Guild Wars 2

Hello all!

I have been eyeballing this game for a while but at the time I was not sure if I had a machine that would run it well or not. I have been playing swtor off and on since launch but this game has always been in the back of my mind.

I have read very little about the game other than watching enough of angry joe’s video review and a little chat on swtor to know that this game is worth checking out.

Any pointers I should know? Fun class to play with, ones that are not so fun? Thanks for your advice.

In order for this not to be a wall of text, you’d have to tell us your playstayle, or at least other characters/classes you have been.

Each class is pretty different and excels in a couple of ways, also excelling in specific areas of the game. If you think you’d like to dungeons there’s a couple of classes, wvw a couple, sPvP a couple, etc.

Seriously best thing to do is make a toon and try it for a few levels, if not to your taste try something else.

The difference in this game is any proffession can do almost anything and it makes finding what to play easier. There are casters mele casters that can be ranged and visa versa depending on weapons and skills. Just jump in and have a blast

This game doesn’t always do the best job of explaining things, so I’d highly recommend that you read some of the stickied threads in this forum meant for new players. They’re full of really good information and wisdom from caring players.

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Seriously best thing to do is make a toon and try it for a few levels, if not to your taste try something else.

The difference in this game is any proffession can do almost anything and it makes finding what to play easier. There are casters mele casters that can be ranged and visa versa depending on weapons and skills. Just jump in and have a blast

Yeah, kinda. The only thing I’d say about this is there are some professions that change end game.

Two examples from my experience: Rangers destory low levels. You feel ultra powerful leveling up, especially with your pet. You start to get to end-game, dungeons, WvW, etc and you see they are lackluster almost everywhere.

Eles are very weak in early levels. You don’t have the defense to play in close and the staff feels weak and slow. You can’t switch attuements very fast at all. Once you get all your traits and skills set up, you start to feel incredibly powerful.

I’m sure there are more examples, but just two main ones.

Thanks for your replies. The only other mmo’s I have played are Star Wars Galaxies and Star Wars the Old Republic and I would say that my favorite class in that game would be sorcerer. I’m assuming he is more like a mage in other games? Ranged class with dots and good damage.

Check out this post by developer Jonathan Sharp, outlining the different professions with their (intended) strengths and weaknesses:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-December-14-2012/first#post999247

Sorcerer you’re looking at mainly necro and ele (although classes like guardian can use staff too). The most common ele build right now is actually up close with dagger dagger, so that might not fit your play style. Also necros are mainly good at WvW zerging and PvE event farming, they aren’t very sought after in dungeon runs.

As somebody said earlier almost all classes can focus on anything and fill several roles. I think the limiting thing will either be the look you want or what you want to focus on end-game.

If you’re a casual player you probably wont care. If you’re more hardcore they mainly focus on sPvP, WvW, or speed-dungeons/ultra high level FoTM. The later will typically be warrior, guardian, or mesmer.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OMG-If-you-only-knew-this-tips-for-new-players/page/3#post855715

I found this to be a great list of tips for players new and old.