Guild Wars 2

What professions are the best for farming resource nodes?

My thoughts on characteristics…
a) fast movement speed
b) avoidance
c) hearty

So of course a Thief seems obvious for a&b (I have a new lvl80)
I added hearty cuz I’m thinking of doing a guardian.
I have a lvl 80 Eng with a chop-it-all axe.

More about me & why I ask…

Mostly because the unlimited gathering tools are becoming available again!

I missed them the first time but I got an axe that I put on my only lvl 80 at the time – my Engineer. Would love to not have to buy another for a complete set & just get her the 2 other tools.

but…
I now have a lvl 80 Thief so I’m considering getting her all 3.

also…
I think I’d like to start up a guardian and it would be great to run a character from the beginning with unlimited tools. I don’t really speed level – take my time completing things & gathering.

Anything else I should consider?

thnx!

I like my ranger, but that’s more because it’s also my general farming character (lots of aoe). But the pet can be used to distract and help in some sticky situations, you can up the toughness pretty nicely (plus signet of stone can give you invulnerability), and you can get constant 25% passive movement buff with relatively reliable swiftness on top (eagle pet, among others).

I’m glad you mentioned “general farming”. My engineer has been my main (90%) and with my comfort that I already have in general farming with that profession I may not want to risk soulbinding to a character I may not grow as comfortable playing.

It has me question: don’t I want the unlimiteds on a character I know I’ll be playing “out-there” the most and not necessarily the “best resource farmer”…
besides, if I am resource farming, I can gear up for the zone.

btw played a ranger in GW1 & can’t wait to play it in GW2 but I am an “alt-oholic” and messing around with some other profs first. Thanks for your post, now I’m putting ranger back on my short list.

Warrior equipped with sword/warhorn and greatsword, along with signet of rage.

Sword has leap, warhorn and signet of rage stack for perma-swiftness, and greatsword has two movement skills.

For sticky situations, you have two stability skills, and one with immune to damage for 4 seconds.

Ranger,
If you do a regen ranger you can let the pet take agro while you harvest and then run away. No harm if the pet dies (most likely will not). I wound up putting them on my guardian hoping it will force me to play the guardian more.