Profession Choice for me.
You are really not giving me much to even go out on a limb and suggest anything between those three. I don’t WvW much at all and I certainly don’t spec for it the few times I plunge in and I don’t know what the comment about support is supposed to mean.
Since the looks are on par for you decision wise I would suggest you check out the profession forums as they all have a sticky on top with picture threads.
Good luck and have fun!
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Hello everyone and sorry for posting yet another topic on profession choice. However I feel that the current topics do not assist me personally.
1. I have narrowed it down to Necromancer, Thief, and Elementalist.
2. Target Content: I mainly plan on doing PvE and WvW.
3. Play style: In other MMOs I always enjoyed playing DPS and Support roles. I do understand that Support is kinda down right now and that a big patch to increase it’s viability is coming soon (so this may not help at all). I enjoy sustained dps more so than burst dps. and in PVP i enjoy annoying people just as much as killing them (stunning, immobilizing, ect.). This may or may not help with the 3 classes i’ve narrowed it down to. My friend plays a mesmer, which is why i haven’t listed that as an option for me.
4. Looks: To me looks are almost on par with how fun a class is. I cannot play a character that is ugly to me. (this may be a race thing more than a class thing) But if you have some good pics of the classes I listed please post them =P.
Thanks for any advice you give. I don’t really expect a “this class is what you should go with” but more of this is how each of the classes I listed accomplishes the things I said I enjoyed in playstyle.
2. Eles outrank necros in dungeons due to condition capping and people liking raw damage over DoT, though power/well builds are quite nice, and it shouldn’t be much of an issue in static groups with friends (which are much more enjoyable than PUGs). Condition capping is also troublesome when tagging in big open-world events, but fine solo. In WvW, both classes are useful in zerg (army) warfare- necro for crippling condition wells, staff ele for mass CC and water/fire/wind fields.
3. Conditions are very, very, very annoying, so I would put necro above ele in that field. Ele has more support options- lots of fields, might/fury stacking, boonsharing, conjure weapons to name a few. Thief specializes mainly in burst rather than sustained damage, though condition builds exist for them.
4. If you don’t like longcoats, be wary of thief. Necros and eles wear the same armor. For skill animations, I’d recommend making one of each class and bringing it to the sPvP lobby (enter via the crossed swords button in the upper-left bar). There, you’ll have access to every skill and can try them out.
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Necro is more sustain damage and debilitating conditions, Thief can annoy people with stealth spam but is more bursty. Ele is the most supportive of the 3 and is the most versatile due to attunement system. Thieves are very strong in WvW, Eles are valued higher in PvE groups, necros are so-so in both. In terms of difficulty from easiest to hardest, necro->thief->ele (imo).
“Looks” are divided into armor type (heavy medium light), race, and gender – not class.
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