Guild Wars 2

Hi all

First of all: I don’t want to make another balance-thread, just share a few of my impressions after one month of intensive pvp as a ranger.

Here a few numbers from my 1vs1 fights, including both – arena fights and random WvW encounters.

I win 9 of 10 pvps with guardians
I win 7-8 of 10 pvps with warriors
I win 6-7 of 10 pvps with engineers
I win 5 of 10 pvps with other rangers
I win 1 of 10 pvps with mesmers

I didn’t mention elementalists and necromancers because i didn’t had enough opportunities so far to fight with these classes 1vs1.
I didn’t mention thieves because most of them just run away in stealth when they are low on hp, re-try to kill me, run away, re-try, run away etc. So even if i’m obviously better (which of course isn’t always the case) i don’t get the kill.

I don’t think that i am a very good player and i still have a long way to go, but i don’t completely suck as well xD.
Let’s say i’m just average. But that being said, look again at the numbers above.

It looks like a solid fact to me:
- An average Ranger can kill without any problems almost every guardian and most warriors, but it’s a great challenge to kill a mesmer. (By the way – One mesmer can relatively easily kill two Rangers, can one Ranger kill two mesmers?)
- Maybe it’s a question of bad luck, but it seems to me, mesmers and thieves dominate the arenas. Everytime i entered an 1/16 arena for a 1vs1 the player turned out to be a mesmer or thief. I really hoped for a chance to fight with a Necromancer, Ele or Engineer. No go. Everywhere only Mesmers and Thives.

Finally – I really, really, really miss a 1vs1 arena in the game. With the option to choose which class we want fight with.

Greetings.