Guild Wars 2

Im thinking of starting a new char and I’m split between thief and ele. My mains a warr and I also have a mes that i like playing and and engi that i dont really like. So can anyone tell me some pros and cons of thief and ele to help me decided. I mainly pve and dungeon runs.

Cons: Thief is squishy. Ele is even squishier.
Thief has limited weapons. Ele can’t weapon swap, even out of combat.
Ele is complex to play well (could be a pro not a con), requiring attunement dancing and knowing 20 different skills and how they mesh.
Thief has to struggle to offer group utility.

Pros: Thief initiative means no annoying cooldowns on abilities, only on the resource to fire them off. Thief has a lot of mobility, incredible endurance regen, and lots of get-out-of-trouble tricks.

Ele has a lot of flexibility of role and group usefulness. Weapon choice really changes combat style (though it’s locked in for each combat, thanks to not swapping except by manual dragging of weapons when not in combat). You’re less likely to get bored over time with Ele fighting.

Ele gets prettier clothes.

Ele is the most fun, and can turn their hand to pretty much anything, they can find a way to be useful and do good dps in any situation. And they can heal themselves (and those around them with the right traiting) better than any other profession I think.

I’ve never played a thief though, so I can’t help there. Stealthing always looks like great fun to me though

Ranger is good.. Elemental is okay but like others said take a bit to get used to… I wish they had it like GW1 where you could Dual Class….