Guild Wars 2

Hello there!

After a very very long pause i decided to return (finally) to GW2. But i find myself not enjoying melee classes now. I hate them i would say. So i want to make a new ranged one, but i just dont know which one to get.

I was thinking about ranger or elementalist. Im mostly and probably i can say only PvE player. I used to play WoW alot, where i played casters only too. So maybe there are some other good ranged classes in GW2… Anyway. What could you say to me? Which ranged class is a good one nowadays in PvE? Thank you all for your suggestions!

PS: My style is: Kill everything as fast as possible.

Staff Elementalist would be your best bet then. Suits your requirements of kill everything and ranged. Fair warning though Ele’s are squishy as anything so you will need to learn to dodge and use your active defences.

For PvE everything is good (so, in your case, ranger or ele), but for dungeon speed clears and high lvl fractals most people in LFG would choose an ele over a ranger.

All I can say is, they’re very different in playstyle so you might think about trying both (you should have characters slots available), and then decide later on

Let’s have a look at your style:
Kill everything as fast as possible.

Guys, does that not sound like a Necromancer? Blekotak, when you want to kill “everything”, that “everything” will eventually close upon you and surround you. The hands-down best spellcaster in that scenario is the Necromancer. From Wells, through Minions, to Death Shroud. It’s a total YES.

To compare the professions’ deadly capabilities in terms of geometric shapes:
A Ranger is a deadly cone. Everything in front is in danger.
An Elementalist is a powerful discus. It takes precision to throw, and it works – but you aren’t so good when you’re expected to throw it at your own feet.
A Necromancer is a huge sea urchin with afterlife capabilities.

Enough geometry – pick a Necro.
People will say, “But Necros are not wanted in PvE…!” Necros rock.
You’re always welcome to my dungeon runs