Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone im been playing for about a month, i have a lv 80 warrior but i found the play style kinda bored so i decide to make another character.

The problem is i can’t choose what class to be my second character, there are three classes i like so far are Ranger, Engineer, Thief.

I did a little research but none gave me a clearly view about these 3 classes especially the next balance patch is coming this month. So i want to hear you guys opinion about how well they perform in solo pve, dungeons, sPvP/PvP/WvW ( zerg ).

For some reason i can only have one of these three.

Any opinions will be appreciated.

Hello there.

Here are some short 30 second videos that might help you get an idea what these 3 classes are capable of:

Thief Pistol:

tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABH_LxGX7m8&index=14

Thief Daggers:

Engineer Pistol/Kit:

Engineer Rifle:

Ranger Combat:

Ranger Without Pet/Stats/Traits:

You judge from there. =)

Thank you for your videos that help me alot but i gonna need some more detail before i choose which one will be my second character.

Im already watched some clips in my research but i want to hear more opinions about these three.

Rangers are getting a huge nerf for dungeons. Thieves perform well and engineer are buffed. In pvp and WwW, both engineers and thieves are good, thieves are, like in other games, assassins-like executioner and fast moving class to decap unguarded points. Engineers are more bunker-ish, they rely on lots of fun animations and low cooldowns on weapon skills. Ranger is really fun to play in dungeons, but it’s far from optimal. They are “meh” in pvp.

If you’re limited to one extra character I’d suggest waiting until after the patch hits – that way you can see how the changes actually play out, rather than peoples’ predictions.

Of the three, I’ve only played ranger to 80. The pet is great for open world PvE, but can be a pain anywhere AoE heavy (it tends to run through them and die) and has chunk of your DPS. The sword auto-attack chain is also deeply annoying – the leap-strikes root you, preventing dodging. There are ways around this (switch auto-attack off, evades from sword/dagger), but it’s still quite painful. Frost Spirit also seems to have been nerfed/bugfixed recently (link) , reducing their utility in dungeons.

Unless you really like the idea of the ranger class, I’d go with engineer or thief as more generally useful.

I’ve got a level 80 engineer and thief, and the ranger is coming along nicely at 57 (holding off for a while, waiting for the patch on Tuesday).

It’s hard to recommend one over the others, as you don’t say anything regarding what playstyle you’re looking for or prefer. If you have any specific questions about the three classes I’d be happy to help, but overall I can only say that I enjoy playing all of them, and that which character I choose is mostly depending on whether I feel like playing something versatile (engineer), fast (thief), or well-rounded (ranger).