Guild Wars 2

I main an S/D elementalist, and I absolutely love it, but I’m also looking to get another character that I can have fun with in pvp and WvW on the side. I’m thinking either thief or engineer. I also have a level 80 necro and mesmer but I hate them haha. I am at 4.9K achievement points and will use the scroll on that next character.

So how are those two classes/build set ups for WvW? My main concern for thief is that players that can counter stealth will generally win unless I develop a ridiculous skill level with thief, meanwhile after playing ele I think I can handle playing a tanky grenade or condition engi, but the kit system seems rather clunkily implemented.

Depends on how you like to play. Why do you like the Elementalist? Do you go burst or survivability? Do you like conditions? If you like a challenge and not being the best at damage but like having a lot of buttons to smash like F1 – F4, then engineer is kinda interesting. I have yet to try a turret build cause I hear they are trash. But Pistol/Shield condition builds seem nice.

As for burst, thief is greatest troll. Can do high damage and troll opponents with condition removal / stealth. Best of luck!

Really depends I played engineer up to level 35 but stopped. It got monotonous to play only having 3 weapons to choose from. The kits are nice and they also provide a sort of perma swiftness (perfect for wvw) but eles do it better. And though Engis have very unique utilities and skills almost none of them seem to really go well together. Overall I would go to theif but I would keep an eye out for engineer who knows I still pray they’ll just give us the freaking hammer for a decent meelee build :/

Thanks guys, I decided to go with Thief, and its a lot of fun!

And yeah I like ele because theres a good amount of burst/sustain through switching the attunements and whatnot, and my lightning hammer build is perfect for PvE encounters.

I think I’ll continue to enjoy the thief as I gradually level it to 80