Guild Wars 2

I thought necromancers stole it, with their cool minions and blood magic. Mesmers had a shot too, with teleportation and clones. But no. Necros were just a death wielding mage, mesmers were just butterfly wizards. As much as I enjoy summoning a horde of butterflies to feast upon my enemies, it was elementalist that stole my heart.

One Word; Versatility
I thought my engineer had the best. Little did I know ele is just miles ahead. Team support, like cradling a small kitten while firing a minigun. It doesnt matter if I use a staff to make those frisky AoE heals and effects, or if I use daggers and apply boons to my team, like a mother kissing an atom bomb before it blows up the dinosaurs. I can help others, while also murdering hundreds. Versatility, being able to switch from damage, to speed, to healing, to tanking in mere seconds. I am one of you all now, an elementalist. Now I will complete my initiation by drinking the blood of a thousand 100 blade warriors.

Enjoy the class bro

Welcome to the club!

DaPhoenix is handing out autographs in that corner over there, Arheundel is crusading for Elementalist Rights out back, Bit’s busy streaming some WvW action in the video lounge, LordByron and STRanger are headbutting a certain thief in the cage. Rainshine and MajorMelchett are enjoying retirement after maintaining our list of bugs broke them. I think Crunchy Gremlin, Aether McLoud, ThiBash, Cosmic Teapot and Creslin are in the tool shop sharpening their daggers.

PlasmaCutter is branding “ELE4LIFE” on our newer members as we speak, just make sure you don’t ask him to brand your forehead, he’s been drinking a little too much lately after whispered rumours of further “fixes” to the club!

Oh golly there’s so many sights to see! I can’t wait to read all of the informative and constructive threads on this forum!

MarzAttakz.9608:

Welcome to the club!

DaPhoenix is handing out autographs in that corner over there, Arheundel is crusading for Elementalist Rights out back, Bit’s busy streaming some WvW action in the video lounge, LordByron and STRanger are headbutting a certain thief in the cage. Rainshine and MajorMelchett are enjoying retirement after maintaining our list of bugs broke them. I think Crunchy Gremlin, Aether McLoud, ThiBash, Cosmic Teapot and Creslin are in the tool shop sharpening their daggers.

PlasmaCutter is branding “ELE4LIFE” on our newer members as we speak, just make sure you don’t ask him to brand your forehead, he’s been drinking a little too much lately after whispered rumours of further “fixes” to the club!

Nice overview bro
However I refuse the headbutting part, my head would hurt from that

MarzAttakz.9608:

Welcome to the club!

DaPhoenix is handing out autographs in that corner over there, Arheundel is crusading for Elementalist Rights out back, Bit’s busy streaming some WvW action in the video lounge, LordByron and STRanger are headbutting a certain thief in the cage. Rainshine and MajorMelchett are enjoying retirement after maintaining our list of bugs broke them. I think Crunchy Gremlin, Aether McLoud, ThiBash, Cosmic Teapot and Creslin are in the tool shop sharpening their daggers.

PlasmaCutter is branding “ELE4LIFE” on our newer members as we speak, just make sure you don’t ask him to brand your forehead, he’s been drinking a little too much lately after whispered rumours of further “fixes” to the club!

This made me chuckle. Anyways, OP: Welcome to the club! I made the switch from necro a long time ago and never regretted it. Ele is just incredible once you have the hang of it, and just when you think you’ve got it and feel invincible, you realize there’s so much room to grow.

The Ele class really is a diamond in the ruff. I’m just reaching level 40 and I’m already in love with it.
My poor Ranger is going to be so dusty from the lack of use.

Ah…the Elementalist…the one class that only truly unlocks it’s potential at the very end of the road….like opening a new path of discoveries.

To me the Elementalist due to it’s attunement swapping mechanics, is like a boxer throwing a jab 50,000 times. By the 50,000 punch, you notice you’ve become something different entirely. MarzAttakz, add me to that list of ‘Eles’ as I’ve pretty much ditched all my other characters to truly master my Norn Elementalist, right now just collecting gear to make myself truly epic as I believe I’m in a good place in terms of skill mastery.

Of course, unlike any other classes, there’s always more room for improvement, that smoother transition of elements, that tighter angle of attack, that stronger ability to throw off our opponents with tactics and that much better at reading our opponents. Be like water my friend.

Me too!! I started off as a Mesmer, and I wanted so bad for that class to work, but it has been one disappointment patch after patch. I just started an Elementalist. I’m only 24 and already love it so much more.

