Guild Wars 2

Salutations my good friends

I’m currently playing as a Necromancer with my cousin and we are working hard to play together as much as we can. I don’t want to complete zones without him, and so, I’m thinking I’ll make another Profession during the times when we can’t play together.

I’ve narrowed it down to Mesmer, Engineer, or Elementalist.

I prefer to play from range.

I don’t like the fact that the Engineer and Elementalist can’t swap weapons.
Mesmer seems like it would be a hard class to level up, and I need to be mostly self sufficient.

Can anyone maybe tell me the pros and cons of each or which you think would better suit my play style? Much appreciated

Mesmer isn’t a hard class to level up but it is slower as you really don’t get optimal traits until lvl 40+. Also keep in mind that Mesmers are often both ranged and melee (although there are ranged only builds) to be effective, depending on the purpose of your build.

Elementalists can’t swap weapons but when you add in the 4 attunements they have, they actually have more weapon abilities than other classes (20 as opposed to 10). And it is kind of a PITA to unlock all those abilities in the first few levels though. Don’t forget to unlock your water abilities either lol.

Never played an engineer.

I would play one to lvl 20 and if you don’t like it, roll another and try it. I mean you can have multiple characters.