Eles look pretty easy to play but I have also heard people say they are also the hardest. If I just want to rack up loot bags with the least effort possible whats the best profession for that? My server seems to always be zergs vs zergs unless you log in at like 6-8 AM in the morning.
If you just want to run with a zerg and get bags all three are relatively easy and good. I would caution about the mesmer though since they have the least AOE’s of the three cloth classes they are less likely to get tags so less bags, but they do provide valuable support skills like portal and time warp.
And a staff ele who is in a raid isn’t hard to play, they just have more abilities. But in the middle of a raid basically all classes are easy, unless you are doing very coordinated attacks.
Should I wait and see how the AoE nerfs are going to shake out before committing to a new class and leveling him to 80? Also I tried Necro in sPvP and damage was just Meh. Was using Staff for Marks and all 3 Wells. I was always last in kills and my damage was pathetic. How would that get me loot bags in WvW if Water Eles and AH Guardians can just outheal my Wells and Marks?
Define easy by your standards first. Then move on to the motivation for easy, and your expectations to be had in WvW.
Also Necro played well with a solid guild group will end an evening between 500 – 1500 kills. It really depends on how many times the other team decides to throw their bodies in the the grinder.
If you’re looking to wear out your F key from picking up loot bags, then you should probably stray from the zerg. With the way “group tagging” works, I’m usually getting an 80% drop rate on some sort of (usually garbage) loot out of a 4-man group and a glass cannon mesmer build. I suspect in that scenario, any non-bunker ele build will fall victim pretty quickly to thieves. I personally haven’t played a necro, but the two people in my team who routinely field their necro in WvW see some decent results with both direct damage and condition builds. Having two health bars AND the highest base HP bracket really helps them out.
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Might just stick to my Hammer warrior then. Hes pretty beast in WvW. Just wanted to try out something different that does just as good damage and can take hits.
Highest skill ceiling for sure. Average ele players are more skilled than the greatest thief players by leagues in comparison. Warrior players don’t even register on the same scale as ele’s because their skill cap is so low by comparison.
1v1 it can be argued perhaps because of their ability to out last people. It is due to this and not for pwning faces off with damage. Ever see 2 bunker ele’s fight? Neither can do enough damage to kill the other. Kinda of like watching two bunker guardians fights, but flashier.
Highest skill ceiling for sure. Average ele players are more skilled than the greatest thief players by leagues in comparison. Warrior players don’t even register on the same scale as ele’s because their skill cap is so low by comparison.
Yeah, this is quite true. Takes far less effort for me to succeed on my thief than other classes. I cant speak about warriors though
1v1 it can be argued perhaps because of their ability to out last people. It is due to this and not for pwning faces off with damage. Ever see 2 bunker ele’s fight? Neither can do enough damage to kill the other. Kinda of like watching two bunker guardians fights, but flashier.
It’s not only bunker builds of same class. I’m mostly bunker spec’d on my engi and fighting a bunker ele or bunker guardian either I win thanks to my control and popping retaliation and confusion at the right time when the opponent isn’t paying attention or I die of boredom after 10 mins. or so.
But on the topic, if indeed mostly in zerg fights I’d say glass canon staff ele with a few escape skills to get easy badges.
What I can say is that it definitely is not a necromancer. A necro is a devestating addition to a team in WvW, but that is mainly due to their ability to act as force multipliers. This requires paying tons of attention to who is being hit and with what so you can use the appropriate skills to greatly increase your team’s damage output.
With culling, this gets really difficult in larger fights.
Highest skill ceiling for sure. Average ele players are more skilled than the greatest thief players by leagues in comparison. Warrior players don’t even register on the same scale as ele’s because their skill cap is so low by comparison.
Try playing an engineer well and get back to me on that comment. Eles are not particularly hard to play well.
Both ele and mesmer have a lot of tools to survive and contribute. If you are a decent player both classes have an easy time surviving and doing damage in zergs. Eles survive better but less damage, mesmers more damage but less survivability. Just don’t pick necro, they don’t bring much to the table.
Both ele and mesmer have a lot of tools to survive and contribute. If you are a decent player both classes have an easy time surviving and doing damage in zergs. Eles survive better but less damage, mesmers more damage but less survivability. Just don’t pick necro, they don’t bring much to the table.
I disagree. I regularly follow a necro around that can change a fight around in WvW with his play and available abilities.
None. Wrong game. If you want to press 1 and stand you will just waste time and become a burden on your teammates that will have to constantly res you.
However if you want to play GW2, here is my suggestion, play an ele. You will constantly be doing something. There is a definite learning curve involved, and if you get bored, change up your spec and roll a different weapon combo.
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1v1 it can be argued perhaps because of their ability to out last people. It is due to this and not for pwning faces off with damage. Ever see 2 bunker ele’s fight? Neither can do enough damage to kill the other. Kinda of like watching two bunker guardians fights, but flashier.
Yarr, I had this problem last night when dueling a guardian. He heals, I heals, we went 20min before calling it a tie.
’da best class for 1v1 or AoE damage is an ele.
The best for group utility is a necro.
I see a lot of people underestimate necro’s, but they can do some wicked damage.
