Guild Wars 2

So the OP classes/professions in SPvP is Thief, Warrior and Guardian, everyone is playing them, almost (you only see a 1 or 2 other classes). Mesmer and Engineer is almost at the same spot, but not yet.

Either you have to buff other classes or nerf the Thief, Warrior and Guardian.

The Thief can kill you in 3 seconds + he’s hit&run class.

The Warrior can kill you in 3 seconds + he has alot of survability.

The Guardian can stay alive for i don’t know how long, and it can be against 3-4 players + he does very good damage over time, so you’re pretty much screwed if you don’t go all out damage on him as a Warrior or Thief.

The rest of the classes pretty much sucks compared to the Thief, Warrior and Guardian. Mesmer and Engineer are the classes that really requires skill and they are perfect balanced in damage and control.

Necromancer, Ranger and Elementalist are the classes who have to suffer.

Necromancer has his Death Shroud which let him be very “tanky” in SPvP but the damage is weak and the support is also weak.

Ranger has decent damage(longbow,greatsword and axes need a buff, longbow faster auto-attack), no really good traits for pvp and the survability however can be pretty good if you use the right skills like traps and pet that absorbs damage.

Elementalist has the attunements, very hard to play and the only weapon that is very effective in SPvP is Dagger+Dagger, very squishy though.

The only class in a really bad place right now is the Ranger. They’re just pretty bad.

All the others are fine. Necros have too many bugs and could do with access to burning, but they’re definitely playable and competitive.

Also the idea that warrior is overpowered and mesmer isn’t is extremely lol. Your comments about elementalists are also totally wrong.

lmao, now warrior is OP? mesmers get gutted and now warriors up to the plate!

feels sooooo good to be right about this community it hurts

around around we go, where will the nerfs stop? nobody knows!

Yukishiro.8792:

The only class in a really bad place right now is the Ranger. They’re just pretty bad.

All the others are fine. Necros have too many bugs and could do with access to burning, but they’re definitely playable and competitive.

Also the idea that warrior is overpowered and mesmer isn’t is extremely lol. Your comments about elementalists are also totally wrong.

This.

^ Anyone can play a Warrior with uber damage or a Thief but not everyone can play the Mesmer perfect. Mesmer has the highest learning curve along with the Elementalist.

80% of players in spvp matches seem to be thieves and mesmers. These two are head and shoulders above all other classes.

100B warriors are able to annihilate newb players, that’s about it. All the rest of the classes seem to be roughly even, with ranger’s seeming pretty darn weak by comparison.

Zoid.2568:

^ Anyone can play a Warrior with uber damage or a Thief but not everyone can play the Mesmer perfect. Mesmer has the highest learning curve along with the Elementalist.

Wait, no. Mesmer has the highest learning curve compared to other gimmick professions, but it is still extremely easy to play when you compare it to Necromancers, Engineer and Elementalists.

Vorpal.4683:

80% of players in spvp matches seem to be thieves and mesmers. These two are head and shoulders above all other classes.

100B warriors are able to annihilate newb players, that’s about it. All the rest of the classes seem to be roughly even, with ranger’s seeming pretty darn weak by comparison.

Are we playing the same game? the classes i see all the time are Thief, Warrior and Guardian, because they are easy to play and they kill/survive anything.
I have seen mesmers a few times, yes they are annoying if played by a good player, but it requires skill to play them that good.

The more Anet nerfs, the more wow babies will cry. It’s a endless cycle.

There’s nothing particularly hard about playing the gimmick mesmer phantasm spec. In fact it’s maybe the easiest of all because you don’t even have to do much on your own besides try not to die.

Zoid.2568:

^ Anyone can play a Warrior with uber damage or a Thief but not everyone can play the Mesmer perfect. Mesmer has the highest learning curve along with the Elementalist.

Full of BS, don’t even talk until you learn to play a class that doesn’t get carried by gadgets, phantoms or boons/sustain and invisibility.

Seriously being an effective Thief probably takes more skill than a Mesmer ever will anyways.

Also, “anyone can play my Warrior” my kitten Why don’t you apply your learning curve with Mesmer to a Ranger or a Warrior and be at the same efficiency? You couldn’t even if you wanted to because your class is too forgiving.

OP you listed 5 of the 8 classes as being overpowered… just sayin’…

Bohab.7825:

OP you listed 5 of the 8 classes as being overpowered… just sayin’…

I listed 3 as OP, 2 as perfectly balanced and 3 as bad.

Had to laugh at the warriors are op but not mesmers comment. Sounds like OP bought the game yesterday and played a few games.

There will always be more popular classes/races doesn’t mean they are overpowered play some tpvp before you claim anything. Hunters could use a little help and Necros need some bugs fixed other classes need maybe a slight touch but otherwise its pretty close.

So, I think we can all gather that the OP plays a Mesmer full-time lol . I’m sure he’ll say he doesn’t – like they all do – it’s too late… we know :-)

then buff the other classes.

All of the current professions have viable builds depending on the team composition. Some have a lot less then they should, and some could use some more viable builds for open sPvP.

In regards to anything being borderline overpowered, that is pretty much only the Shatter Mesmer build and possibly some bunker builds out there. Everything else is by far in the realm of being counter-able within a reasonable cost.