Guild Wars 2

EDIT2: Have made a small chart showing percentage split of most/least feared professions. I really just did this for fun, just tallied each profession as it was named. It’s not meant to be a statement and nor is it a rigorous scientific exercise from which we can gain any meaningful conclusions, haha, but it’s fun to see Some observations:

MOST FEARED
- Mesmers (25%) and Thieves (22%) were named as ‘Most Feared’ professions, making people quake in their boots when they see them coming
- Engineers (4%), Warriors (3%) and Guardians (3%) appeared least as ‘Most Feared’ profession. You better work on toughening up your image, guys!
- Elementalists and Necromancers are equally feared at 15% each

LEAST FEARED
- Warriors were cited by nearly a third (29%) as the Least Feared. Perhaps they should change the name of Fear Me to something more appropriate!
- Thief was next with 19%. Perhaps not as scary as the forums make them out, then..?
- Only 2% of people named Engineer as least feared
- Necro was in second last place, with only 7% of mentions in the ‘Least Feared’ category.

GENERAL
- Elementalists are most afraid of Mesmers
- Engineers are most afraid of Elementalists
-Rangers are almost as equally Most Feared as Least Feared
- Necros are most afraid of…themselves!

That’s it for now! There are probably 100 mistakes but I hope people like looking at the results and discussing

EDIT1: I didn’t think this thread would get that many replies, but it’s great so far! If I get enough posts then I can really try to make a chart from the results, just for fun. Also, if you have already posted but didn’t actually name a profession but instead described a situation (eg “anything that CCs me too much”) then it would be great if you could edit your post with an actual profession so I have more replies I can use Thanks everyone!

Just a thread to pass the time while we all wait for the Jan/Feb updates!

OK, so you are running solo, with all your CDs ready, ready for anything and anyone when suddenly coming around the corner you see something that makes you break out into a cold sweat…. your nemesis profession! Which profession is it? And which profession are you also least afraid of? And so we can compare, which profession are YOU?

Maybe if we get enough responses I can create a graphic just for fun.

Me: Necro
Most feared: Mesmer
Least feared: Ranger

Me: ranger
Most feared: Necro (condi is my weakness)
Least feared: guardian (i live longer then them with my new build)

Me: Elementalist
Most Feared: Shatter Mesmer
Least Feared: Elementalist

Me:D/D Elementalist
Most Feared: Trap Ranger
Least Feared: Thief

Cond-glass Enginner
Feared : Thief (lack of steal-cnd animation)
Least : Mesmer

Me: bunker engineer
Most feared: shatter mesmer and trap ranger
Least feared: warrior

Thief and mesmer.

I never engage them unless I have to.

Me: Any Mesmer build
Most Feared: Any bunker
Least Feared: Any burst

Myself
Me
You

As a glass cannon shatter mesmer,
I gotta say D/D Elementalists are my least favourite class to fight if the person is skilled. They’re devastating when played right.

But that’s it.
Least feared is Necro.
Definitely.
At absolute worst they take a few seconds more to kill.

Me: Thief
Most feared: Engineer and Rangers.
Least feared: Necro.

Me: Mesmer
Most feared: good thief
Least feared: ranger

me: elementalist
Most feared: Mesmer/Thief burst
Least feared: engineer

Me: anything
Most feared: trap ranger
Least feared: backstab thief

Somewhat depends on circumstances. But
Thief, if im on something not tanky.
necro and ranger.

most hated: mesmer.

Macr…cough Kirei

Me: Mesmer
Most Feared; Ele if I can see them, if not a stealth loving thief
Least Feared; Any full melee, guardians give me the least worries.

So many mesmers, lol. But we’re so easy to kill.

Me:
Most: Condition Thief
Least: Warrior

Me: Anyone.
Most: Bunker builds.
Least: Anything that doesn’t take five minutes to kill.

Me: Necro
Most Feared: Skilled player
Least Feared: Newbie

Most feared: Ele
Why? Because if you’re not spikey enough, they will simply rofl away and heal up.
Most hated: Bunker guardian
Why? Because he’s already won the capture point. Nothing to see here, don’t waste your time. Move along…

Me: Mesmer
Most feared: Another well played mesmer
Least feared: any melee & glass cannons

me : nooby rifle warrior
most feared:… rangers
least feared: elementalist.

