Guild Wars 2

I’ve had the game since launch and played a warrior since then, but I suddenly sparked interest in the necromancer (due to Quan Chi from the Mortal Kombat series), but being a PVE player first and foremost, primarily fractals, I’m worried about the things I’ve heard about the necromancer, such as it being frowned upon in fractals.

After playing the class up to level 10, and feeling very satisfied with it, I really don’t want to play a class I enjoy just to be forced out of content because it doesn’t suit others needs. I’d like to hear some feedback from people with high level necromancers just to clarify the stance on their role in pve, the classes faults, and the things that the HoT specialization needs to address.

You are needed in pve to do dmg and ress others zerk players at the same time:)
What you enjoy do it, If you are in good group, then if not its not ur fault if you have a good toon

Couple things here. Optimal and viable.

Is Necro optimal for Dungeons/Fractals? No. Is it viable? Absolutely.

You can save yourself a ton of headache by finding a Guild, or at least a group you can run regularly with that understand that you can run the content as a Necro. Most PUG groups will immediately whine about you not being viable because of the gospel they read on metabattle. These people are followers, and don’t understand the difference between optimal and viable.

I run Fractals/Dungeons absolutely fine with my Necro, and there certainly are cases where having a Necro onboard was a huge advantage. You’re going to work harder compared to other classes that have it a bit easier, and unfortunately you’re pretty limited in builds for what actually works in that content, but don’t be discouraged. It’s very rewarding to play against the grain of the “meta” successfully.