Guild Wars 2

I’ve been making some characters on guild wars since I bought some character slots and I want to make a sylvari, however I’m not sure which profession to be. I narrowed it down to a ranger or a thief. I can’t decide between those two though. Which would make more sense for a sylvari?

Any profession makes sense for a sylvari, they are very curious and looking to do anything that’s new. Also the professions have a wide range of interpretation. I’ve just tried googling for the direct quote, but I distinctly recall when they announced the Thief they said it didn’t have to be a shadowy rogue, it could be a con man, a swashbuckler, an entertainer, etc. I built my RP main around that, he’s a dashing nobleman who spent time with a traveling troupe and has a lot of entertaining skills with juggling, acrobatics, banter .. and pickpocketing, lockpicking, misdirection, and the like.

Your sylvari Thief could be good at silent movement, detail perception, scouting, and the like. S/he doesn’t have to be an amoral stealer of stuff or an assassin, as far as the character concept goes.

Ranger works in a more iconic fashion, of course, playing on the sylvari connection to nature.

That’s all going to lore! If you meant in terms of game play, as others have said race has zero impact on profession utility beyond some flavor racial skills that are designed to be weaker than universally available ones.

What’s your play style?

It doesn’t matter at all which you pick. Race doesn’t matter at all really. The racial skills might have a bit better synergy with a Ranger that Thief is less likely to get any use out of. For the most part, it doesn’t matter though.

Thief’s are easier to play and more appreciated in dungeons than Rangers. I have an 80 of each. If you only plan to pve solo, the ranger is a nice choice… though so is the Thief. Ranger will give you more solo pve play styles.