Guild Wars 2

If you were to choose just 3 classes to gain a full perspective of Guild Wars 2 gameplay, which ones would you choose and why? Honestly I am having trouble sticking to characters and would like perspective from people who have been playing the game a while. Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Guardian
Engineer
Elementalist

oh..comments

You could go
Warrior
Ranger
Necro

and add Mesmer as a variant

War/Guard are along the same lines
Ranger/Engineer/Thief/and maybe Mesmer the same
Ele/Necro same line

Not saying the same…but the feel of the classes…to me

Now that I look at it…Ele and Necro don’t feel the same so much…but maybe you get the idea I got from playing all of them.

:P

Yeah, I feel like the Necro and Elemental are pretty different from each other.

Thanks for the comment !

Engi,Mesmer and Ranger because they are probably the 3 uniquest classes compared to other MMOs

phantasm mesmer (dmg like warior)
shater mesmer (aoe like elementalist/instakill like thief)
glamour mesmer (conditions like necro)

ok here real:
mesmer
elementalist
gueadian

Warrior – The class that Anet loves
Thief – The class that is broken (for the better) and can’t be fixed
Ranger – The class that is broken (for the worse) and can’t be fixed

Ethics.4519:

Warrior – The class that Anet loves
Thief – The class that is broken (for the better) and can’t be fixed
Ranger – The class that is broken (for the worse) and can’t be fixed

Ha. Awesome.

Each class is pretty different. I would chose

Warrior or Guardian (in your face playstyle)
Thief or Mesmer (confusing and misdirecting playstyle)
Elementalist (pure melee or pure ranged playstyle depending on weapon choice)

I play all 8 professions. I CANNOT stick with 1-3…

You should check out this Youtube video to see how each professions playstyle works:

I watched way back when! It’s pretty awesome. Thank you

The widest variety of styles would probably be:
Guardian
Thief
Necromancer

Guardian, Ele, Ranger

necro (aoe, lack of mobility, adds and condi control)
engi (versatility and micro management)
warr (HB spam and mobility)

As someone who has leveled all classes to 80 and so I do have a bit of perspective:

Guardian
Elementalist
Mesmer

With those 3 you can find a ton of different playstyles to suit you.

Mesmer is just unique (though I haven’t figured out how to play it properly). Stealth/misdirection, some abilities no other class can touch (portals).

Elementalist requires a very active playstyle, esp. if you go with D/D, and the options for how to play are really incredible (there is no “spam 5-2-1” redux as the only way to go)

Guardian can be specced/equipped for DPS, Tanking, or heavy support depending on your desire. You can have pets (ethereal weapons), symbols, etc.

I actually play my Warrior, Ranger, and possibly my Necro more than any other classes, so the classes I have more “fun” with may not coincide with the above list. But for pure variety, I think those are the 3 most expansive.

Wow, leveled them all to 80!

Can’t imagine lol

That’s really good insight. Thank you so much

Mesmer was my favorite Guild Wars character, but Guild Wars 2 the profession seems really confusing…pun not intended >_<

A warrior, a ranger, and a necromancer. I’d spec the warrior for melee combat, giving him a mix of offensive power and defensive staying power. I’d spec the ranger as a glass cannon ranged combatant. And I’d spec the necromancer for area of effect and condition damage. This would give me three distinctive play-styles, allowing me to mix things up depending on my mood.

darkace.8925:

A warrior, a ranger, and a necromancer. I’d spec the warrior for melee combat, giving him a mix of offensive power and defensive staying power. I’d spec the ranger as a glass cannon ranged combatant. And I’d spec the necromancer for area of effect and condition damage. This would give me three distinctive play-styles, allowing me to mix things up depending on my mood.

Alright. That is what I’m gonna do!

Charr Warrior
Human Ranger
Asura Necro

Thank you! Those are actually my thee favorite

If you PvP then IMO the ones that punish you the most for not knowing their mechanics well.

Mesmer
Thief
Then one other one of your choice.

Hmmm…
Guardian – face tank everything, the average player thinks you have to play support as a guardian, this isnt true. Low moblity

Elementalist – in y. Oppinion verh fast paced gameplay, because youre always swappig attunements. You van be at range or melee but you have to choose before each fight. Decent mobility with some weapons.

Mesmer – youre effective at range and melee, depending on your build youre usually jumping from one to another, doing burst damage while conpletely invulnerable, Then Waiting for it to recharge. You have teleports, stealth and high in combat mobility. You can also offer alot of support by simply swapping a few utilities, not losing out on much damage.