Guild Wars 2

Hello guys,

i was wondering what profession should i take because i am a pretty new player and i don’t really know how to start and how to know what profession fits with you. So little help please. And i was wondering what race has the best or funniest story?

Though I am not a fan of this profession, I would suggest to roll a warrior on your 1st toon.
Most demanded profession overall in pve.
You won’t be having trouble looking for a group when doing dungeons etc.

Indeed, a warrior might suit you, or even guardian, since they have a really easy playthrough in PvE..

But the question you’d have to ask yourself: What kind of character do you want? Do you want a frontliner with heavy armor that gets tickled by greatsword attacks? Or a sneaky character that’ll stealth and backstab your target? Or a massive elemental nuker? …….

Every professions are viable, but warriors and guardians outshine the rest.

Guardian is a survivor, you might want to think about that.

I don’t really like fighting with swords like that, i like from long distance… ^^

Every class have ranged weapons, and I wouldn’t advise you ranger cause even mesmer or warriors perform better at ranged combat imo

Jonva.5967:

I don’t really like fighting with swords like that, i like from long distance… ^^

Well, all professions can wear ranged weapons of course.. But since you’ll be at long distance, you will not be soaking up heavy damage, so then I would suggest a ranger (it has a pet, which will take aggro away from you nicely – still medium armor) or ele/mesmer (can do more dmg, but you’ll need to be kiting way more, since light armor).

Riss.1536:

Every class have ranged weapons, and I wouldn’t advise you ranger cause even mesmer or warriors perform better at ranged combat imo

So you recommended that mesmer is maybe a nice profession to give a try?

Riss.1536:

Every class have ranged weapons, and I wouldn’t advise you ranger cause even mesmer or warriors perform better at ranged combat imo

People seem to forget that a ranger is more than an arrow shooting entity, it has also a pet (which mitigates lots of dmg/aggro). And for a new player that’s very handy imho..

Mesmer or Ranger i hear here, any others?

I like mesmer i think because it can mirror yourself… ^^

Jonva, it might be best to check the Wiki of Guild Wars to get some feel about the professions.. Also Youtube can be handy, lots of players regulary upload videos of their toons, so that can give you also a nice feel about which professions suits you best..

If you would like a char that mixes range capabilities with survivability and doesn’t rely mostly on melee weapons from early on, then Necromancer could be the way to go. Necros and Warriors have the highest health pools in the game (without traiting etc), and their Death Shroud mechanic gives them very good survivability, especially if you don’t spec much into toughness. The staff gives you range (not as much as a Ranger, but more than, say a Guardian using a staff) with its 1 skill, and the rest are pretty cool marks, or you have scepter or daggers for close range.

Mesmer is interesting, but I think only becomes really, really great at the higher levels (same, for me, with Warrior).

A mesmer may not be the best class for a new player, it under performs at the early levels and will be somewhat hard to level.