Guild Wars 2

So after having such a rough time with my Necro, and balking at the notion of making an alt (never a fun experience in past games) – I caved and created a DD Ele.

The experience is vastly different than my Necro, first and foremost it doesn’t feel like a chore anymore, I’m actually enjoying the role rather than wishfully waiting for things to improve over time. Being an Ele is so dynamic, it really makes me realize how static the Necro is in comparison. I don’t feel as though I’m trudging along at a snails pace – I actually feel useful and powerful, which makes the experience so much more enjoyable.

I’m also surprised at how useful and plentiful the play-style options are, and how every skill is viable and fun, instead of tedious and useless. From this experience I feel as though I wasted my time creating a Necro, I even took time off of GW because I had become bored… I realize that things could have been different had I selected and Ele instead. Oh well – I have abandoned my Necro in favor of the Ele, I am truly enjoying the game now.

Well ultimately, Mesmer, Necromancer, and Engineer need a bit of reworking. That makes a lot of sense, though, when you consider that they are the most non-traditional classes this game has to offer. It’s easier to balance a nuker/healer than it is to balance someone who can teleport- both themselves and others. How do you measure the usefulness of a skill like that, and how do you make it balanced against other classes?
I actually LIKE the necromancer for the reasons you said you didn’t like it, though. Necromancer is pretty static, but I appreciate the focus that necromancer has vs an elementalist or mesmer who has many different things they do with the same build.