Guild Wars 2

Hello again folks!

I’m on day 4 now of owning GW2 and love the game so far! I’ve tested about every class and build combo I can find and keep having problems on settling with my “main” character. I don’t like playing alts so for me, it’s all in once I make the choice. The problem has been making that choice…. Can you please suggest a class/build combo that works for what I’m trying to do?

Oh, and I don’t care for the Engis, Revs, or Ele (d/d was fun though…/cry). I’m really leaning towards a LB DPS Druid, perhaps a Necro, a P/D thief, or something else that I’m totally missing.

My Play Style:

1. I spend at least 50-75% of my time in PvP and WvW. I really have little interests in fractals or raiding.

2. I solo almost all the time.

3. Must have mobility or some way to escape when I screw up.

4. I LOVE duels.

5. I want to play just 1 class. If I have to change the build/gear for WvW, PvP, or when on my own in the world, that’s fine. As an example, I was playing P/D Thief in PvP but changed to a burst P/P for PvE.

Anyways, please give me your thoughts as I’m pretty confused right now what to play.

Thanks!!!

my advice would be – play each class for at least 10 pvp matches, use the preset builds and read through them before you play. if you’re hating a class, stick with it for the 10 matches, then list it on the noooo list. Keep going and you’ll get there! i would love to invest time into 1 character, but im a couple of years into playing, ive got 11 characters level 80 haha, and i still couldnt decide until i tried doing a set number of pvp matches with each class

Arenanet tries to make all professions capable of all traditional “roles” but you will find a lot of discussion on equality in the forums.

Overall, the professions are roughly capable, though they may play differently. Thief defines mobility, which you are interested in. Give it a shot and see how you like it.

Ya’ll have some good advice. I basically took my top 3-4 classes/builds and played them over and over and over in PvP to get an idea of what fit the best. While I ended up really having fun with the D/D Ele I just found it difficult to use the class/build in multiple situations. It was a rush in PvP but after trying to figure out how to adapt to questing and/or boss farming, it get’s much more difficult.

So… I ended up going with the Druid. It took a few games before I was comfortable with the more aggressive plays style but being able to dish out damage, put down decent melee power, then heal is pretty darn impressive.