Guild Wars 2

OK the title may be confusing, especially since I’m really referring to the posting community versus the actual professions, but I’ve noticed a lot of professions seem to swing madly from “Hooray we are viable/near top” to “OMG this prof is worthless”

Now I know that the above sentiment is more often than not player driven, but there is often a kernel of truth to the concept as well. But until/unless Arena Net moves to the concept that Blizzard is finally adopting (i.e. in Legion they are splitting PVE and PVP perks out from each other) , swings are inevitable. As a long time Mesmer I’ve seen this mood swing first hand, A-Net swings from letting the Mesmer to be pretty good to being fairly awful, before sometime remembering how badly they have nerfed the profession, and swing it back to usable to nearly OP.

So the question becomes, is there any class that tends to stay is an “acceptable” place, I’m not looking for OP, just something that I can learn , and feel reasonably comfortable in knowing that if I stink it’s because I need to L2P, not that the guide or work that I’ve done is now null and void because as the previous FOTM prof(x) has been nerfed into oblivion.

If there is such a profession, does said profession change based on game type?
i.e. profession x is always good in WvW , profession y is always good in PVE

Definitely warrior. It’s anet’s golden child. It’s rarely the best, but it’s almost always like… top 3 in every game mode for years on end.