Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been away from this game for quite a while. I’m a very casual player, strictly PvE, and I’m wanting to start a new character to level. I’m wondering what profession is currently the best for solo PvE? And when I say “best” I mean high survivability but with decent dps as well. I like fast kills but not at the expense of getting killed every two seconds. lol

I have a level 80 warrior that was pretty easy. I just saw there were changes to the warrior profession recently so maybe they aren’t as good now?

I have a hunter that’s in the 50’s. That’s the profession I typically play in games since they’re usually best for solo play. But I’m pretty sick of them at this point.

When this game first launched, I attempted a Necro but seems like they had issues in the beginning and I never got her past level 20.

I was really wanting to try a light armor class profession this time around. Since they’re the squishiest, I’ve never really played one that much. Elementalists have always interested me, but seems like I’ve read they are the worst for solo leveling.

Anyway, just curious. Thanks for any replies!

Uh, I would probably say ranger is the best. Maybe not the most exciting, but they have a pet to take aggro for them and if they do go down their pet can revive them too. Not only that, but a lot of times your pet can kill everything around you by itself in PVE too.

Minion necromancers are the same way, but since you can’t unlock all the minions very quickly, it’s not as nice at lower levels.

Warriors are pretty tanky and do good damage (and can nike away if things get too tough), so they’re not a bad choice either.

Guardian is another popular choice, although it lacks the running abilities, has lower base HP, and isn’t the most exciting thing in the world either.

It’s up to you though. Maybe you could give them all a try and see what you like best. :P

Probably Warrior.

Warrior if you want to do the same fighting routine, but be the safest.

Elementalist if you enjoy nuking things down fast (and at level 80, you’ll be able to utilize Fresh Air Dagger + Focus to do massive amounts of damage with 12 second rotations (full rotation is 24 seconds, but 12 seconds is a good cut-off point for mob to mob).

erm ranger because of pets…

@OP
dunno why you tell us you got a level 50 hunter. This isnt the WoW forums….

Thanks for the replies everyone! I’ve actually rolled a new warrior AND an elementalist just to give it a try. I’ll probably stick with warrior though. It seems to suit me best I think.

Prysin.8542:

@OP
dunno why you tell us you got a level 50 hunter. This isnt the WoW forums….

Oops! Well, archer/hunter/ranger they’re all pretty much the same thing in mmo’s (with or without pets) so it’s easy to mix up the name used for the class/profession in each game. lol Hunter is what I tend to call the bow class/profession in general. Everyone knows what it means.

lleras.4170:

Thanks for the replies everyone! I’ve actually rolled a new warrior AND an elementalist just to give it a try. I’ll probably stick with warrior though. It seems to suit me best I think.

Prysin.8542:

@OP
dunno why you tell us you got a level 50 hunter. This isnt the WoW forums….

Oops! Well, archer/hunter/ranger they’re all pretty much the same thing in mmo’s (with or without pets) so it’s easy to mix up the name used for the class/profession in each game. lol Hunter is what I tend to call the bow class/profession in general. Everyone knows what it means.

Not exactly. Archer’s and WoW Hunter’s playstyle is based on range skills.

GW2’s Ranger is both ranged and melee with an ability to manage a pet. All of these 3 things come together as a package. The sooner you’ll get used to that thought the sooner you’ll become a good ranger

I think that’s what Prysin meant.

Also, ironically, in WoW lore, Hunters were like Fighter Assassins. They would stalk their prey and then go in for the kill with axes in hand (not tossing them, mind you). If they did have an animal companion, the animal companion would stalk and hunt with them.

The term Hunter reflected that, as they were good predators, aka hunters.

Archer is a term for people who shoot arrows. If your profession/class is an Archer, it makes sense for you to shoot.

And a Ranger is simply an armed person. The term Range in Ranger is not actually a defining point of that name, unlike Archer (archery) and Hunter (hunting).

The reason why Ranger is not actually defined by the term Range is because the word is a translation off of a translation off of a translation, which means somewhere along the line, it got lost in translation (and yes, I really just wanted to have a sentence with the word translation 5 times).

Rangers are, in Old England, keepers of parks and forests.

In even older times, they are even referred to as lines of soldiers/armed men, wanderers, soldiers.

The term Rangers in English became widely used after Britain trained a new type of soldier, a Ranger, whose main job was to be able to fight with each group of rangers fighting from different ranges while fighting heavily fortified settlements.

The reason why it isn’t practical be a lone archer is because you’re extremely open. Having an animal companion won’t really make you less susceptible to harm. Typically, if you wanted to protect yourself, you could get a shieldbearer to stand in front of you and take turns drawing your bow string and then having the shieldbearer pop down while you fire. This also required an extreme amount of coordination and is/was useful in coordinated battles. Of course, it also requires 2 people for one bow. Not one person and one animal.