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Posted by: Eisig.2873

Eisig.2873

Hello, new player here, have played many other mmo’s, loving the new feel of GW2 so far. However I seem to be unable to decide on a profession.

I have got a Ranger a Warrior and a Thief as the 3 professions I find most appealing so far.

My issue seems to be that I am not particularly good at dodging yet, which it appears would eliminate Thieves. I have found playing my Ranger to be a bit boring and the pet is too much micromanagement for now. What I am wondering is if Warriors can succeed (primarily in leveling and PVE) without having epic dodging skills, the same question applies to thieves.

Could I successfully play a thief without figuring out dodging right away? Movement I have no trouble with, but my timing seems to be awful.

In short I am wondering if someone could outline some basic builds/weapons that would be good for a varied first time leveling character.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted by: applekwisp.2139

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i would play what you enjoy the most. i don’t think i truly got the hang of dodging until i hit the level 70-80 area and explorable dungeons and it was truly necessary to do. it sounds like you enjoy warriors, so you should stick to that. just know that you should practice your dodging since its a fairly important part of of pve and pvp

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Posted by: Eisig.2873

Eisig.2873

Yeah I think thats what Im leaning toward, plus I really like the way Charr hold the greatsword

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Posted by: akamon.2769

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i think as mentioned, early on you really don’t need to dodge as much. but i would try practicing it! ; )) i, as well, truly didn’t get a hang of it until i hit lvl 80 or when i started doing dungeons, or WvW ( i still suck at dodging in WvW i think).

what you CAN do it.. with any given mob, i’ll tell myself, alright, you’re going to go in, take this thing down, without taking ONE drop of dmg. that way, you do get to practice dodging, using your mitigation abilities, and what not. : )) and adds a bit of spice to the game, heh.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

I have both a warrior and a thief. I find myself dodging much less on the warrior, though to really shine on her I should dodge much more often. I’m just spoiled by the Thief’s rapid endurance refill and extra things like Roll for Initiative, and the Warrior is darn tough to hurt even if she misses a dodge.

I also sucked big time at dodging back in beta, btw. I got a Naga HEX mouse and put the arrow keys on the buttons and now I can just shift my thumb for a double tap. It improved me immensely (I am much too right handed to do a lot of left handed keyboard control, so WASD is just not in the picture for me).