Another one of those undecided Newbies
I’ll be more than happy to assist you in game =)
I can help you find the class that fits your playstyle.
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I think you’d be happy with ele.
For all the different things you want to do, Ele or Guardians can more than cover it (though, be aware that Ele has a much higher skill floor, so you won’t be great at everything immediately, but can be much faster with a Guardian). Necros are great and tons of fun, but if you want to be running fractals, people tend to choose Eles and Guardians over Necros.
Re WvW, all of them are totally fine for zerging – Necro especially shines here, as staff skills are pretty much all massively AoE, and you are pretty tanky, particularly fantastic for holding bridges against quite a large group. But they’re not as good for roaming as Guardians or Eles … Eles are squishier, so you should try and get good with one before doing a lot of roaming (unless you don’t mind dying), but they are so much more mobile than Guardians, so that’s something to bear in mind.
PvE, they’re all fine. Some people find the Necro less interesting in PvE, but that’s purely personal, I think. I love them in PvE. Guardians and Necros can be pushed further, I think. Particularly Guardians can take on mobs quite a few levels higher. Eles aren’t so strong right out the door, imo. But that changes later, and they are capable of higher DPS bursts than the other two. They are, however, very squishy, so you must be an active player, whereas the others allow a little more relaxation.
Thank you all for giving your input, especially abaddon for challenging me to his trainings course.
i will most likely focus my efforts on the elementalist, for the reasons you provided and taking the results of my combattraining into consideration.
i kinda slipped out of control with the guardian skills, while elementalist had a more natural way of taking control through cc, combos etc.
i will probably train a lot in the heart of the mist against lord blue and the class i can face him easiest with will be my main
greetings from:
a happy Rhagius
Any class can be useful in all types of content if you’re good at that class. That being said, some classes by default are better than others at certain content. For example, guardian mesmer and warrior are extremely good in dungeon groups because of the mix of damage and utility that they offer. Does that mean that the other classes are bad? No, they just offer less raw DPS and make fights slightly longer. Only speedrunners care about your class.
Any class can be built any way. Your character’s gear type will be the biggest factor in determining their playstyle. The reason I say this is because I main ele. In WvW and zerging in PVE I run glass cannon staff. In sPVP and when I want to skirmish in WvW I use d/d and run with toughness vitality gear and go for longer battles where I outlast my opponent with ridiculous healing and condition removal. This is just an example of one class. The playstyle of each class will most likely change depending on your armor stats and the weapons you choose to use. Obviously I’m a bit biased towards the ele, but I have and 80 of all chars but ranger (40) and engi (2) and I can help you pick a class if you want.
Any class can be useful in all types of content if you’re good at that class. That being said, some classes by default are better than others at certain content. For example, guardian mesmer and warrior are extremely good in dungeon groups because of the mix of damage and utility that they offer. Does that mean that the other classes are bad? No, they just offer less raw DPS and make fights slightly longer. Only speedrunners care about your class.
Any class can be built any way. Your character’s gear type will be the biggest factor in determining their playstyle. The reason I say this is because I main ele. In WvW and zerging in PVE I run glass cannon staff. In sPVP and when I want to skirmish in WvW I use d/d and run with toughness vitality gear and go for longer battles where I outlast my opponent with ridiculous healing and condition removal. This is just an example of one class. The playstyle of each class will most likely change depending on your armor stats and the weapons you choose to use. Obviously I’m a bit biased towards the ele, but I have and 80 of all chars but ranger (40) and engi (2) and I can help you pick a class if you want.
I just wanted to point out:
You forgot to mention (Traits) which is a huge factor on enhancing and building your playstyle as well.
Everyone is bias when it comes to their own playstyles, nothing wrong with that since it means everyone has their favorite way of playing their class.
I personal feel it’s best to allow new players to discover their own unique play style by experimenting and play testing their classes and builds in HotM.
He is a fast learner by the way… =) Can’t wait to see what he’ll become, I know I’m excited.
(edited by DreamyAbaddon.3265)