Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I am completely new to Gw2. I’m a pretty big fan of PvP and was wondering if there was a server with an active PvP community? I’ve heard of anvil rock but there isn’t a lot of current information on servers.

Also I’m not sure what class to pick but am highly interested in the thief. Is the thief competitive in endgame PvP? If not, what classes are competitive in endgame PvP? My second choice would be the guardian. If anyone has a list of competitive classes in PvP that would be great.Thanks for your help.

U can <<guest>> (travel for free -2 max servers per day) to which ever server u want (but not in differnt regions ) .
So u can have Anvil Rock as u main server + 2 other servers u can hop on .
U should decide wisely ur first server , beause of that server u will represent WvWvW

As for balance :
Check : http://el.twitch.tv/blu42
Thursday 4:30 EST/22:30 CET

USA vs EU team
and choose whatever class u find more interesting

(thats u do it !)

Despite the usual forum complaints, balance is respectably decent. Thieves are not considered one of the top few professions but there are plenty of great teams that use them well. Guardians are generally considered top tier and almost every team uses one. The only profession that is unarguably separate from the others is warrior, which is extremely difficult to succeed with in tournaments. Some teams even do well with warriors, though.

You need to know that SPVP is cross-server, so it doesn’t matter on which server you are playing, you will face people from all EU servers (or NA if you’re playing on a NA server).
This works also for Trading Post and all PVE istances.

The difference in servers are only two: PVE open world and WvW.
You can NOT play in PVE open world with other players if they are on different servers but this can be easily solved with guesting feature.
WvW works differently: you can join it only on YOUR server side, you can not guest and fight for another server. To do that, you need to transfer your character to that server.
So if you not interested in WvW, then join the server where your friends are.
If WvW is important to you then check leaderboards.

PS: About SPVP classes, maybe you didn’t notice yet, but when you join SPVP your character will be at max level with all skills unlocked and endgame equip. This is to make it balanced and fair for everyone, despite their PVE level. So you can basically create a new level 1 character and go directly to SPVP without having to play the PVE.
WvW is different though, your level is rised to 80 but your equip and your skills are the one from PvE.