Guild Wars 2

Hey all,

The forums is my last resort and i would love some community input on my situation.

Background: Normally i play a plate class, i like 2h and melee combat and getting into the fray of battle, however i have played the Guardian to lvl 44 and it just is not clicking with how i thought it would play.

I have also rolled a warrior to lvl 23 but i am super worried it will get boring and lackluster after lvl 30ish?

Additional: What i would love is some community input on is, what is a class that has some form of melee, a little utility and enough style to switch up every now and then to avoid the boredom of one weapon style ( all this is for PVE btw).

Also i have tried engineer/and i pvp as a mesmer.

Any feedback or brutal criticism is greatly appreciated.

Samizuka.

I can’t see anything better then the Guardian for this. I played all the classes with all the weapons and combos. I have a ranger at 57 and then ditched it for my Guardian. The best combo for weapons to me is great sword and mace/focus. When you want to switch things up scepter/torch,hammer and mace/focus is nice as well. Staff is great when trying to tag mobs but the utility is very specific so best to safe for support in dungeons IMO. I stick with the mace/focus cause it gives you and auto attack that heals, a symbol that gives regen, a one skill block and aoe dps, a bouncing blind/regen, and 3 blocks or aoe dps. All this plus the block on your heal allows to save yourself from anything you may have done while using your other weapon. Scepter has an aoe for tagging mobs and torch is good for dpsing large groups as well. Greatsword is obviously just the Guardian’s best weapon.

Your job to find your class should be (as I found out) to find the class with the most weapons you enjoy playing with that fits you. Then make sure the utility skills have what you feel you may be lacking. I know I thought I wanted more movement on the Guardian but with Retreat!, Save yourselves!, Judge’s intervention and my great sword leap I have 30secs of swift on about 45 sec cd a 1200 leap and a 600 leap. This fix my only down side for Guard. Maybe the weapons don’t fit who you are and with this kind of combat you will like a ranger with short bow more. Just play around and I suggest again look at how many weapons you REALLY enjoy on all the classes then look at utility.

Sounds like you want a Warrior. They have far more weapon combinations, and far more “self-centered” abilities is what I would call it. Many of the Guardians class mechanics are balanced around having a group that affects them(e.g. Symbols, Shouts, Consecrations, Activated Virtues, Staff’s Empower etc.), while the only Warrior abilities that directly help allies that come to mind are Shouts, Banners and the Warhorn stuff.

You can already see it on the F1-F4 mechanics. The Warrior’s burst abilities help him take his target down. The Guardian’s virtues help him and his allies survive, or take their targets down. If you want a little utility with a lot of weapons, by all means use the Warrior. If you want lots of utility pick the Guardian.

Pretty much any class can do what you want.

You can always switch weapons back and forth, and you just need to trait a build that doesn’t increase a weapon stats specifically.

All classes have their utilities, even Thieves (the one with the most individualist skills imo), such as Traps or Smoke Areas.

You might want to consider asking yourself what do you enjoy more doing:

- Damage Juggernaut, AoE boons and lots of damage controls (knockdown, stun, etc): Warrior
- Versatile Damage, lots of AoE utilities and more AoE heals/support: Guardian
- Mix Damage (Ranged/Melee), pets and looking at nature: Rangers
- Damage Centric Character, lots of damage utilities and sneakiness: Thieves

I’m kidding about the Ranger because I never played one, just watched.
Also, consider all of them do equivalent damage, and you’ll choose the profession that appeals to you most.