Guild Wars 2

like the title says after an extented break( came here with my guild wars guild, they quit shortly after the game came out and i followed them back to GW 1) im comeing back.

ive played around with a few of the classes so far, ive got the guard up to lvl 40 but im not really digging the melee so that kills the warrior and thief as well,

ive got the ele to 25 but seem to hit this brick wall where suddenly everything is a fight for my life.

the mesmer just isnt my playstyle and i feel the necro;s ( which were my main in GW1) just aint the same now that i cant do a MM build.

so that leaves the engi and ranger.

engis i like cause its really simple to get perma swiftness( inless this was changed wile i was gone) but i intend to mostly do solo PvE for now and i like haveing a pet just cause its not so lonely, im sure all my fellow WoW hunters know what i mean. im just not sure what one to go with.

can rangers get perma swiftness like the engi without nerfing the build?
am i going to have a hard time farming anything at lvl 80?
will i be able to get into dungons if i want easily?
what one of the two is going to be better?

Rangers have a signet that gives you 25% movement speed increase. I use it virtually all the time.

Rangers and engies are generally considered “weaker” professions by dungeon runners. If you’re trying to pug, you may sometimes find discrimination but not too often. If you join a decent guild I can’t see that being an issue.

I like both my ranger and my engie, for different reasons. I like having pets, and working at range as it keeps me out of trouble a lot of the time. I find my ranger, over all, more survivable than my engie.

But my engie is far more versatile. And farming with the bomb kit is mad easy. Six of one, half a dozen of another.

I can’t comment on ranger too much, I’ve hardly played mine, but my main is an engineer and I absolutely love her. I’m still working on survivability, playing around with healing skills a bit to see what works best for me, but if you’re a bit of a pyro and love making things go BOOM! then I would definitely recommend engie