Guild Wars 2

Having a really hard time deciding what class to play and what race. I’ve played both Human/Norn zones from 1-20 over and over again.

I’ve levelled every class to at least 10 already, my highest being 23 as a Guardian.

My guardian is great but idk I’m bored with it atm. I’ve always been more of a fan of Ranged DPS.

I loved being an archer in almost every game except WoW, and for the same reasons I’m hesitant here cause i hate relying on a pet, also why I’m skeptical of a Necro/mesmer but would love others opinions on them.

I prefer dps in the sense of (High Atk.SPD/Medium DMG/Medium-Low Crit) compared to (Low Atk.SPD/High DMG/Medium-High Crit)

Maybe I’m just over thinking it to much.

Any suggestions?! I guess i would possible make another melee but one that actually can do high output without having to throw a Greatsword/Hammer on him they are cool but so slow.

I’m not sure which class you should go with (try them all?), but I’ve now played around in every race’s starting area and have to say the Asura experience was easily my favorite. It’s quirky and lighthearted, which compliments the “just go with the flow and have fun” experience of the lower levels quite well.

Imo rangers don’t RELY on their pet. In my experience, pet helps tanking enemies pretty effectively while I shoot happily. After all, pets die pretty easily and often you gotta face enemy by yourself.

mjjanes.2647:

I prefer dps in the sense of (High Atk.SPD/Medium DMG/Medium-Low Crit) compared to (Low Atk.SPD/High DMG/Medium-High Crit)

I would say short-bow ranger (Still with 1200 range). It’s absolutely a machine gun with every round causes bleeding. I love it.

He said he hated pets though, and Rangers are made in such a way that ignoring your pet is almost impossible (Oh how I wish it wasn’t so).

Oops my bad then. i thought hate relying on pet is different from hate pet.
Cause short-bow ranger immediately came to my mind when the OP said he wanted high attack speed.

Ranged Professions I tried and my thoughts:
Staff Ele: Kiting, kiting and kiting. Staff ele has good range with lots of combo fields but I couldn’t feel that I am doing good damage.
Rifle Worrior: Better survivability.
Staff Mesmer: Fun experience for me but the randomness of condition applied might be unreliable at clutch times.
Ranger: As it name tells, long bow could go up to 1500 range with trait while short bow shoots really fast and I love both.