Guild Wars 2

One of the few other MMOs I’ve played prior to Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 was WoW, but only for a couple of months. In that time I leveled a Rogue up to max level, and took Engineering as one of his crafting professions. In Guild Wars 1, my two most played professions were Mesmer and Assassin.

The question is, which profession(s) in Guild Wars 2 is/are most analogous to the above? I really enjoyed the sneaky and wacky playstyle of the Engineering Rogue, and I loved the shadowstep mobility of the Assassin as well as the outright power of the Mesmer (both pre and post buff).

Thief…. it’s a stealth class which is similar in nature to the things you discussed.

Drunken Mad King.8193:

Thief…. it’s a stealth class which is similar in nature to the things you discussed.

^ what he said.

Also, Engineers in GW2 are gadgety like the engineering crafting in WoW. But in this case, it’s an entire class built around that premise.

Yeah that’s why I’m having such a tough time deciding on an alt. I already have a level 80 Elementalist, ankittenrying to find something a little different. Thing is, I absolutely love the mobility of the Elementalist, and the skill combos one can pull off across all the weapons and in various attunements.

So that being said, what I’m really looking for is a profession (not necessarily stealth based) that combines mobility and trickery. I’m not sure how keen I am on the Engineer, with few weapons and apparently the kits being nerfed, it seems like ANet is intent on marginalizing the profession. The Thief and Mesmer seem the most interesting, but I hear that end-game both PvP and PvE, the Mesmer is both more enjoyable and more versatile, while the Thief gets pigeonholed into very narrow roles and weapon sets.

I’m leaning towards Mesmer, simply because of the in-combat mobility, and the “trickery” nature of Illusion magic. I’d still like to get ya’all’s thoughts on this issue however.

I highly Recommend you check this Youtube Video out to get an idea how each 8 Professions fight:

In the End, it’s all about what you are into.

If you want to check out my guide that explains about the combat basics, you can also check out my guide here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/GW2-Combat-system-101-Guide/first