Guild Wars 2

Right now I main a necro and a thief and been wanting a plate armor class to main but so far they all are just……bad.

Warrior- generic buff bot. nothing really fun or interesting about this class. WAY too many weapons to pick from (doesn’t matter, the only one thats good is the GS anyways…)

Revenant- Was pretty good….until it turned into an EXTREME buff bot 4.0 (glint). Doesn’t have ANY weapons to choose from (WTF Anet, really??) Class in general just feels weak, underwhelming, and unfinished.

And now I’m at guardian, haven’t played it to 80 yet so I’m asking now before I waste investing time into it.
1) Is this class another kittening buff bot?
2) Is longbow/dragon hunter actually practical (is it good)?
3) Is there a way to move faster WITHOUT kittening travel runes??
3) Just in general how is the class right now, is it in a solid spot (pve, wvw, pvp,)?

1) Is this class another kittening buff bot?

No class is only a buff bot, and buffs are essential to most success. Guardian provides more than just useful boons to a group comp.

2) Is longbow/dragon hunter actually practical (is it good)?

DH is quite practical. Longbow is a bit less prevalent than it used to be, but its still a strong weapon.

3) Is there a way to move faster WITHOUT kittening travel runes??

Its called swiftness. 75% uptime equates to ~25% movement speed. Everyone has access to increasing their movement speed. It all comes down to how you utilize the tools given to you.

4) Just in general how is the class right now, is it in a solid spot (pve, wvw, pvp,)?

Guardian has a very strong presence in every gamemode.

Ghotistyx.6942, a very small rectification:

“Swiftness: Movement speed increased by 33%; " its even better :]

Only issue with Guardian i would say it is the Spirit weapons VERY KITEN CD… 1 minute for a thing that dies after cast :|
Ttraps CD start after casting and not trigger and traps are in very short CD with damage and boons, Spirit Weapons CD only start after weapon destruction… 1minute CD…

15sec-20 seconds would be so… nice… since they die in 1, 2 hits… and cast time is eneught to get bursted.

Aeolus.3615:

Ghotistyx.6942, a very small rectification:

“Swiftness: Movement speed increased by 33%; " its even better :]

Yes, 100% uptime is +33% movement, but even if you only have it up 75% of the time, you’re mimicking the effects of Runes of the Traveler. Getting 75% swiftness uptime is fairly trivial.

My 2 cents:

MMOStein.3872, for warrior i would recommend the axe /shield and warhorn for offhand, if its for pve i dont know, if well builded they are a freaking wall with ton of damage, and gs is sused for mobility and evasion in mind, so u can have all in one.

I tend to call rev the class for the badies XD
Hammer Rev gameplay: press 1 4 1 1 drink some soda, press 4 and reapeat cicle.
When i see a rev CoR one shot other classes it tells me alot how amazing this game is.

DH traps only works where power creep is aplyed, reason it works well in lower spvp many players dont know/lack reflexes and eat all the bursts, others use that to farm easilly.

Overhall its solid but not pretty solid, u have a super gimmick Ji trap spam build , and maybe something with hammer for pve for the protection.