Guild Wars 2

Hey guys!

Pretty new to the forum and my english isn’t my native language so please bear with me xD

As the title says, I would really like some help with choosing a main profession because I really am unable to pick at this very moment, which saddens me because I would like a permanent character to stick by(someone to grow old with….ha…ha…ha? xD)

I started my guild wars 2 adventure with a Norn Guardian…decided it wasn’t it I went on and made a Norn Thief!….Now I have 2 level 80 Norns and Thief didn’t exactly cut it either(while my main in GW1 was an assassin, Thief cannot be compared to Assassin at all in my opinion!)….so I made a Norn Ranger! The Ranger is left on lvl 54.
After the Ranger got boring due to the shortbow ‘animation fix’ coughcough and low damage overall I decided to go for a necro…I need an axe with my viking(if Guardians had axes he would have been my main, yes I need an axe xD)

The necro is so much fun to play! The axe is pretty crap damage but it’s fun anyway! Switch to dagger/dagger and get into the brawl or switch to staff for some AoE combined with wells! Oh dear…I actually use more than 3 different utility skills!!!!I am looking at you ranger with meh utlity skills!
But there are a lot of bugs with the necromancer and supposedly a big fix coming along with the Lost Shores event update, but hey, who knows :p.

Why are you necromancers staying with your necro and not turning to a strong warrior/guardian/facestabbing thief or even a mesmer? What keeps you guys faithful to your dark powers?

I would appreciate the answers!

Nurgle Priest Thor from Far Shiverpeaks server signing off

Because imo the necro is the coolest class. The other classes don’t interest me right now and I’m having fun with the necro. That’s more important than comparing numbers.

I gotta warn you, Necro IS the coolest class, and I would play him forever if not for the fact that his signature ability, Death Shroud, is broken and completely weak, most of his traits are either bugged or weak, Axe isnt even worth mentioning and our Life Steal heals the enemy. Youre better of picking some Flavour of the Month, Warrior/Guardian/Thief/Mesmer.

Its kinda sad, couse I would instantly turn into Necro if they fixed him a little bit but right now, It doesent make any sense.

For me, the Necromancer playstyle seems to fit the most (MM build). I prefer to overwhelm my opponents and not be in the first line of attack, being able to support when needed ect. Wheter this actually happens in GW2 MM Necros, I won’t go into… But yeah, ever since GW1 I fell in love with the class. Also, I haven’t really seen any good Necromancer classes in other MMOs.

Nevertheless, Necros FTW.

(…maybe in the future)

Vorz.7952:

Because imo the necro is the coolest class. The other classes don’t interest me right now and I’m having fun with the necro. That’s more important than comparing numbers.

This. As many times as I’ve tried, I just can’t get another class past about level 10 before becoming completely bored.

I would recommend staying away from necro, atleast don’t invest too much into it, until the new patch comes out. That will be the make it or break it time and show whether or not this class has a future.

Undeadkemea.4865:

Hey guys!

As the title says, I would really like some help with choosing a main profession because I really am unable to pick at this very moment, which saddens me because I would like a permanent character to stick by(someone to grow old with….ha…ha…ha? xD)

Nurgle Priest Thor from Far Shiverpeaks server signing off

I really like your philosophy and I think you will find that elite players are those that stick to a class and learn it well rather than flip flopping. I am like you I want to stick to a class and stick by it.

There is a lot of QQ in the Necro forums and I certainly do not have any experience with an axe as I am all about conditions. I like DOT classes. Necro has bugs but it is certainly not as bad as people say it is. I have no problems at all against thieves, guardians or warriors. My suspicion is that many people don’t play this class how it should be. I’m not saying that the Necro is without it’s problems, but that in many cases it is highly exaggerated.

I love my Necro, feel I am very effective with it, and I only got to this position because I stuck with it and did a lot of testing, reading, practising to try to figure out the most efficient way to run the build. Hence the reason why one SHOULD stick to a class. Patches will come and go and so will the strengths of classes per patch, but if you know your class well, you will become robust to said patches as you will still know how to utilise that class.

However, in terms of the profession you have chosen, and I don’t know you, I feel you are simply not giving thief or guardian an honest attempt. Everyone hits a block at lvl 80 – you just played your class for 80 levels and of course new classes will feel more fun and exciting. I have a sneaky feeling this is the case for your Necro. I can guarantee you said the same things about your Guardian, then your thief, and then your ranger (maybe not ranger since you have stopped). If you liked your Assasssin then my gut tells me you should go with Thief. Thief is an amazing class, and most people suck at it, but good players….wow they kick kitten You have a lot of great skills and builds to pick from, and talk about mobility. My suggestion to you is pick between your level 80s, decide that is your class (delete the others so all temptation is gone), and begin reading, theory crafting, practising rotations etc etc. Write notes on your discoveries. At end game that becomes the rewarding part for me (rather than play a new class), and you will excel in your class in the process!!

