Guild Wars 2

So after weeks of playing and having about every class at least 15-20 level wise I am no closer to picking a main. I would love some opinions on what class folks feel is best for overall soloing, exploring, DEs, and having fun with. I am leaning towards Necro (great aoe but the forums point towards very low dps later in levels), Thief (great fun class but seems to go down faster than Paris Hilton on prom night), and Warrior (well rounded but can’t swing a dead Char without hitting one).

Any advice or opinions are very welcomed.

Rangers are fun and have a built-in reward for exploration, collecting pets from every area of the map you visit.

I like rangers but when I tried one out in the Mist it seemed like the enemies ignored my pet and just came for me.

i play the Guardian and i love it. i’m not specced for a CRAP ton of DPS is not as high but a lot of survivability with boons to your allies. my wife’s thief actually does REALLY well. and the swift passive is super helpful getting places quickly.

I adore my elementalist. You can switch your builds to work around anything; glass cannon, bleed/defensive build, hell, you can even play cleric. You can even pick and choose your skills based on if you’re facing 1 or multiple enemies. And that’s just with one weapon combo!

From what I hear it’s immensely lacking in PvP, but for PvE I’ve found it to be a lot of fun. A bit squishy, but if the enemies can’t get to you, what does it matter? :P

Re. ranger, my boyfriend is having the opposite problem – playing his ranger feels less dynamic and interesting because enemies in PvE just go straight for his pet, and he never has to dodge!

I had good fun as a guardian in beta, my bf loves engineer and chucking grenades around, I enjoy the challenge of staying alive with my dual dagger ele… it really is personal preference.

for pure PvE i LOVE the thief, yes can be a bit tough to get the get the hang on to not die at first, but once you do you should rarely take any dmg in most pve situations, if done right (personally running D/P and SB for soloing) and the +25 passive move speed signet makes you get around fast. the number ONE rule to surviving is to ALWAYS move