which class is desired in teams, and has the best all around team synergy?
2) Which class fits #1 and is also a solid solo class (i’m sure all classes can solo well though)
3) Which class is the least frusterating PvP wise? (from my standpoint, not the enemies)
4)Which class will I get to level 80 and think “man, what a waste of time”

ok…. well I guess I will try engineer out and hope for the best.

1. Every class has it’s utility in a group. Depending on what you are grouping for will determine what everyone wants. If you are looking for fast clearing runs of CoF, then you can get 3 zerk warrior, 1 guardian, and 1 mes and wreck everything. If you are looking for a roaming group in WvW, you could be very deadly with 1-2 mes, 2-3 dag/dag thiefs, and a heavy melee class (war/guard) sPvP is completely different. Every class has it’s pro’s and con’s when in sPvP. Check out the sPvP threads to read up on those.

2. There is no #1 class, as stated above, every class has their pro/con. As for Solo play? Every class can solo pretty well depending on what weapons and build you roll with. Dag/Dag thief will be harder to play that sword/dag or sword/pistol due to the single target dps rather than multi (aoe cleave) dps. Check the profession threads to see what people are using to level up their characters. Personally, I think guardian was the easiest for me to level. I have played guard/mes/thief/eng up to 80 and guardian was by far the easiest for me.

3. I’m not huge into sPvP, but I do dabble in WvW. The cool thing about WvW is that it does not require you to have a PvP build. You can run in your PvE gear, with your PvE builds and do just fine. In sPvP or tPvP, you should start looking into PvP build and gear. As for professions, if you are good at PvP then chose the profession that fits your play style. In PvE I love my guardian, but in sPvP, I hate melee combat, so I roll with my Mes.

4. Personally for me…. ranger…. no explanation, just ranger… Read the ranger threads in the profession forums.. You will get the idea.

Good luck, add me if you want to game. I’m always online.

I can’t help you because I enjoy pretty much all my characters, for different reasons. I certainly haven’t noticed any particular profession being in high demand or being badmouthed on my server. My advice is generally to pursue whatever seems cool to you; you can make it what you want.

I definitely recommend taking a look at this thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Profession-Selection-Guide/first#post1539689
It has tons of great insights on the various professions, on the pro’s and con’s, things that can be more or less delicate to handle depending on the profession.

In the end, it’s not that it doesn’t matter, but each profession has different strengths, and will be able to tackle situations, but in a different manner. It’s going to up to you to “learn” the cogs and gears of a profession, and tweak it out to suit your playstyle. Trial and error, really. My main is my Sylvari Elementalist, the only character I hit 80 with, and I’ve gone through various builds for her, scepter/focus, scepter/dagger, dagger/focus, dagger/dagger, and now I’m back to scepter/focus. And I’ve done alright, more or less (I won’t say I never die, but hey, it happens to all of us, right?).
Just try the profession out for 15 levels or so, or even take it out to WvW where you’re leveled to 80, in order to get a feel for it.

In the end, it really depends what you’re in the mood for. Do you want to conjure fire and brimstone or ice or lighting with an elementalist? Do you want to run around, bow in hand, charming beasts as you go? Or are you more into fast combat, stabbing and dodging, and stepping into shadows at a moment’s notice?

I’ll agree with Labyrinth, though, I’m now leveling my ranger, and I am loving her.

And same goes for me, I play on Northern Shiverpeaks, so look me up in game with that’s your sever.

hey, thanks for the well thought out response I think I am gonna roll with a dual pistol engineer for a while. Maybe go as a rifle engi for a while, idk. See how things go Thanks again