Guild Wars 2

Hi all!

I’ve been playing for 500+ hours on my necro, and now that our guild is running more and more dungeons, I gotta say I feel lackluster in the “group” departement.

Not many buffs to give, lots of objects/static enemy (TA last boss etc) to destroy so I need to play power instead of condition to be of any use. And even with full berserker, my damage can’t even compare to melee-oriented class like warrior.

If I had to play a ranged class that deals good damage on any source, and can give buffs to my group at the same time, what would you suggest?

I’ve tried ranger but the pet dies a lot and then you lose a bunch of dps. In some instance the pet can even be a liability.

Warrior rifle hits harder on single target than my necro, but lack any utilities.

Engi’s good but we already got two in our group.

Ele could be interesting, but right now it’s seems if you don’t play dagger/dagger you’re shooting yourself in the foot (I do a lot of WvW and it shines there).

Is mesmer any good to deal damage at long range? We dont have many mesmer in our group, that could be a choice.

I’m not that interested in thief, but can be open to try it if somebody says they’re better than most.

Guardian ranged is not really impressive, I would use mine as a melee support instead.

Anyway if you could help choose, I already have a 40 guardian, 46 engi, 32 ele and 15 warrior. I could remove the warrior for now to try any other choice!

Thanks for your help!

Panhau

I feel that Necromancers are one of the best classes for dungeons. If you run a hybrid build you’re amazing. The amount of AoE damage you provide can save the group a lot of time. Like in a boss fight, he spawns adds? Boom, epidemic and every add has got all the debuffs from the boss.

If you’re looking for the “best” ranged class, there really aren’t any. Each has its own pros and cons. Each has their own specializations. If you really don’t like necro, it sounds like you’re just getting bored of his skills. I would try Engineer or Mesmers. Both are very interesting classes and mesmers can provide a ton of utility, especially with portal.