Necro or Mesm?
I would say Mesmer … but of course I would I main a Mesmer!
Seriously though, the best class is the class you enjoy the most, no point in playing a class that is good at things but you really don’t like the play-style.
I’d say Mesmer too as I main there
Mesmer is great for speedrunning dungeons and for pvp/wvw.. but has fallen out of favour with the ‘meta’, necro’s are really strong in pvp at the moment but idk about pve.
[NOX] & [Coma] – Gunnar’s Hold.
I am having this same dilemma.. ;-;
I like the confusion factor that clones bring but I miss the speedyness and easy tagging in WvW of my necro. (PLUS flesh golems are cute)
Both completely different classes.. But in most context of the game I’d say the Mesmer has more party friendly powers then necro – but necro can also be awesome
RIP City of Heroes
I have 2 80 Necros (just hit 80 on one of them last night), an 80 Mesmer, and am working on another Mesmer now who is 41 or so.
The necro is awesome for fast aoe, the tagging mentioned by Shyhalu. It also has a lot of fun skills and a variety of useful weapons. For dungeons, it can be a godsend thanks to the ability to strip conditions and eat them for health. One issue with the aoe (for me): it’s on the staff, where skills 2 to 5 are all ground targeted. I’m a mouse mover so my cursor’s all over the place and I have to stop and stand still to drop a targeted skill. So I’m far less mobile on my necros than my mesmers.
The mesmer is just flat out fun. My 80 got there without any RP at all when normally I need RP to make me engage in a character and want to get them levels and gear. My 41 I made for RP reasons to fit into ongoing guild plots but I’m really just having fun with her, and using a different alternate weapon set to try a different build. You can constantly be doing something on the mesmer, your downed skills are pure hax — sometimes you can kill something better when downed than when up! You have some useful group skills as well.
Try playing each one to 20 and see what’s intriguing you more. Or even to 40, mesmer shines as you advance where necro feels like more of the same as you go.
Mesmer. I started GW2 with a necro. Fun at first but by level 80 i just die all the time.
If you root for the underdog, go Necro
Necro are the underdog? o.o Really?
Well I come from a strictly PvE perspective