Guild Wars 2

Edited

I hate posting these kinds of posts but I am paralysed by indecision. I am a returning player, having not played for 4 years. I have a guardian I levelled before but to re-learn the game I want to start again (also I want to make an Elonan looking human).

I like general pve and wvw/sPvP with raids being the only content I’m not fussed about. I have got my choices down to:

Warrior –
or
Necro

Basically because their elite specs in PoF look flavourful and something I will enjoy role playing. The concern about the necro I have is that it has so consistently been at the lower end of the pack, is it useful enough in these game modes that I should just decide based on fun and flavour? (I do enjoy both)

Also what are your opinions in comparing them? Is warrior less interesting when doing open world pve? Does necro require crazy rotations/skill to use well in a a game mode? etc.

ps. as awesome as weaver and ele looks I am a little intimidated by the amount of buttons and squishyness, and that it’s struggling to find it’s roles.

Necro in the meta will depend entirely on how effective Barrier is for the new raid wings, as its the one Spec thats meant to easily stack it. For Core Necro, they’re awkward to use outside of condi bombing, as the core class doesn’t have a lot of utility or group support. Its essentially a very selfishly focused Dmg/Tank hybrid, with Boon strip that isn’t particularly useful outside of PvP.

However, Reaper spec perfectly slots into all the gaps in core necro, ramping up its offensive and CC abilities. Despite the changes in the last balance pass, its still competent for AOE condi, while Valks power Reaper is kitten near unkillable in Heart of Thorns content.

Warrior on the other hand is kind of a mixed bag due to how the raid meta treats it. They’re the go-to might stacker from Phalanx strength, and its condi DPS is respectable. But everyone really likes to kitten on Power builds for it (even before the nerf to one of the key traits).

But Spell breaker is looking pretty neat. On the surface people are already writing it off as a PvP only spec….. but if NPCs are going to be utilizing the new mechanics, SB has the potential to be either a strong suppression build, or could potentially be a new Bypass/DPS build. We’ll know more in a couple days once people have had time to mess with it.