Me: Engineer

Most feared: Shatter mesmers
One slip up can come at a hefty price when facing these guys.
Mess up the timing and it’s game over.

Least feared: Warriors
These are the most predictable bunch to me.
Most warriors also roll Norn, making their movements even more obvious.

Me: Guardian
Feared: Mesmers
Least: Thieves

Me: Any Necro spec
Feared: Other rly good necros because they can turn my own dmg agaisnt me or top level thief who i don’t expect to be anywhere close
Least Feared: Warrior/Ranger in a 1v1 they lack condi removal.

Me: Mesmer/Guardian, I’ll play with others as well, but it’s mostly these two.

Most feared: 1 vs. 2+, Zerg trains are the death of me.

Least feared: People who play a profession they have no clue how to play because they lost to it and call it op. Sometimes it seems people don’t even read the skills and they wind up wasting a cooldown or a whole rotation to do absolutely nothing. Like being mugged/c&d/back stabbed in my chest, a shatter mesmer panicking after failing to kill with a mind wrack and now is just hitting random buttons, warriors having no other trick up their sleeve other than the 100b combo.

Me : Engineer
Feared : Mesmer -> If I miss my stun I’m dead, and phantasm/illusion block stuns.
Elem DD -> Even If I dodge everything, I often lack the burst to take them down.
Least feared : Glass Cannon Ranger → Easy to combo, die fast.

Enemies with lots of controls.

Me: D/D Elementalist
Most feared: Engineers (all the knock-backs/dazes/immobilizations… I hate them)
Least feared: Thieves and other Elementalists

Me: Guardian
Most Feared: Mesmer
Least Feared: Everything else

Me: Engineer
Most Feared: Mesmer or Ele
Least Feared: Thief or Warrior

Me: Condition Necromancer
Most Feared: Condition Necromancer… I feel like playing ping pong with conditions when I face another cond. necro, seriously lol
Least Feared: Warrior

I play a thief.

Most Feared: Good Thieves
Least Feared: Bad Thieves

Me: bunker frycook
Most feared: boxers
Least feared: nuns

As a D/D ele or a guard I have the most difficulty with power-well necros and condi-trap rangers.

me : rifle engineer
most : backstab thief (even the crap ones get lucky)
least : warrior any spec

me : rifle engineer
most : backstab thief (even the crap ones get lucky)
least : warrior any spec

Me: Bunker Guardian
Most: Trap Ranger
Least: Any Elementalist

Me: Necromancer
Most: Other necromancer
Least: warrior

Me: Super Mesmer
Most: Dual wield mace warriors
least: Dual wield axe warriors

me: mesmer:
most: good thief when defensive CD are down
least: spam thief

me: necro
most: ele
least: ranger

me: thief
most: mesmer/ele/necro
least: other thief

me: engi
most: ele
least: thief

Me: Necromancer
Most: Anything specced for chain CC
Least: Anything not specced for chain CC

Thanks for replies so far, keep ’em coming!

Me: Mesmer defending point
Most feared: trap ranger or a skilled d/d ele
Least feared: another mesmer

Me: Thief
Most feared: None
Least feared: None

Reason I dont fear anything because I can run and disengage in combat, I know how my class works, plus you dont have to fear classes when you know what you’re doing.

As i’ve seen this thread is completely stupid, you guys should l2p tbh.

I think the general vibe isn’t exactly literally about ‘fear’, I think more-so about which classes you don’t exactly prefer fighting as much and which classes you are more than happy to fight.

Me: D/D Ele
Most feared: good rangers, mesmers, good necros
Least feared: thieves, warriors

Me: S/D Ele
Most feared: thieves (not having shocking aura hurts ALOT)
Least feared: necros

Me: bomb/nade engi
Most Feared: Good players of any class. Evasive arcana eles who actually dodge in water. Trap rangers because their grandmaster trait up wilderness survival is currently bugged to take all conditions from the ranger and tick on the pet for the pet’s condition damage…
Least Feared: Guardians (they get bumhurt by me condis).

Me: S/D Bunker Ele
Most Feared: Skilled Sword/Focus – Staff Shatter Mesmer
Least Feared: Warrior