Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I’m looking into making a Necro…I love the whole theme about them, their animations are awesome, minions are great (even though they’re broken?) and the game play looks quite fun.

The only issue I have is reading this forum…it disheartens me so much every time because of all the negative posts in regards to the class being unwanted due to not being meta and all of the problems revolving around the class, so I’m still yet to actually put the effort into making one.

Is the class really that bad? Is there hope for the future that it’ll be fixed etc and do you guys actually enjoy playing your Necro even with all this?

Thanks in advance.

Personally I find it playable, but flawed. I haven’t had any issues with being kicked from parties. Yes, it should get buffs, but it’s fun and playable in its current state. We’re also seeing some hope for the future with buffs/quick fixes like Foot In The Grave becoming a stun breaker.

just make one and try it in pvp then you will know

All class forums seem to mainly be people saying how their class is crap and Anet need to fix it. Necro forum is the worst offender IMO, but maybe that’s because necro genuinely has the most to whine about.

Necro is not meta, but necro is not an inherently bad class. It’s just a selfish class, you can still do pretty good DPS, it’s just that you don’t really bring anything along that helps your team, and there’s nothing that you can do that cannot be done better by a different class.

That aside, necro is a lot of fun to play, and if you want to play one, my advice is that you do it. The best thing you can do is find yourself a friendly guild that cares more about having fun than meta-fuelled speed-clears and you won’t have to worry about LFG.

Is the class really that bad? Depends on your definition of bad.

Is there hope for the future that it’ll be fixed etc? I hope HOT gives us some new skills that invite us to the exclusive meta club for those that need it.

and do you guys actually enjoy playing your Necro even with all this? Absolutely.

Few forums gush over being meta all the time but I like to think those in the Necromancer section are more reasonable and contemplative. The profession is not bad but has weak areas, often by design, that we like to dicuss.

It is truly a fun class to play. But if you are really worried about not being “Meta” and thus not being allowed into speed dungeon runs or high tier fractals or tPvP, then I’d suggest playing something else. If you are just going to dungeons with accepting guildies or casual pugs and don’t expect to reach high tier pvp levels, then roll a Necro and enjoy.

If you’re going to do dungeons with it, get ready to be kicked from parties a lot, but otherwise sure play, wait for the GS specialisation and hope for better times

Thank you all for your feedback so far, great to hear different opinions!

I’m personally not lookin for high end speed runs and being meta. I just didn’t like the idea that people shunned Necro’s in LFG, but I’m looking into a new guild atm so hopefully I can find a casual accepting one

I think I’m gonna roll one and just enjoy playing rather than worry, but hope that HOT brings better horizons for the class!

Thanks again.

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Hi all,

Is the class really that bad? Is there hope for the future that it’ll be fixed etc and do you guys actually enjoy playing your Necro even with all this?

Thanks in advance.

No. Its not so bad. But over people dont agree with it. Enjoy kicks and full party leaves when u join, regardless your skill/gear.
Sad but true.

While the class does need a buff, it is still the one I have the most fun playing. Being able to send in my minions to draw enemy fire while I spam staff skills from afar brings a flavor that I find uniquely pleasing to the Necro. True that engineer can simply lay down turrets, if the enemy ignores them the engineer is likely doomed whereas with the Necro your minions will give chase and your distinctly un-scholarly health pool will give you a chance to last, moreover with your death shroud which acts as an emergency health pool in my opinion. It’s not the greatest for dungeons but can fall back on fear if your allies are getting zerged by mobs, and the high health pool helps to survive where the elementalist might not. I’ve never been kicked from a party for being a Necro and the class doesn’t get the love it deserves for being one of the 2 antihero classes amidst heroes (other being thief of course).