Guild Wars 2

Hello all,

I’m creating a subliminal profession personality test to help new (and old) players choose their profession without guessing their way through obvious relatable questions.

It’s largely based on symbolism, and so far I’m using knowledge from my major (design) into crossing information such as favourite colour and animal.

However, I feel the need of quality quantitative statistic data in order to create more questions and I was hoping you guys could help me out.

I only need a couple of details so that I can count properly. Please post them in the following format.

Main profession
Favourite colour
Favourite animal
Favourite mythical creature
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really)
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so)
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc)
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY)
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism)

This data will suffice for now. Please let me know if there is anything interesting that might be useful to add to the list and feel free to add anything you find relevant yourself.

Thank you all for your time and please spread the word about this topic! The more information the best!

EDIT:
Hi guys!

Thank you for the responses so far. I have managed to wrap up a few questions and make them into a working test but I still feel it a little superficial. You are welcome to take the test at [http://tinyurl.com/mtnzxtv] and see how you fare. If you do, please provide some feedback so that I can improve upon the results! In the meantime, please continue replying to this thread with answers to the questions on this post, as they are always helpful for refining the test!

Thanks again!

What is the point of this? You could just make a level 1 of each profession and go to heart of mist >_>

The only surefire way to know if a profession fits you is to play it.

Falunel.7645:

The only surefire way to know if a profession fits you is to play it.

I completely agree with that! I am, however, not offering a surefire way. I’m merely offering this as flavour, for people who like taking personality tests and people who absolutely do not have a clue of what proffession to start with.

Kalastraer.8264:

What is the point of this? You could just make a level 1 of each profession and go to heart of mist >_>

I myself have played every proffession in the game, many of which I have a level 80. I liked the fact that this experience gave me a lot of input on how each class plays, but I’m aware not everyone has time or interest in doing that. Moreover, there are people who actually like taking personality tests (myself included) and who might find this test enlightening or even just fun.

ahhh common guys lets help!! I do agree that is easier to know what kind of professions fits you best by just playing it, but what the heck, I will help Here are my answers below:

Main profession – IT
Favourite colour – Green
Favourite animal – ALL OF THEM
Favourite mythical creature – dragon
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major – arts
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really) – feet
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so) – ball of light
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc) – greek
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY) – Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism) – Agnosticism

Why not, working the night shift and I’ve nowt better to do, so here goes

Main profession – Chemical Plant Operator
Favourite colour – Green
Favourite animal – Dog
Favourite mythical creature – Vampire
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major – Didn’t like school
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really) – Fiat cars
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so) – Longbow
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc) – Spartan
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY) – Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism) – Agnostic.

Hope this is of use.

oops Main profession = Ranger

Ooo this looks fun

Main profession – I’m assuming you want ingame profession and not IRL lol. Mesmer > Ele > Guard. I have all professions at 80, but I enjoy those three the most. If played correctly they bring a lot of support and utility to the group.
Favourite colour – All as long as they’re used correctly.
Favourite animal – Chicken. Delicious and adorable!
Favourite mythical creature – Griffon.
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major – Graphic design.
Favourite type of vehicle – Don’t care for vehicles. I like to stay indoors.
Weapon of choice – Greatsword.
Favourite ancient culture – Egyptian.
Most important stat – Intelligence.
Religion – Atheist.

Hi guys!

Thank you for the responses so far. I have managed to wrap up a few questions and make them into a working test but I still feel it a little superficial. You are welcome to take the test at [http://tinyurl.com/mtnzxtv] and see how you fare. If you do, please provide some feedback so that I can improve upon the results!

Thanks again!

While I believe the only way to really know which profession will suite you best is to try it, meh I’ll play along

Main profession: Engineer
Favourite colour: Blue
Favourite animal: Falcon (or any bird of prey)
Favourite mythical creature: Dragon
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Physics
Favourite type of vehicle: SR-71
Weapon of choice: Sniper Rifle (real life) – 1h sword (in game)
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): kittene…Chinese i guess
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion: Christian

EDIT: Took the test and got Elementalist as a result. Also, I noticed that nobody has gotten a result of Engi and almost no Necro. Interesting.

Hi, I did your test and came out as a Warrior. While i’m playing Ranger at the moment, have been debating wether to start a Warrior as an alt. Also noticed no Rangers on your chart.

Did the test and got Elementalist, my favourite profession (if it weren’t for the nerfs).

