Guild Wars 2

Deciding between Necromancer and Engineer for my next character. I currently use a thief and I love him. I like him because he is strong solo/small groups. Solo is important because my computer is trash so I opt out of zerging most of the time. Which class do you think would be better rolling with 1-6 people flipping supply camps? Who do you guys who have both 80 think is more fun? Any other roaming classes you would suggest for me? thanks

(questions for wvw)

As my sig says I have a guard and thief at 80, I have a necro at 70 at the moment and he is a beast. I would say necro but be warned once you commit to a fight with a necro you are all in. I was used to this from my guard but seeing you only have a thief you are used to being able to get away. Not really an option with the necro. That said the necro has way more staying power so sticking it out isn’t really a bad thing.

I’d say Necro. I have a Necro alt I am working and it is so much fun. I’m going with a condition build and I find at times I am more durable than my warrior was.

Are you out of slots? If not, why not make both and take turns playing them? One or both has a chance to win you over that way.

For the record, I have had a lot of fun with both Necro and Engi.

thanks for your response, I like the idea of necro for wvw because you can keep the life bar up on mobs. How was leveling up in wvw (if you went the route)? I found the thief really sucked before i hit 80

Garambola.2461:

Are you out of slots? If not, why not make both and take turns playing them? One or both has a chance to win you over that way.

For the record, I have had a lot of fun with both Necro and Engi.

i’m not out of slots but I just want to pick one so I can hit 80 as fast as possible. I’ve played both in spvp and still cant choose

Go necro, you won’t regret it!

Engineer is sooo much more fun then necro:

- want to prybar someone in tha face? Yes you can!
- Want to throw grenades around? Yes you can!
- Want to fortify your own rock and make it untakable by using turrets and mines? Yes you can!
- Want to start a forest fire, wielding a flamthrower, spitting around flames as big as a Norn? Yes you can! (ok you can’t start a forest fire)
- Want to place bombs all over the place? Yes you can!
- Want to shrink and be as small as a toy from a baby asura? Yes you can!
- etc.

:D

I, personally, find necros far more enjoyable than engies.

Leaving in wvw with necro becomes way easier post 55 with three stat gear of your level, before then it’s a bit of a bear.

I’ll say this – engineer is far more useful than necro at 80. Necro’s sub-par raw damage somewhat pigeonholes him into a condition setup, whereas engineer can go condition or raw to great effect (not to mention engineer can actually stack 25 bleeds without pizza by just hammering on grenades, while also busting out poison and burning. I have an engineer and necro (among other classes) at 80, and the necro is shelved except for crafting. I don’t even bother bringing him or my ranger into CoF because they slow the run down by a good bit compared to war/guard/engineer.

Also, engi is way easier to level. Necro relies on blowing both wells for most ‘oh crap’ moments – and I won’t lie, it works well.

Engineer can burn everything (literally, burning) in seconds up to level 20, then from 20-60 you can abuse bomb kit, and from 60-80 use grenadier all in efficient order. Bomb kit is pretty sick for levelling – and there’s also a static discharge build you could use while levelling, if you want. Necro can spec for a little bit of stuff while levelling, but none of it is particularly impressive (Ooh death shroud build – oh death shroud’s over, time to zzzz). Minion Master isn’t bad but kind of an overworld only thing – and it’s actually somewhat slow, but safe certainly.