Guild Wars 2

One of the main reasons I decided to get this game was the Necromancer. I saw it and said "wow, finally, a good MMO with a Necromancer! " (i usually play rpgs with Necros, so…)

After hitting level 80, and doing a lot of PVE/WvW during the leveling up process, I came to the conclusion that i’m just hatting playing Necro.

Firstly, I wanted to play as a MM. After 60 levels, I finally gave up trying to make my minions do something solid in game. Then I tried every kitten build I could come across in my mind : Mark/Well, Condition/Epidemic , even D/D necro. Altough I REALLY like the Mark/Well necro, it’s just… “meh”. Nothing special.

None of these builds are outstanding . None of the stuff Necro can do is different (apart from Epidemic, maybe), and in every aspect this class is weaker than plainly every other. I made a warrior and it completely destroys anything my necro can do. This makes bear sad

I really don’t want to give in, but I guess I’ll just have to reroll after all the effort I put and hope that someday Necro will shine.

On a side note : the lack of thematic equipment for Necro bugs me too. Apart from Skull outfit, there’s like no other “dark” thing. Priest of Grenth npc’s clothing is the closer a necro can get from looking like a necro.

I really so far (and i’m only level 30) am enjoying playing a MM. Carrying traits 6-10 with pets, and going with a Dagger/Dagger and Sceptor/Focus build is really working, speccing in Death and Blood so far, and gearing 100% with precision and power.

I find that speccing death and blood give a solid boost to HP and armor, leaving plenty of room to go equipment all power and precision. The pets are good damage mitigation, and do decent damage as well. I have little problem fighting and killing relatively quickly 4+ monsters up to 3-4 levels higher than me, and had fought the veteran oak for the skill point challenge, with his little buddy, and he managed to aggro another veteran oak, all 2 levels above me, and although it was a tough fight, I beat the 3 of them alone.

I’ve noticed you need to use your #1 skill as your main form of damage, use the other damage skills to help you burst damage, and use the life leaching, and utlity skills when you really need them. When the pets die in battle, raise them back up, and use their skills as well. Switch weapons often to utilize all spells in both lines, to be more effecient.

I do think the class has a bunch of bugs, mostly the pets need to act a lot smarter, and there are some things that need to be improved, such as life stealing being more effective, and CC effects having a longer effect… but overall I am very happy with my necro so far.

As a side note, I also took him out in WvW, and he can take a pretty big beating, I can go toe to toe with numerous foe’s when flanking a standoff for probably around 20 seconds before I have to bail… the amount of health a necro has, the life regeneration abilities, and DS all together add for great survivability, and if you stat your gear for damage, you can do some pretty solid damage to other players.