Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

First of all I apologize for even making this thread. I’m aware of the fact that a billion people have asked the same question but I’m kind of lost here.

Allow me to introduce myself. I’ve been playing Guildwars 2 since beta but quit about a year ago. I just came back recently and I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. Before my break I managed to level up a necromancer, an elementalist, a thief and a mesmer. I never really liked playing alts and that’s where my problem starts. I really want to commit to one charachter and actually accomplish some milestones: world completion, maxing out a crafting discipline to name a few.

Elementalist: I enjoy playing the elementalist but I never really feel comfortable. I have no clue what I’m actually doing and it just looks like I’m bashing a billion buttons. Probably not the way you should play an elementalist. I really like the mobility that this class brings. Perhaps I just need to learn to play.

Mesmer: I loved the concept back in guildwars 1 and it was a bit of a shame that the concept of the mesmer changed a lot in GW2. Nonetheless I feel a lot more comfortable playing this profession and unlike elementalist I have a vague idea of what I’m doing. I’m certainly no pro, that’s for sure. The main issue I have with mesmer is that it feels so slow compared to elementalist. When I’m running through the maps I feel like a snail, am I doing something wrong here?

These are the two professions I’m mainly interested in but perhaps there’s a completely different profession that fits my bill. I haven’t tried anything other than the four I’ve mentioned.

What do I enjoy:
- The occasional spvp match
- Dungeons ( but I’ve heard no one runs them anymore)
- Probably raids
- A profession that doesn’t need insanely difficult combo’s to work. ( my main issue with elementalist)

At the moment I feel like I should just stick with my mesmer and not worry about the mobility but perhaps there’s a whole different profession that would fit my needs a whole lot better…

Thanks in advance

You didn’t list what you liked about playing the professions. Any profession can play pvp, dungeons and raids, so you haven’t narrowed it down at all.

You can take each profession for a spin at level 80 in PvP. Make a level 2, play like 10 games with them and see if you like the playstyle.

Guardian/dragonhunter is pretty easy to play and desired in all game modes, maybe give that a whirl.

It may be easier to help you if you can describe your playstyle. We could then find a class/build that closely resembles it.

Also, do you have the expansion? Mesmer’s mobility issues were helped out with the elite spec as you get passive 25% movement speed.

You’re right, I should’ve added my playstyle.

I prefer a support kind of playstyle in dungeons and raids. While in spvp I usually try to roam solo and cap points / defend them.

Guardian seems appealing. I’ve never really tried them.

I haven’t bought HoT yet but I plan on doing so in the near future.

Aleos.2195:

You’re right, I should’ve added my playstyle.

I prefer a support kind of playstyle in dungeons and raids. While in spvp I usually try to roam solo and cap points / defend them.

Guardian seems appealing. I’ve never really tried them.

I haven’t bought HoT yet but I plan on doing so in the near future.

Guardian is good, and might fit your playstyle better, but I will say that HoT actually fixes one of the small but nagging problems that several professions have including mesmer, and that is the lack of an easily accessible 25% movespeed buff.

One of the major things that can make traversing large open world maps easier is a flat move speed buff that all classes technically have access to. For thieves, necromancers and Elementalists, a signet is available that can easily be slotted on to their bar and removed whenever other utility is needed, for a while mesmers had no access to this until the change to traveler runes, which now offer fairly lackluster stats on mesmer but with a 25% move speed buff.

The heart of thorns elite specialization called the “chronomancer” which seems to actually fit your bill fairly well. It has a minor trait (so one that you automatically gain when you slot that trait line) that gives 25% increase move speed everywhere. In addition, it offers arguably some of the greatest utility of any current class, and is included in groups for a lot of PvE content simply due to this fact.

In addition, chronomancers are very powerful in PvP (although they have a very high skill ceiling) and arguably one of the strongest roaming/1v1 classes in the game right now. With some work, they can fulfill quite a number of different roles (I’ve even seen 5 well support chronomancer played in high end PvP).

This might not be quite the answer you were looking for, and I know HoT is quite expensive, but I just thought you should know that they really expanded the mesmer class massively in both PvE and PvP with the expansion.

Revenant, and it’s specialisation in particular is also a very solid choice. Good damage, easy enough mechanic and useful party boon support.

Really, Herald is king in pve. Perma swiftness and regeneration for gathering and running to places, perma fury and might for combat. Decent AoE, very good dps…
It’s lack of versatility is pretty much it’s biggest vice, but that seems to be a virtue to you. I’d say give it a shot if you’re buying HoT.

Aleos.2195:

You’re right, I should’ve added my playstyle.

I prefer a support kind of playstyle in dungeons and raids. While in spvp I usually try to roam solo and cap points / defend them.

Guardian seems appealing. I’ve never really tried them.

I haven’t bought HoT yet but I plan on doing so in the near future.

You have an elementalist and he can do this well. I play a condi tempest and can solo and have team support. Very comftable to play for me.

The mesmer can also solo well and be a bit team suport using staff. I don´t play mesmer much but my daughter has a staff + sword/sword mesmer with no invisibility and i am often astounded what it can pull off without much effort.

Its hard to tell you what you should use. Just feel it :-). For me it is my tempest. A bit more buttons but especially when playing only one class this becomes more and more advantage.

Greetings

Wolf

Thanks for all the insights.

I’ll buy HoT as soon as possible and go from there. In the mean time I’ll give guardian a shot.

Bashing a billion buttons is actually a sound method of playing ele