Guild Wars 2

I hear how they are op and forced into a few builds, and I am really concerned they will ruin other classes for me, the being able to fill any role is a big deal for me and usually end up as my mains, but I want to enjoy the other classes as well but it does not seem none are even close to visually appealing and versatile as an elementalist.

I love my ele. Sure, if she takes a hit she is toast, but otherwise is extremely versatile as you noted. What other class can swap builds with a single key between mostly support and pure damage? I would suggest rolling several characters in different professions, leveling them all to 80, then seeing what you like/dislike about each. I have sussed out the personality of each and use an itunes playlist for each to keep me in that frame of mind (for example, the one for my necro is heavily Pink Floyd, but my mesmer is more refined and classical).

When i started gw2 nearly 3 years ago, ever since i watched the trailer i wanted elementalist. She’s still my main till this day and after playing all the weapons builds, i decided to stick with s/f. Meta is staff but till this day nobody complained about my weapon choice. Just now i finished fractal 40 with a group of pugs and after our run i get a whisper i got added to friends by the same people saying i play my class well and if i lack people to run fractals with i’m allways wellcome to their group. Ele is a hard class to play, especially if you are choosing to be a field blaster since you have to have knowledge of every other class aoe and what to blast and what rotation to use, but it’s extremly fun. I have 4 alts, warrior, necro, ranger and thief and i play them too, but ele is my prefed class because it’s challenging. I love my other classes too don’t get me wrong, but ele is my no.1.

I’m a PvE player…so my experiences come from that side of the game. That being said, Ele is a fun profession if you take the time to learn the weapon sets and the various weapon skills that go with them. I was running mine for a long time, but in the end…I got tired of being the Ice Bow dispenser. In PvE, that’s all you are to a group…you bring the one utility they want and you better bring it. Staff ele is the current meta for PvE dungeon stuff and I never found it to be that exciting…you drop the Ice Bow and camp fire the rest of the time. Guess I just got disenchanted with the profession so I moved on…might go back later after some time. With all that being said, the dagger/focus or dagger/dagger was extremely fun to use.