Main profession – ranger
Favourite colour – red
Favourite animal – bear
Favourite mythical creature – phoenix
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major – biology
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really) – foot
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so) – axes and knives (can’t decide)
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc) – germanic
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY) – strength
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism) – paganism

I did the test and came out as an guardian, you got the test spot on!. Then I did the test again and changed my answers to something else that I would put and got an engineer.

Haha the test had it correct for me. XD

Main profession: Elementalist
Favourite colour: Pink (actually it’s burgundy, but pink is the closest)
Favourite animal: Horse
Favourite mythical creature: Unicorn
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Biology (I’m a biologist)
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Helicopter
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): Staff
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Prehistory
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Atheism

Main profession: ranger
Favourite colour: blue
Favourite animal: fox
Favourite mythical creature: werewolf
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: history (though I currently study graphic design and illustration, it goes hand in hand for me really)
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): anything in which I’m not locked up, bicycle mostly
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): 2handed sword from late 13th century.
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): medieval Europe
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): atheism

I also did the test… I got main elements list and right after warrior… Ranger had the lowest score coughs and I never really bothered leveling my elementalist.
Pretty much the classes I got to 80 aren’t recommended for me

i like personality tests … i’m new in GW n right now downloading the game… in the mean time reading through the forum and this test is something new ( at least for me i never came across a personality test for a specific game much less for character)

thank you

Main profession Undecided
Favourite colour Black
Favourite animal Cat
Favourite mythical creature Phoenix
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major Chemistry
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really) anything that flies
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so) bow and arrow
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc) greek
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY) int
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism) prefer not to disclose…

Did the test
Thank you now I know my main
Well i kinda already knew, i have 3 characters at 80 (Elementalist, Guardian and Thief) but I am/was allways jumping between them because never knew what fits more my personality. Some of you probalbly think this is stupid but I do have a really hard time finding my classes in MMORPG’s and I have done suveral test like this one to “find” the one but none of them more complete and as good as this one, since you could guess in which class you woul be in the previus test I did, I also tried to do with this one and I must tell when I was at half I though this would tell my I would be a Ranger and I ended up with only 1% in that class.

Congratz in your great job, this will definitely help people like me choosing their class

Lol. Got elementalist. My least favorite class.

nice test. it is quiet fun.

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for taking part in this effort, both by testing out the quiz and posting feedback and preferences here. It’s been a major nudge in the right direction.

First off I wanted to enlighten you about the results page as I’ve seen many people confusing the pie chart at the end. So just to be clear, that chart is not percentages of your result. They’re percentages of everyone’s results. So if you see a lot in Elementalist it actually means a lot of people got an Elementalist as their final result.

Which leads us to the next topic I wanted to talk about, which is balancing. The system I’m using for this test is unbelievably complex and naturally that means balancing might be a bit off. I’m watching the results page rather closely and as far as I’m aware there is a general tendency for either Elementalist or Warrior. I’ve done a bit of counting and the probability for both of these results is a little higher than the others considering you answered all alternatives in all question (if that was possible). Unfortunately ProProfs quiz is a little less on the professional side as I was expecting and I have no way to control the results more accurately (say having them sort it out as percentages rather than sheer number, which would reduce inconsistencies especially with the higher number of possible results per answer).

So bear with me for a while and keep testing and keep posting. If you’re in a guild, please ask your guildmates to take the test, as this method has proved both effective and not overly intrusive.

Also, if you know any powerful quiz maker, I’d be glad to hear about it. I tried Quizzilla and was a little disappointed since they don’t let me choose multiple results per answer. I also tried HelloQuizzy which is amazingly powerful but it just won’t save my quiz for some reason.

Anyway, just one last bit of information, perhaps not a very pleasing one to know, I came to realise this test doesn’t actually deliver as promised for now. The reason many of you might not be getting the appropriate results is that the test still doesn’t account for deterministic counterpoint behaviour. In other words, some people have a very different personality outside and inside the game and, when I ask you about your personal prefferences, many of you might be giving me real-life answers and those aren’t quite compatible with the character or persona you want to adopt in a game on a subconscious level (for example a very shy and reserved person who would like to be more easy-going and feel needed so they play as a Guardian to help the party – They’re prone to take black or grey for a favourite colour so as not to draw attention in real life, and, by selecting that, they’re balancingn themselves a little further towards sneaky professions like ranger and thief).

Rest assured though that I’m taking notes on those complications and are drawing some new questions I want to add as soon as possible. I’m a little more serious on this test than I thought I would be and am considering even paying real money to give your a finer results page for example. I have a couple psychologists helping me on devising questions as well, so you can be sure everything is as academically structured as possible.

