Help a returning player to choice.
My main 80’s are a human thief and a norn guardian. The styles are different enough that I’ve been able to play them both, mostly levelling in PvE and without getting boring of repeating scenarios. I didn’t finished all map exploration yet with any of them but they are 80 and I’m on my way of getting proper weapons, armours, etc…
With the Norn Guardian I play more as a “big and strong” than with the thief, more based on mobility.
My other alts are Necro and Ranger, and it’s also fun to play them. For solo games the Ranger can be better just because the pet, although you have the Necro minions. If you want to change looks from your previos character, I’d go to light or heavy armours.
Most of the PvE content can be done solo-ing or joining the random players you can find in the maps.
Also, be sure to check the changes done yesterday, there are some stuff that is very different now.
I’ve been maining mesmer for months now and loving it. Guardian is pretty fun too, pretty popular in PvE and PvP from what I’ve seen.