I say this because I had the same conundrum as you. I couldn’t decide between Ele and Necro and had both at lvl 80. I was also leveling up a ranger. But it wasn’t until I deleted my Ele, and focused on improving on my Necro that I felt happy about my class choice. The reward stopped been novelty (new shiny buttons and skills) and about trying out new things, and learning the subtleties and seeing that pay off in sPvP and WvW.

Good luck.

Thank you guys for responding! Nice to see some thoughts from other players!

I agree with Necromancer feeling and playing like a cool class(I liked Necro from Guild Wars 1 but it lacked the fluid feel it has in GW2, much more standing still :P)

But to Frizz, and I really hope you get to read this:

I have been playing Guardian for about 400 hours and thief around 150-180…I enjoy them a lot but there was still something missing for my taste. About the Thief I can openly tell you that I have not tried everything with builds, but with Guardian I have tried a lot and I actually find him more boring because of how easy I can kill people with it.

Necromancer is a hard cookie to play well, same as with Thief. I will not delete the other characters because they are my crafters xD Got Guard and Thief on 400 weapon, jewel, armor and cooking xD
Eventually a fourth character will step up to finish leatherworking and huntsman

I want to thank you guys again for taking the time to read my problem, ponder about it and reply! And you Frizz, thank you aswell for the exceptionally long reply and being open!

Undeadkemea.4865:

Thank you guys for responding! Nice to see some thoughts from other players!

I agree with Necromancer feeling and playing like a cool class(I liked Necro from Guild Wars 1 but it lacked the fluid feel it has in GW2, much more standing still :P)

But to Frizz, and I really hope you get to read this:

I have been playing Guardian for about 400 hours and thief around 150-180…I enjoy them a lot but there was still something missing for my taste. About the Thief I can openly tell you that I have not tried everything with builds, but with Guardian I have tried a lot and I actually find him more boring because of how easy I can kill people with it.

Necromancer is a hard cookie to play well, same as with Thief. I will not delete the other characters because they are my crafters xD Got Guard and Thief on 400 weapon, jewel, armor and cooking xD
Eventually a fourth character will step up to finish leatherworking and huntsman

I want to thank you guys again for taking the time to read my problem, ponder about it and reply! And you Frizz, thank you aswell for the exceptionally long reply and being open!

I hear ya. As I said I don’t know you, and only you can know what you like:) But I am going to reiterate my point just to be clear. If you are bored with the Guardian, and simply do not like it, then I think you have a valid reason to change classes. But you did and you changed to Thief, then ranger, and now Necro. Thief is such an interesting and cool class to play. Also, the fact you played an Assassin really does suggest you may like this class. You already have it at 80!!!! Think about it.

Now here is my point. Similar to you I got my Necro to 80 and played it for at least 500 hours before I started to want some kind of stimulation or feel I am getting rewarded. In other words I was bored. So I rerolled an Ele and started getting that stimulation and reward from levelling a new alt and getting all the satisfaction from learning that new class. And trust me I thought this class was the bees knees until I played on this for a few hundred hours at 80. So like you I found my chosen class boring, and unrewarding, and wanted to reroll. I feel this is a continuous pattern for most people and explains the whole altaholic thing.

However, I made a decision that rather than keep leveling new alts I was going to learn one class inside and out, and I chose Necro only because it was my original and I like DOT based classes historically. So I started theorycrafting, testing on dummies, practising dueling styles with the elites in the mists. I suddenly felt absolutely no desire to play another class. I started to be stimulated and rewarded by the learning process itself and as I played in WvW and SPvP I started to see that work paying off. Classes I once found difficult (esp Mesmers) I started to destroy. The more I find out the more I want to learn. It’s a great feeling.

So I guess what I am suggesting you do is try picking a lvl 80 (my bet would be on the Thief), and learn the kitten out of it in all respects. Take notes on what skills do what dmg, what skills CC, what skills are good for escape, what are there cooldowns. Start practising on the elites and develop rotations. IE I have a rotation for maximum bleed stacks at close range, and at a distance, I also have a rotation for getting an opponent stacked with bleeds while keeping them constantly chilled, or crippled. I know when what skill is coming off CD, and I know what skills I can use and when, because of the work and practise I have put in. I havn’t even started theorycrafting different builds or weapon sets yet because I still have so much to learn on my current build. It is such a rewarding endeavour, and I triple dare you to try it for at least two weeks. Just spend an hour a day (or whatever time you have) on just practising or theory crafting. Write everything you find out down in Word so you can use it as a reference for later.

Next I plan on playing alts ONLY for the sole purpose of finding their weakenesses so I can squish them on my necro. I will never level them to 80 I will just play them in SPvP. Anyway so much to do I don’t have time for a serious alt. Also I am watching other people play (even different classes as you still pick stuff up), reading on he forums etc etc.

So hopefully you can see what I am saying. If you do decide to do it I would love to hear how you find it. Msg me ingame so we can chat about it if you like.