Guild Wars 2

Still a fairly new player, I have an engineer I got up to 70 but decided it wasn’t what I wanted in a class. Too much ground targeting and continual spamming of one button took too much away from the game. Sure, kits were fun, but I felt like I was switching to grenade kit to spam “1”, or switch to bomb kit to spam “1” (of course throwing in other skills, but you get the idea).

My main focus is going to be WvW. Roaming will be around 75% of my focus, solo flipping camps etc. but when I do join a zerg, I would like to feel useful.

I really do enjoy Ranger, if it weren’t for the clunky pet mechanics and forums full of negative comments filling me with doubt it would be my #1 choice. I enjoy hitting them from afar with longbow, then leaping in with GS #3 and suddenly enjoying melee combat.

Thief feels weak to me so far. Squishy as to be expected, and not much damage, but that may be lack of traits/gear I have acquired. I don’t like the gimmick of stealth, but thief was the closest thing to Ranger element of ranged/melee swapping so I gave it a chance.

Mesmer.. I really wanted to enjoy Mesmer, but the skills from every set of weapons seem dull and after I got over the fascination of clones the class just seems dry. I only mention it because I only have gotten it to lvl 25 so perhaps I am missing something, but feel free to fill me in.

So basically these are the classes I am stuck between, but essentially it is really just between thief and ranger, unless you can really sell me on mesmer.

Why not warrior? You can range, melee, with good movement and high HP. Staff necro is also very useful in WvW.

connieboy.9840:

Still a fairly new player, I have an engineer I got up to 70 but decided it wasn’t what I wanted in a class. Too much ground targeting and continual spamming of one button took too much away from the game. Sure, kits were fun, but I felt like I was switching to grenade kit to spam “1”, or switch to bomb kit to spam “1” (of course throwing in other skills, but you get the idea).

My main focus is going to be WvW. Roaming will be around 75% of my focus, solo flipping camps etc. but when I do join a zerg, I would like to feel useful.

I really do enjoy Ranger, if it weren’t for the clunky pet mechanics and forums full of negative comments filling me with doubt it would be my #1 choice. I enjoy hitting them from afar with longbow, then leaping in with GS #3 and suddenly enjoying melee combat.

Thief feels weak to me so far. Squishy as to be expected, and not much damage, but that may be lack of traits/gear I have acquired. I don’t like the gimmick of stealth, but thief was the closest thing to Ranger element of ranged/melee swapping so I gave it a chance.

Mesmer.. I really wanted to enjoy Mesmer, but the skills from every set of weapons seem dull and after I got over the fascination of clones the class just seems dry. I only mention it because I only have gotten it to lvl 25 so perhaps I am missing something, but feel free to fill me in.

So basically these are the classes I am stuck between, but essentially it is really just between thief and ranger, unless you can really sell me on mesmer.

I will do my best to sell you on the Mesmer since I am one of them and I am a solo roamer in WvW as well. From what I understand, the profession starts to become fun at around level 50 to 60 because Mesmers are more focused around Traits, the best of which is unlocked at grandmaster unfortunately.

In the early levels, they are extremely squishy compared to other classes and die a lot if not built properly. I would recommend giving it another go and see until the end because Mesmers are well set late game when geared with exotics. They offer a lot in dungeons, PvP, WvW, and not to mention their awesome survivability in boss fights. I would recommend checking out The Ultimate Mesmer Leveling Guide if you wish to level up one until the end. Remember, if you can make it until the very end, you will not regret it.

Thief. You can stay invisible forever and upset people to boot!

Warrior sounds like the class your looking for

Engi takes a lot of skill to be good with it in WvW/PvP. You will not be ground target spamming grenades unless you want to do that defending a tower or something. Most engi’s I encounter or watch on twitch have amazing player skills. I avoid them in wvw if I encounter them roaming, even though not all have that level of skill, the bunker ones are just annoyingly long fights unless I am on a zerker thief or something.

In wvw you need to play a class you like to play. For me I have settled on a bunkery ranger, it is more forgiving for my low play-skills. It isn’t great, isn’t a killing machine, but it works for me. Find something that works for you.

Thieves and Mesmers seem to make the best roamers. Warriors are also good roamers with certain builds. I want to say ranger has a good roamer build too, but I can’t remember the name? Check the ranger forums. They’ll tell you. Stick with what you like.

Thanks for the opinions everyone. @Triwhirl, I gave mesmer another shot. Had to delete my asura and make a charr mesmer and am enjoying it a lot more now. I can appreciate the animations and armoring/weapons a lot more on a bigger character, perhaps that is why I did not enjoy it before.

connieboy.9840:

Thanks for the opinions everyone. @Triwhirl, I gave mesmer another shot. Had to delete my asura and make a charr mesmer and am enjoying it a lot more now. I can appreciate the animations and armoring/weapons a lot more on a bigger character, perhaps that is why I did not enjoy it before.

Good to hear