Guild Wars 2

I have been playing with most classes for a while and I have no idea which to make my main, it’s either going to be ranger, thief or Mesmer (unless you can suggest better). What I want to do is:
1. Deal heavy burst with ok constant damage.
2. Have decent survablty.
3. Have mobility (i.e. skills that help with getting around and not just dodging).
4. Be effective at both mid/long and melee (or have a good distance closer).
5. Be able to handle a surprise attack with ease (both single and aoe).
6. Be useful in a group.
7. Allow me time to pick battles.
8. Look cool while doing the above.
As long as your recommendation fits with most of these I would be grateful.

thief fits all of those

mesmer has weak mobility
and ranger’s burst isn’t so great

no one picks battles better than thief, and few are better at dealing with surprise attacks. and thief has game best mobility

Thief. . . And Thief.

None of the remaining does any of those as well. You’ve described the Thief as a profession.

Cheers for that, also what weapons would you suggest, d/d and sb or p/p

I’m going to throw engineer in the ring.

reikken.4961:

thief fits all of those

and thief has game best mobility

Im sorry but dont warriors have the best mobility? if we just talk pure mobility i think its warrior

Totalkill.8014:

Cheers for that, also what weapons would you suggest, d/d and sb or p/p

A D/D thief drops a kitten ton pile of bleed stacks, that would be my choice.

Cassocaster.4576:

Totalkill.8014:

Cheers for that, also what weapons would you suggest, d/d and sb or p/p

A D/D thief drops a kitten ton pile of bleed stacks, that would be my choice.

I love D/d I was asking for my range to go P/p or SB?

Ryze.2891:

reikken.4961:

thief fits all of those

and thief has game best mobility

Im sorry but dont warriors have the best mobility? if we just talk pure mobility i think its warrior

If we talk pure Swiftness-sustain, the Warrior wins.
If we talk overall mobility… You kidding?

Weapon choice is subjective. Find a nice build that you’d like to use.

Totalkill.8014:

1. Deal heavy burst with ok constant damage.

Any profession has this capability.

2. Have decent survablty.

Any profession has this capability.

3. Have mobility (i.e. skills that help with getting around and not just dodging).

Any profession except Mesmer.

4. Be effective at both mid/long and melee (or have a good distance closer).

Any profession has this capability.

5. Be able to handle a surprise attack with ease (both single and aoe).

Any profession has this capability.

6. Be useful in a group.

Any profession has this capability.

7. Allow me time to pick battles.

Any profession except Ranger.

8. Look cool while doing the above.

Thief is the coolest profession — yes, I’m bias — they look cool even when dying.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Yes.

But the Thief excel at all points.

Phadde.7362:

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Yes.

But the Thief excel at all points.

Only the Ranger and Mesmer cannot cover all points, but all other professions can, most of the time even more effective than the Thief.

Thief wins it because of the “coolness” factor.

Ryze.2891:

Im sorry but dont warriors have the best mobility? if we just talk pure mobility i think its warrior

if by mobility you mean “use a specific build to cover as much ground as possible in 5 seconds”, then yes
if you mean anything else, then no

- thief has good mobility with any build, as opposed to warrior which has to use a specific weapon set
- thief has way better in-combat mobility because of all the teleports it has that require a target, many of which have no cooldown

Totalkill.8014:

Cassocaster.4576:

Totalkill.8014:

Cheers for that, also what weapons would you suggest, d/d and sb or p/p

A D/D thief drops a kitten ton pile of bleed stacks, that would be my choice.

I love D/d I was asking for my range to go P/p or SB?

Sorry, missed that part…..hate pistols, shortbow would be my choice for ranged weaponry