I was there at the begining. I took form as the Elementalist. Guild Wars 1. There were many with me, but they dwindled in numbers as the Elementalist power faded over the years. Some of the others adopted new names, new faces, and some went so far as to change over to some other class.

I stayed true.

Again the world is renewed from destruction. I am, as always, here. I am, again, an Elementalist. My face has changed through the generations, but unlike others, my name has stayed the same.

I am Snow White, I am Elementalist.

My ele is my pvp class. Started off as a ranger, silly pets and not listening to anything I say. Then it was warrior, POWER SUCH POWER.

Then it was the elementalist. Ah the elementalist, how 2 of you in s/d full damage can destroy 4 thieves before they can even stealth. How powerful a d/d tank with a staff ele support can be (8x healing blast finishers before EA nerf, now its 7). Now a damage dealer d/d and a condition dealer s/d immune to conditions.

2 x ele, nothing better. That door in foefire, both of us with FGS + 2 sec, its dead. Those soliders in Foefire same 2 FGS, dead. That guild lord, summon frost bow, 1 of use whails on him, the other waits for his heal and he’s an ice block and dead.

Teleport into anything, anything into teleport during. Almost every buff in the game almost all the time.

I never knew the glory days of the ele. In GW1, I joined just before Factions was released (very early on for those who don’t know) and played Monk for a long time, believing my calling was to be a healer. I decided to try something new and played an minion master Necromancer and I thought for sure this was my true calling for over a year.

Then… I discovered the elementalist and I was enthralled beyond words. The power I felt commanding the elements, the ability to destroy all who would do this world harm was euphoria such as I had not known in all my days.

But then I heard words, terrible nasty words. Vial words spoken in tones only the broken can utter.

I heard tales of days since-passed, days when the might of our fires were loved and feared by all.

Days when we Elementalists knew true glory. But this was absurd! I KNEW the power i had, I could not fathom that this bore the abhorrent title of… Underpowered.

As time passed I learned things, terrible nasty things. Vial things only the truth can teach.

I learned that I lacked the power I thought I had, that the time of Elemental Glory had been and gone.

I shattered. I could not go back. Not after drinking from the flask of pleasure I had tasted when first the earth shook at my command, when the skies first thundered at my voice, when fires first would still themselves before me, when the harshest falls and fastest streams first gently held my feet aloft upon it’s surface.

I knew what I must do.

I knew as the moon knew to reflect the sun in the dead of night.

I must persevere. I must stand my ground upon the earth as the tidal wave known as weakness washed over me. I would bear it with the grace of the wind or else let it’s fires consume me.

To this day I remain as ice, firmly frozen in place with the earth crushing around me. The air itself tries to suffocate my devotion, but with the strength of the flame I will not die.

I will instead stay true to my cause and wait patiently for the time when glory will return to us. In due time we will awaken from our dreams and hear the clamor of war! Gods and spirits alike will know our might when the very fundamental formulae of the world bow in honor and respect to us!

You know, I was feeling very depressed this morning before writing this. Now I feel quite alright.

Akbaroth.2861:

I never knew the glory days of the ele. In GW1, I joined just before Factions was released (very early on for those who don’t know) and played Monk for a long time, believing my calling was to be a healer. I decided to try something new and played an minion master Necromancer and I thought for sure this was my true calling for over a year.

Then… I discovered the elementalist and I was enthralled beyond words. The power I felt commanding the elements, the ability to destroy all who would do this world harm was euphoria such as I had not known in all my days.

But then I heard words, terrible nasty words. Vial words spoken in tones only the broken can utter.

I heard tales of days since-passed, days when the might of our fires were loved and feared by all.

Days when we Elementalists knew true glory. But this was absurd! I KNEW the power i had, I could not fathom that this bore the abhorrent title of… Underpowered.

As time passed I learned things, terrible nasty things. Vial things only the truth can teach.

I learned that I lacked the power I thought I had, that the time of Elemental Glory had been and gone.

I shattered. I could not go back. Not after drinking from the flask of pleasure I had tasted when first the earth shook at my command, when the skies first thundered at my voice, when fires first would still themselves before me, when the harshest falls and fastest streams first gently held my feet aloft upon it’s surface.

I knew what I must do.

I knew as the moon knew to reflect the sun in the dead of night.

I must persevere. I must stand my ground upon the earth as the tidal wave known as weakness washed over me. I would bear it with the grace of the wind or else let it’s fires consume me.

