Professions
Hello, I know that each professions have pros and cons, but I started with a warrior(now lvl 10) and I think he is dying easily, so I’ll start with a new class and want your opinions:
Who would you choose between: (and if possible, why)
-Necromancer
-Mesmer
-Ranger (just they can summon animals?)
-Elementalist
From the above, the Ranger is by far the easiest profession to start with. You get a starter pet and can tame animals (by ‘talking’ to animals/creatures that have the word ‘Juvenile’ in front of them). You can have 2 pets at any time which you can switch out whenever you need. Your pet is your personal tank while you can stay at range.
I highly suggest getting 2 bears if you’re just starting out. Nothing will be able to kill you up untill you start encountering the Risen (undead enemies), because they ignore your pet mostly and you’ll have to dodge/etc. Eventually you can switch to more squishy but higher damage pets when you get used to the class.
I would advise against rolling an Elementalist or a Mesmer if you’re not that familiar with the game or the genre, because those professions require a lot of work and/or time to get used to. An Elementalist is very squishy and will die a lot faster than a warrior ever will. You’ll be forced to kite enemies, use skill combos and get used to using all 20 attunement skills to get the most of the profession. But when you do get a hang of it, it’s very very very fun to play.
A Mesmer is a great class, but tends to feel fairly weak untill about level 40-45 or so. After that, it’s a very strong class. But it’s special class mechanic will require you to adapt quite a bit from ‘normal’ profession styles. For this class goes the same as an Elementalist; when you do get a hang of it, it’s very very very fun to play. It might just take some time.
A Necromancer is a good caster class to start with if you really want a caster class. This is because you can transform into something else and you get an entire second life bar. But it’s still harder to play than a Warrior or Ranger because you’ll mostly kill with condition damage and will have to kite a lot.
To be honest, if you’re new, I’d highly suggest a Ranger even if you’re just going to stop playing that profession. You’ll get to know the game before jumping into other classes. You can always choose to create an alt and play more than 1 profession.
Also, regardless of the profession you pick, learn to dodge attacks! It’s the most important thing in this game and every single profession has to do it if they wish to live. If you see an enemy charging an attack or if you’ve fought it before, double tap any direction key to roll away and dodge the attack. Once you get the hang of this, life will become a lot easier!
And just as a final word of advice; Don’t get discouraged when you die a few times! I know I did when I first started playing. Every profession has it’s weak spots and will die from time to time. Anyone who says otherwise, is lying.