Guild Wars 2

Hello all. I am completely new to GW but I have played many other MMOs. I understand there are a lot of differences in GW2 as compared to other MMOs. I am trying to decide on a character to level and I am torn between pretty much all of the professions. They all seem fun and I have leveled a few to 5 already and still can’t decide.

So here is my question, if someone here would so kind as to help me out.

What are each of the Professions jobs in player versus player (mostly looking for large scale battles) and what professions are currently the best. What I am looking for is if someone could order out maybe even just what they believe is the current top 3-5 professions and what their role essentially is in the battlefield.

For example something like…

1. INSERT PROFESSION HERE – their role is to mostly (deal aoe damage, do damage from far away, do melee damage, support allies, heal people, tank damage, control enemies, debuff enemies, buff allies, or whatever this game calls for )

This would be greatly appreciated in helping me decide which profession to level. Even just one or two profession descriptions from you guys would be amazing. Thank you!

for pvp you can jump in at level 1 on any class. warrior can be a fun class to learn with, its pretty user friendly. Role is dependent on build.

You said large scale battles. I believe you would be interested in the World vs World section, as the PvP is matches of 5v5.