Guild Wars 2

In your personal opinion which is better and why?

Necro. I played both to 10 when I first got the game and knew one would be my main. They are both fun but I liked the play style and abilities of the Necro. The lifesteal abilities and DoTs make for fun combinations. If the DoTs don’t finish off the target you can switch to melee (I use dagger/horn) and finish them off.

I thought I would use the summoned minions more but found with their current AI that they are limited in scope and prefer to have other skills hotkeyed.

Mesmer, have fun with DoTs in Orr

Mesmer :
you cast phantasms and clones to aid you in a battle and to confuse your enemies and they are just…better IMO

The Mesmer. Partly because the Necro staff makes this really annoying sound every time it auto attacks. I wanted a staff wielding minion master and the Mesmer delivered that better than the Necro imo. Something to keep in mind when playing the mesmer is it is very slow to start. I didn’t feel the class even started getting good till level 40. Then it was a whole new game. Traits make a big difference.

The only place the Necro has the Mesmer beat is on the heal skill (6). Mesmer heal skills are whatever, I never found a reason to change to any other than the default one I started with while the Necro heals were really good and I cycled through them for different situations.

Play both and decide for yourself.

Both are fun for different reasons. And neither class, no matter what you read here, is so bugged that they are un-playable.

Selfishly, I would choose necro, because honestly, I hate playing against mesmers and anything I can do that will limit their numbers is a good thing. All their stupid clones, I hate those guys… you know, in a fantasy world kind of way lol