All in all thank you again, and keep taking the test and spreading the word and providing me some sweet valuable feedback!

Auranim.3086:

Which leads us to the next topic I wanted to talk about, which is balancing. The system I’m using for this test is unbelievably complex and naturally that means balancing might be a bit off. I’m watching the results page rather closely and as far as I’m aware there is a general tendency for either Elementalist or Warrior. I’ve done a bit of counting and the probability for both of these results is a little higher than the others considering you answered all alternatives in all question (if that was possible).

Since some of the questions only have 4 or so answers, I assume you have the score count towards 2 different professions on each answer and taking priority on the Elementalist and Warrior during the final calculation (like for example, if someone scores the same amount of points on both Elementalist and Ranger, the test always picks Elementalist as the result).

Milennin.4825:

Since some of the questions only have 4 or so answers, I assume you have the score count towards 2 different professions on each answer and taking priority on the Elementalist and Warrior during the final calculation (like for example, if someone scores the same amount of points on both Elementalist and Ranger, the test always picks Elementalist as the result).

That’s an accurate assumption, but it’s actually a little more organic than that. There are multiple profession scores per answer, some of them additive and some subtractive. I can’t disclose exactly what these are on this thread however, since I don’t want to contamine the procedure. People cannot in any way know what any answer leads to, since the purpose is to avoid unwanted guessing.

I have had this doubt as well, however. I’m not sure how the system handles draws, however unlikely they are. I have placed a lot of options to avoid draws, but they’re technically possible. And, if it happens as you say (Ranger x Elementalist), I guess it’s safe to assume one possible outcome is alphabetical, granting me Elementalist first.

That’s also one of the reasons I want to move the quiz to another platform. ProProfs is good, but it’s lacking, and I can’t have that. What’s the point of doing a test if you know it has the slightest possibility it might be jinxed?

I’ll try to find another one. As soon as I get it I’ll post it here! Thank you!

Took the test and got Guardian.

Not really that surprised, because thematically I’m usually drawn to cleric/paladin/priest types. However, I find GW2’s implementation of this archetype to be grueling to play (at least solo leveling), and haven’t gotten one past the 30s (3 attempts thus far). Currently juggling Engineer and Warrior. Have been meaning to give Guardian another go. 4th time’s a charm right?

From your results chart, it seems like you’re guiding everyone to be an elementalist.

I’m not sure what in my answers seemed to scream elementalist at all. They’re one of the classes I’d least want to play.

I got elementalist Ö.

I’m 100% mesmer though :’(

Main profession: Engineer
Favourite colour: greens (I also like reds and as of late, purple, and that shade between yellow and orange.)
Favourite animal: kittenatoo (closely followed by bat, highland cattle and lamb)
Favourite mythical creature: gryphon probably
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: chemistry + arts
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): frigate/tallship (anything on the water) (also a bit of an aviation geek)
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): whip
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): I don’t think I have one but I am most interested in the lesser known ones
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence, followed by speed
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Agnosti

When I did the test, got Guardian – which, sadly, I find the least fun to play

Main profession: Writer
Favourite colour: any shade of purle
Favourite animal: cat
Favourite mythical creature: anything Lovecraftian
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: English
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Bike (without motor, just saying)
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): Staff
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Japanese
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Agnosticism

Gotta say that i did your test and it gave me Mesmer. Good job on nailing it.

Main profession: Engineer
Favourite colour: Grey
Favourite animal: Osprey
Favourite mythical creature: Phoenix
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Computers
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Motorcycle
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): Chinese Straight Sword
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Roman
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Atheism

Took the test and got Thief… then noticed it is not even possible to get Engineer and I had a sad.

Main profession: (Assuming this means class) Tie between Necromancer and Elementalist
Favourite colour: White
Favourite animal: Liger
Favourite mythical creature: Vampire
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Psychology
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Motorcycle
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): Longswords
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Medieval Europe (if this counts as ancient)
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Agnostic

Took the test and got Elementalist.

