Guild Wars 2

Hello,
i wan’t to start my 5th char and i’m really indeed among few classes. I already get a guardian, a warrior, mesmer and ranger but now i’ve my last slot (last, for now) and i can’t decide… i already tried those classes in HotM but i can’t still decide! :<
can you make a comparison with your personal experience for me?
Those classes are: elementalist, necromancer and engineer.

What im looking for is:

1. which class isn’t forced into a single build (condition or not)? because i like variety…
2. which class is able to deal a sustained damage without go full zerker?
3. which class is able to defend better without go bunker?
4. which class is viable in WvW?
5. which class is viable in power build (not full zerker and not condition… just power)?
6. which class is more funny to play? (the most important think!)
7. which class is harder to play (i love to learn hard tactics to get maximum benefits from builds)?

thank you for your time

Kjeldoran.3849:

What im looking for is:

1. which class isn’t forced into a single build (condition or not)? because i like variety…
2. which class is able to deal a sustained damage without go full zerker?
3. which class is able to defend better without go bunker?
4. which class is viable in WvW?
5. which class is viable in power build (not full zerker and not condition… just power)?
6. which class is more funny to play? (the most important think!)
7. which class is harder to play (i love to learn hard tactics to get maximum benefits from builds)?

thank you for your time

1. none of the three, there are tons of builds for these professions
2. Raw damage: I would say Elementalist here (AoE nuker), but the other two can also deal quite some nice dmg (Necro has lots of conditions (and thus condi dmg))
3. all of them
4. all of them
5. all of them
6. depends on you.. I like Engineer the most out of those 3..
7. Engineer has the steepest learning curve from those 3..

Tribio.8531:

1. none of the three, there are tons of builds for these professions
2. Raw damage: I would say Elementalist here (AoE nuker), but the other two can also deal quite some nice dmg (Necro has lots of conditions (and thus condi dmg))
3. all of them
4. all of them
5. all of them
6. depends on you.. I like Engineer the most out of those 3..
7. Engineer has the steepest learning curve from those 3..

oh … emm what? do you corrected point 7? XD i saw necromancer 2 mins ago…
anyway, from my experience the strongest builds i found for those classes where:
engineer → condition (elixir, HGH etc)
necromancer → power build (axe) or condition
elementalist → holder and power build (air burst)

what can you tell me about those builds?

It’s funny, because I would recommend elementalist for you. I think it’s probably the strongest out of them all, and it can go support, or power, or anything really. The conjure weapons add some variety, as do getting to know your attunements for your weapons. Necro imo is more based on lasting long, I personally haven’t found a good way to do lots of damage on it (but I don’t spend too much time trying). Engineer I use as a condition build, but like elementalist, can probably be fun for you because of the different weapon kits

Mystic Starfish.2586:

It’s funny, because I would recommend elementalist for you. I think it’s probably the strongest out of them all, and it can go support, or power, or anything really. The conjure weapons add some variety, as do getting to know your attunements for your weapons. Necro imo is more based on lasting long, I personally haven’t found a good way to do lots of damage on it (but I don’t spend too much time trying). Engineer I use as a condition build, but like elementalist, can probably be fun for you because of the different weapon kits

What are you talking about? No class is stronger than the rest. Anyway, engineer can easily… and I mean easily in the easiest sensible way, support. Exlixir gun + turrets + Elixers + Kits + Charr = best support everrrrrrr. SO can necros with their wells and bunch of other things necro do with blood. (I never really played Necro so can’t say much on the class) But I think it’s downright silly to say something like “one class rules them all” in any type of play style.

*Strongest out of the three he wanted to try. I realize that any class can play any type, but the fact is some are better than others in areas. In my experience, ele is the best at dishing damage of the three

As far as the flexibility you’re asking for, here’s the 3 that can do it in no particular order (each brings somethign different and each depends largely on how you play it)

• necro
• ele
• engi

Now i know these have already been mentioned, just wanted to reinforce it. As far as support in the form of healing and boon buffing, ele tops it with engi right behind. As far as support with damage mitigation and CC (hard and soft CC) necro tops it with engi not far behind. As far as the raw power when considering doing those other tings at the same time: engi and ele are pretty similar with necro behind unless you run full conditions then your overall damage outshines them by a mile- only thing is getting that much out of conditions takes time to build it up.

As far as fun factor, I’d say engi and necro are pretty close. You can do some fun things with ele some of the time, but most of the time you’re too busy micromanaging attunements and watching your teammates do dumb kitten and bailing them out. At least with engi or necro it’s easy to bail out the dummies while still having fun simply by playing your class.