Guild Wars 2

Ok I have leveled an eng to 80 and have been there a bit. I am currently playing a ranger and necro trying to which one will be next. But of which are around 10. Sooooo,

I was looking at the necro’s weapon choices and notice that many of the skills put the necro in harms way 600 meters or less. Given the fact the eng forums have/had ton of complaints that the eng is squishy and forced in the melee range (I do not feel this way FYI) how does a necro fair having to be even close to the danger?

thanks for any info and tip in this regard

I use staff (1200 ) and scepter (900 range i believe) with dagger off hand. Necro in PVE is a pretty hearty guy and can take a good deal of damage so I wouldn’t worry too much about being close to danger. Necro can flat out tank if set up that way.

In PvE it’s not a big deal, even using dagger MH, a necro is rather hard to kill.
In PvP, the axe’s range is the least of its worries, but the dagger is fine, as it generates a fair bit of life force with its auto attack alone, so you’re still far from squishy.

Ya, always use staff for one of your swaps.
Then decided between dagger (melee), axe (ranged power/crit), and scepter (ranged conditions).

You might just take a few of these builds and hot join sPvP matches with them. It will give you a feel for what the end game is like.

Imo you have to be pretty close to use axe anyways, I’d say just use a dagger. The damage and life -force generation is a lot better.

What you should do, is level your ranger as they are going to get some changes soon where as your necro career will be filled with ignorance and l2ds bro. Don’t get me wrong we got some love for a bit, just not the love everyone was asking for. They took completely fine utilities and buffed them when everything else was bugged. Can anyone say, spectral walk much? Just goes to show even with a clear concise bug thread layed out they don’t care.

I think i posted some footage of my endgame dagger/dagger necro and from what you can see, its extremely durable and long lasting in PvE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_wrqBWFZDw

1:38 pretty much sums up what pve necro is like

Sheobix.8796:

I think i posted some footage of my endgame dagger/dagger necro and from what you can see, its extremely durable and long lasting in PvE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_wrqBWFZDw

1:38 pretty much sums up what pve necro is like

What is your gear?

Necro isn’t squishy unless you build squishy.

@wayfarer – Full Exotic Crafted Rampager’s set with a couple transmuted items for looks. I went wine ice because light pink tickles my fancy

Don’t do it ! DON’T DO IT PLEASE ! DO NO LEVEL A NECROMANCER !!!

Necro isn’t nearly as squishy as a eng, which is weird because of the light armor (I REALLY wanted to love my eng, but just kept gettin’ ded and not a huge fan of ‘nades). It’s also a lot of fun (if you can get past all of the negatives posted in these threads). You can play a power build and be in melee (dagger dagger) or stay out of harms reach with staff, scepter and axe in a variety of builds. Heals are pretty decent and the DS can be both safety blanket and offensive power for you. Have fun with it. Oh, I also shelved my ranger in favor of the necro.

Thanks for all the tips.