Guild Wars 2

Sup sup.

I’ve recently returned after a year or more off and was wondering, with all these new specialisations, which out of the following three (3) classes do you personally believe is strongest in PvE, either pure DPS or hybrid (DPS/Utility), and why?:

• Ranger
• Engineer
• Warrior

Any views would be greatly appreciated!

Happy killin’

It is hard to say. A quick opinion of mine that I’ve seen.
Ranger : Druid used for heals, can offer some DPS but I don’t think it is that strong.
Engineer : Scrapper Stronger utility, I personally don’t like the hammer, and never saw the engineer as a PvE class. (Sorry I know next to nothing on this class)
Warrior : Berserker they got an update that feels a little lack luster. But they have strong WvW and burst potential.

I hope this weak quick opinion of those three helps?
If you are more specific of which part of PvE we might be able to help you better.

My main is a ranger, and they’re a lot of fun in pve. That being said, I think I would recommend the engineer, just for its versatility.

Warrior would probably have the highest dps, but imo, gets boring to play.

For PvE, IMHO…

Engi can do just about anything but it’s way harder to play. My fastest unbuffed solo kill on a golem in the Raid test area is on a condi engi, but the rotation is something like 38 stages and I’m still not sure I’ve got it. Power engis are mental, they do things like using skills that send them flying backwards and swap weapons as they cast them to cancel the flying backwards part. And if you don’t master all this stuff, engis kind of suck. Engi is get good or get out. You don’t have to main the engi, but it helps.

Ranger… has nominally unimpressive DPS, but they seem to do better in practice than in theory. They switch targets instantly with a bow — my ranger will kill that Grawl Berserker over yonder before the dagger/warhorn tempest with twice her theoretical dps can even get in range. Rangers with tigers generate fury, which is huge. Rangers with ranger runes get high crit rates in imperfect circumstances, and never lose their scholars bonus. Rangers with scholar runes keep their scholar’s bonus better than most classes because things aggro on the pet. Rangers who get the “power glyph buffer” build off metabattle can transform bad pugs (but not as well as a PS warrior). Rangers work a hell of a lot better in an imperfect PvE world than the meta says they should.

Warrriors… a Phalanx Strength warrior with two banners is the very best thing you can bring to a random dungeon PUG. But they need a group to buff, their personal DPS is poor to middling. But then again the low DPS is plenty for open world PvE, and the buffs are terrific when they join a group. Personally, I think they’re a bit dull to play though and there is only one really desirable warrior build unlike the other two classes.

Since you appear to have HoT why not just try one of each?

I believe it’s level 32 that you get your elite skill and you could level each up to that and see which you feel connected to the most.

To answer your question about the 3 options
I too have an engineer and find it very different and great fun.
Worrior is melee and not my type of thing.
Ranger is my main and always will be.

I will say this, where ever I go, hidden in a cave, Mountain top vista, where ever I mostly see rangers and their pets roaming around the world, it suits solo exploration and roaming. It also an easy class to play.

If you watch the pros on YouTube I find they tend to play complicated classes like, elementalist, mesmer, necro, or engineer.

I am far from pro or good but love my Ranger and pets.

Thanks very much for the input, guys and gals. It’s greatly appreciated.