Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I just wanted the community’s opinion regarding the potential of the ranger, engineer or guardian in 1v1 situations. I feel as though i want to play one of these, however I’ve heard a lot about mesmers and thieves being a bit ‘overpowered’ at the moment. Since i’ve never pvp’d before, it would be nice to know the extent of the advantage the mesmers/theives have over other classes. As in if they are outrageously overpowered and will win regardless or skill or if they are only slightly overpowered (if at all).

Mesmer and Thieves are a bit more succesfull atm, but I wouldn’t call them overpowered. It took me some time to learn to identify clones from the real enemy mesmer (but in the end it is my lack of skill when I am attacking a clone) and they have some nasty skills. But mesmers are low on armor and it only take a few good hits to get them out. Same goes basicly for thieves. Know how to counter them and they are beatable. I’ve played both WvW and sPvP with my engineer and it felt fun and sattisfying and I didn’t feel underpowered.
It is common practise that if a player in PvP gets killed they go shooting that the enemy is overpowered instead off first looking at their own skills. They have slight advantages that takes some specifick tactics to tackle them instead of just a basic tactic.

Conclusion they are only slightly overpowered in my opinion.