To this day I remain as ice, firmly frozen in place with the earth crushing around me. The air itself tries to suffocate my devotion, but with the strength of the flame I will not die.

I will instead stay true to my cause and wait patiently for the time when glory will return to us. In due time we will awaken from our dreams and hear the clamor of war! Gods and spirits alike will know our might when the very fundamental formulae of the world bow in honor and respect to us!

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You know, I was feeling very depressed this morning before writing this. Now I feel quite alright.

Single greatest post on this forum.

Logs on to play my ele

I think that people are finally recognizing Ele to be an awesome class.

We went through literally months of people whining on these forums that Ele’s were horribly UP, and couldn’t compete with any other class 1v1. Now though, it seems like Ele’s are almost a fotm class in WvW, and there are threads actively whining about them and requesting nerfs lol.

And the crazy thing is that nothing really changed. Sure, there was the nerf, and then partial buff to EA, the fix to RTL, and the buff to ring of earth. But honestly, I wouldn’t call any of them “game changing” modifications.

I think that people are finally starting to L2P.

Enjoy it while you can, if the whiners/complainers get their way, we are going to be nerfed tomorrow!!!! I’ve played D/D ele since early beta, it’s the only profession @ level 80 I PvP with, I love my Ele. However, with all the complaints from people who haven’t learned how to counter us yet, we are going to get nerfed. aNet themselves have implied this.

Elementalist is the most depressing class for me, because I took a Necro and Engineer to 80 and all I have to show for it is an elementalist dancing over my corpse in WvW. :\

Let’s just see shall we? I’m past the point of giving a kitten if we get nerfed again. I’ll just keep on playing hard and showing people that even with nerfs we still kick the crap out of them.

Akbaroth.2861:

I never knew the glory days of the elementalist. In Guild Wars 1, I joined just before Factions was released (very early on for those who don’t know) and played monk for a long time, believing my calling was to be a healer. I decided to try something new and played an minion master necromancer and I thought for sure this was my true calling for over a year.

Then, I discovered the elementalist and I was enthralled beyond words. The power I felt commanding the elements, the ability to destroy all who would do this world harm was euphoria such as I had not known in all my days.

But then I heard words, terrible, nasty words. Vile words spoken in tones only the broken can utter.

I heard tales of days since passed, days when the might of our fires were loved and feared by all.

Days when we elementalists knew true glory. But this was absurd! I KNEW the power I had, I could not fathom that this bore the abhorrent title of under-powered.

As time passed I learned things, terrible nasty things. Vile things only the truth can teach.

I learned that I lacked the power I thought I had, that the time of Elemental Glory had been and gone.

I shattered. I could not go back. Not after drinking from the flask of pleasure I had tasted when first the earth shook at my command, when the skies first thundered at my voice, when fires first would still themselves before me, when the harshest falls and fastest streams first gently held my feet aloft upon its surface.

I knew what I must do.

I knew as the moon knew to reflect the sun in the dead of night.

I must persevere. I must stand my ground upon the earth as the tidal wave known as weakness washed over me. I would bear it with the grace of the wind or else let its fires consume me.

To this day I remain as ice, firmly frozen in place with the earth crushing around me. The air itself tries to suffocate my devotion, but with the strength of the flame I will not die.

I will instead stay true to my cause and wait patiently for the time when glory will return to us. In due time we will awaken from our dreams and hear the clamor of war! Gods and spirits alike will know our might when the very fundamental formulae of the world bow in honor and respect to us!

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You know, I was feeling very depressed this morning before writing this. Now I feel quite alright.

Dude. That was epic. Fixed some errors for you. This should be its own topic.

KirinDave.6451:

Elementalist is the most depressing class for me, because I took a Necro and Engineer to 80 and all I have to show for it is an elementalist dancing over my corpse in WvW. :\

You’re doing something wrong then. Necro is an awesome class and I love mine almost as much as my ele.

You can make him burn through 50k+ health while you keep up retaliation, drain his health and turn his boons into conditions. Any D/D ele is going to have to stand in your wells and that’s just pure pain.

Don’t give up on necro. There are some bugs, like any class, and necro doesn’t have a great burst damage build, but it’s definitely a competitive class. It has tons of potential that people haven’t even begun to tap into yet. The best part is, people think it’s underpowered, so you’re probably going to get buffed! =D

Well, I hope you reclaim it soon.

I’m pretty sure, based off his second post, this was a troll.

Edit: I apologise if you were actually being sincere, sincere people do not live long on the internet these days.