Main profession: Warrior
Favorite Color: Black and White(can’t pick one over the other)
Favorite Animal: Fox
Favorite Mythical Creature: Phoenix
Favorite school discipline and/or graduation major: Math(entirely) and Automechanics
Favorite vehicle: Chevrolet Silverado Z71
Weapon of choice: Kusarigama
Favorite ancient culture: Ancient Greece more specific Sparta
Most important stat: Intelligence
Religion: Agnostic

Edit: Got elementalist from test -.- they are neat but I can’t get into them enough to make it past lvl 21 lol so apprently white and black don’t make grey -.- second test chose white got guardian chose black got warrior

Main profession: Guardian
Favourite colour: Green
Favourite animal: Dog
Favourite mythical creature: Grund
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Chemistry
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Zeppelin
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): The pen (cause it can be mightier then the sword)
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Sanskrit
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Multi-ism (I Believe everything that is reasonable. Who am I that someone is right or wrong)?

Main profession: Mesmer
Favourite colour: Brown
Favourite animal: Anything with fur (if I HAVE TO specify I’d say dog)
Favourite mythical creature: dragon
Favourite school discipline: Art
Favourite type of vehicle: motorcycle
Weapon of choice: Dagger
Favourite ancient culture: Egyptian
Most important stat: Intelligence
Religion: Catholic

I did the test ad got elementalist (seems to be what most people get) However I am a main mesmer, was a main ranger for months and enjoy mesmer most of all the classes (have played all)

Takes test.

Looks at results –
Elementalist

Looks at elementalist that I’m currently playing in WVW while taking that test.

Hey, that test was spot on for me. o.O

I main warrior and got warrior

Main ranger and got a necro?

Anet, we want a hybrid class, necro ranger

PS: Good thing i already had a low level necro

Main profession: Engineer
Favourite colour: Orange
Favourite animal: Idolomantis Diabolica (Devil’s Flower Mantis)
Favourite mythical creature: Gelatinous Cube
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Information Technology
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): Moto Guzzi (motorbikes)
Weapon of choice (can be one that is not in the game, or in the game but not used in the right context (e.g. Spear), but please specify if so): My Flammenwerfer. If werfs flammen.
Favourite ancient culture (greek, egyptian, roman, mayan, chinese, etc): Ancient Japanese.
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion (including Atheism and Agnosticism): Militant Atheism

The test gave me Elementalist. I hate playing Elementalist!

Sounds fun

Main profession: Guardian
Favourite colour: All of them, mainly red, blue, white, purple.
Favourite animal: Lion
Favourite mythical creature: Fenrir / Hippogriph / Sleipnir
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Philosophy
Favourite type of vehicle (can be car brand or any vehicle, really): My legs / Mountain Bike
Weapon of choice: My body / Rod
Favourite ancient culture: Egyptian / Native American / Sciamanist African / Chinese / Japanese / Germanic
Most important stat (Intelligence, Strength and Speed ONLY): Intelligence
Religion: Syncretism – undefined

took the test. got Thief. I have a thief, but I just can’t seem to get into the class. I really want to like it tho.

my fav is guardian followed by mesmer. Hmm.. can I like black, sharks and dragon and still enjoy a guardian? or am I some kind of outlier?

The test Is – in my opinion – more, huuumm, esoteric than based on facts or something^^
I got ele, but hate ele and love and enjoy my ranger. Why would I be more ele than ranger, just because I choose red over green?

It’s a funny test anyway^^

I did the test and it’s fun (i fact i had to do another test to know whitch Harry Potter house I was lol )

And the result is nearly good, it says I should take a Guardian

I’m playing Warrior for a year now, with 3800 toughness so close to the gardian,
but I still prefer warrior :-)

roachsrealm.9284:

took the test. got Thief. I have a thief, but I just can’t seem to get into the class. I really want to like it tho.

my fav is guardian followed by mesmer. Hmm.. can I like black, sharks and dragon and still enjoy a guardian? or am I some kind of outlier?

There are a lot of people who prefer something but have tastes that go away from the classical portrait that profession may be. For example:

We may know that Warriors are always being the top tier damage class, the strong one, the ferocius one, full attack – less defense class. So they usually match it with the color Red, or warm colors, with aggressive kind of animals such as predators, or with tanks or motorbikes or sport cars. It’s a stereotype, nothing more, nothing less.

But indeed a lot of people think “out of the box” or have very particular tastes that apparently don’t match with each one, but that person can somehow organize together.

It’ s an awesome thing that shows us how different we are, though we may have traits in common.

Main profession: Ranger
Favourite colour: blue
Favourite animal: bird
Favourite mythical creature: dragon
Favourite school discipline and/or graduation major: Air Traffic Control
Favourite type of vehicle: Camaro
Weapon of choice: longbow
Favourite ancient culture: roman
Most important stat: strength
Religion: Christian

Huh. I got Elementalist, and that is actually, my favorite profession. Funny that.