Guild Wars 2

omg its another “someone spoon feed me which class I should play because I cant decide for myself”. But I care not, because I dont want to have another level 80 that makes me think “Son of a. . . this is not how I pictured this to be”

So my gripes about my guardian:
1) Low dps – “meh” survivability (Its not terrible. Its also not where a “Guardian” should be at)
2) My ranged options are comparable to choosing a plunger or my bare hand to unclog a toilet. It either sucks, or sucks worse. Big beefy bad*** . . . with a wand. Come on. And low DPS to boot
3) Same gripe as #2, but put that in a PvP situation.
4) If I get attacked by 1 enemy im a boss, wrecking his face. . . really slowly, but getting the job done. Get an add and I have to play my cards right. Get 2 adds and if better be able to outrun them and hope I dont pick up more mobs while running away (and I always get more adds)

What I am looking for (Which class fits these roles the best overall)
1) Ranged. Honestly, screw this melee crap. Its not for me, not in GW2
2) Solo’ability. Guardians are great until you get into the level 80 zones, and its like a whole new level of enemies that its tough for a guardian. So which class can handle the endgame zones well?
3) I would like to DW pistols honestly, not a necessity though, im ok with ele/necro if they fit the rest of the bill
4) Group synergy. My guardian is good for some minor buffs, laughable DPS from ranged, and dying.
5) PvP. Honestly, a ranged guardian isn’t bad here, but the gameplay style is. . . not what you would expect from a plate wearing “Ball of wrecking kitten” (but I dont wreck kitten, I just look like I can with my bad*** armor)

It would seem my options are: Theif, ele, necro, engineer, warrior (Dont want a warrior, already got a heavy armor toon). I dont think ranger fits the bill because they are better off with a melee greatsword from what I have read.

I read WHOLE post and I might give you some advice.

Choose from Warrior or Necromancer …

• They have highest HealthPool (18 000, while Guardian has 10 000)
• Warrior has Highest rating armor (like guardian, but remember the HP difference) and Necro has Shroud ( bonus Health Pool XD )
• They’re both EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD at ranged (Warrior has SINGLE NUKE Rifle and AoE Longbow )
• Warrior has Shouts/Banners for Synergy, and Necro has Wells/Staff/Corruption ( + pets are good for boss attention)
• They are both eyerollers in SPvP and WvWvW …. ^^

PS. My main is Elementalist and trust me, you DO NOT WANNA GO THAT WAY …lowest HP, not that BIG dmg ….useless 1v2 even after 20 lvl

I only keep it cuz of GW1 …and still looking for my new main

well then, thanks much. Imma go try out the lord of the undead

Thanks for the pretty informative response.

If anyone else has some insight, lemme hurr bout it ;D

to answer your req’s

1. Ranger
2. Ranger
3. Thief
4. Guardian
5. Thief

Granted I haven’t gotten my Guardian above lvl 2 but from the betas my guardian was a kitten wrecker. Personally I’d spend some time re-jiggin the traits and see what conditional damage you can pull. On the ranger I really perfer sword/torch because the buring just drops things.

I’d say warrior or thief with range weapons. Thieves are squishier, but they can put out some nice damage. Dual Pistols are fun for single target damage, but I like Short Bow for AOE (the auto-attack bounces).

Low DPS? O_o Problems with 3 mobs? Are you wearing white armor or something?
My guardian has 3000 attack, 50% crit chance and kitten load of condition damage (30/30/10/0/0, Mystic Greatsword). I try to never pull less the 5 mobs in Orr.

Survivability? Puh-lease. Save yourselves alone is imba. And you have minimum 3 Aegis on demand. I use Retreat, Save yourselves and Purging flames as utils. And Virtues.