Guild Wars 2

So far I only played my main(engineer) at sPvP and WvW… and I’m not playing it tanky. I know we are supposed to play it tanky and with condition damage but I prefer the rifle and I thought +power would be better and used this and also using the grenades with power on them.

It is fun to play like that and I also can stay alive long if others are nearby(especially in zerg fights). You can just move a bit away if needed with the movement abilities.

Now I wanted to play another class and play a bit more tanky. Is it even possible to rez at heave AoE fire? Or is this not possbile with any classes?

I tried Guardian cause it was my 2nd char I made – I played him in PvE a lot and it was more comfortable to do PvE with him than with my engineer… and I always heard it was “easier to learn”… but in WvW I died more often even though I had higher toughness and stuff(maybe cause of the low vitality – even the healing and defensive skills did not help much).

Should I go for Warrior now? Warrior probably easier to play tanky since it has higher base HP and then +toughness and even more +vitality gear?

Or should I try continue to play Guardian(seems like it needs a bit to get used to all the defensive abilities you usually don’t need in PvE at some event where you just spam greatsword attacks and heal if needed)?

Also is Healing Power useful in WvW? I think if I go for healing power it feels like I miss a lot vitality or other stuff(depending on which healing power gear I used)?

(So far I tried guardian with healing power gear… not everything full exo – and in large zerg fights in the middle of the action I die much faster… cause in melee you take tons more damage and even the healing and supporting abilities don’t heal that much if 30-40 hammer the heavy AoE on you – so much easier to just stay in ranged and throw grenades lol).

Guardian = heal/boon bot

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Now I wanted to play another class and play a bit more tanky. Is it even possible to rez at heave AoE fire? Or is this not possbile with any classes?

Depends on how you define “heavy AoE fire”. No class can take a prolonged pounding from 20+ focusing on his position. Guardian/Warrior doing invoulnerability and stability at the same time would be the strongest in that position, but then again whoever you res will be dead far faster than you can res them.

Any class can have a very tanky build and gear. Necros for example make some of the best tanks, despite only having light armor.

If I don’t want to buff others and heal others(only want to rez – other stuff is boring) then it would be better to play Warrior?

Or can Guardian also be played to do a bit damage like running into the zerg doing damage and then running a bit away to heal. (But there probably also the Warrior is better?)

Cause staying in the middle of the zerg fight all the time and taking damage a lot of time seems a bit hard to me and the blocking stuff of guardian does not seem to help that much and it seems easier with a class with higher hp that just has higher hp and can’t block.

Guardian has a couple of skills that improve ressing other characters, not to mention the AoE healing you slap down around you at the same time. And a tanky Guardian can do quite a bit of damage.

Yes you do have less HP than a Warrior, but ask any Guardian and you’ll find that’s not really an issue. Get 2000+ toughness and even a Thief will be tanky.

Thing is, a Warrior is very fun and can be incredibly tough with sheild/mace for example BUT you have little in the ways of assisting allies with stuff like ressing or healing. Shout healing is weak compared to what a Guardian can pump out while still being usefull in many other ways.