Guild Wars 2

I’m going to reduce the number of characters I have on my account. So far I’ve deleted a mesmer (duplicate class) and a ranger (easy choice). I’m trying to decide between deleting my necro or my elementalist.

Which do people think is better to get rid of.

Never delete, just let them sit and collect birthday gifts!
My mains are both necro and ele so I couldn’t delete either of them but I’m sure most would say delete the necro as ele is more powerful for a variety of content.

I understand about the birthday gifts. The problem is that I’m trying to revitalize my interest in the game. No QQ here, I just know that having characters I can’t outfit makes me sad (for lack of a better term). I don’t like games that make me sad. So that’s why some of them have to go.

I figure if I get down to 4 that will be good.

Idk, don’t you have professions that you find more fun to play than others? Delete the one which is less fun. Since which is more fun is really personal, Im not sure others can really help you on this, other than basing their recommendations on which ones they find most fun.

I understand your position. I am taking a break from the game too. 10×80, plus an engineer at lvl55, but right now I don’t even have the heart to level that. Even if I 80’d it, it wouldn’t make any difference.

I think, like myself, you are a little burned out with the game. With season 1 of LS concluded, now is the best time for a break, keeping one eye open for future developments.

Why is deleting a ranger an easy choice?

ufodisko.6823:

Why is deleting a ranger an easy choice?

For me it was an easy choice. That doesn’t mean it would be an easy choice for everyone. Here are my reasons, but they won’t serve to a) help anyone else pick a class or b) provide fuel for a “rangers are useless” argument.

With respect to the ranger, I had a condition beastmaster with apothecary gear. I basically copied one of Xsorsus’s builds, cause he’s more clever than I am.

I deleted him because

1. The character was great for small group roaming, but not very good in a zerg and not very good for PvE content. I recently changed servers, and here a “small group” is 10-15. So the ranger didn’t have a place without a respec and new equipment.

2. Because he was a condition build, I had held off getting ascended gear for him . (Condition based builds benefit the least from ascended gear). So I didn’t feel like I was throwing away a month of work.

3. The only unique crafting skill the ranger had was huntsman, and I can live without that.

I was about to buy a whole new set of gear. Then I realized that if I had just focused on one character (instead of, I would probably have a legendary and all the gear I could want instead of constantly scraping by. Earn gold -> spend gold. Get laurels -> spend laurels. Get guild commendations -> spend guild commendations. Get dungeon tokens -> spend dungeon tokens. I’m always out of funds.

I decided to focus on one character, but unforunately, my crafting skills aren’t going to let me. I have a guardian with arms and artificer at 500, so he has to stay. A warrior with armorsmithing at 500 so she has to stay. A mesmer with tailor at 467 and cooking at 400 so she stays (for now). And a thief with jewel crafting at 400 and letherworking at 500 and map completion, so he stays.

I considered camping the level 80 at a jumping puzzle or node farming, but really I wanted to get rid of the temptation to spend gold on the character.

Before anyone jumps on my for complaining, I’m not. I’m just trying to figure out the best way to navigate the game as it is. Right now, I think the best thing to do is have very few characters. Preferably one.

Decided to delete them both.

You could always reroll those character slots, equip them with some cheap 15 slot bags, and use them as mules.

If you have no other use for the slots atm.

Good idea, as long as I’m not tempted to develop them. lol.