Guild Wars 2

thought it would be interesting to see what classes people target first when they are going into a small group fight and why.
for me it is
thief->necro->elementalist->Mesmer->engineer->ranger->warrior->guardian
thief/necro because I hate fighting them
ele because of the aoe and damage
Mesmer because we are annoying to fight but somewhat rare
ranger aoe and pet auto tracking

Thief and mesmer because I play and understand both more than other professions and they are almost always squishy. I’ll target an ele first if they are glassy too.

Depends on who all is present and what the odds are but generally I’ll Start with the Ele or Necro. Both can cause a lot of trouble and one tends to go down very fast (ele) helping to even the odds or force the other side to rez.

Thief, if present is a Half/Half type of deal, typically they run stealth or are S/? and port in and out so frequently that making them a sole target rarely works out well, just force them out of the fight is generally my goal.

Next is either Engineer or Guard or Mesmer (depends on build). either get them to run away or down them.

Rangers and Warriors last as its easy to keep their ranged elements out of the fight (reflects) and in the middle of the fray they often eat enough AoE to make them easier to deal with at the end of the fight rather than the open as they have burned all their sustain skills.