Which Class to Switch to From Ranger?
I’d say try a Warrior or a Thief but I have a feeling they will be hit with a nerfbat soon what with all the people complaining about it. Guardians are supports mainly but I have seen a few be pushers and front-liners with their GS. Mesmers are probably a good way to go since their clones are difficult to distinguish from the real thing in WvW and their mesmer portals are just amazing for infiltrating one of those side keeps in the BL but for the first few levels in PvE I’ve found it a little tough unless with a group. I’m sticking with my Ranger but taking this chance to level up my alts before they’re hit with the nerfbat.
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I’d suggest warrior or thief also, leaning towards warrior because it’s more versatile. Thief is like ele, lots of work for mostly single target damage. Gets tough to play at higher levels with the multiple mobs we deal with in pve.
Also, I’d throw in the engineer just for kicks. Once you get that you’re supposed to play the utilities, not the weapons so much, it can be a lot of fun with grenades for aoe and mines for close up mobs.
Try a couple and see which play style grabs you.
The most important thing is to be careful about Anet rules:
It was also encouraging just spamming 1 which isn’t the most fun gameplay.
SO ANY CLASS WHICH USE 1 TO DEAL MOST DAMAGE WILL BE NERFED SOON.
Thanks for the responses Phoenix and Prev.
Funny thing was my very first char was a Warrior in headstart, but i got bored of it and deleted it. Maybe I should have stuck with it a bit longer. But as you said it might get hit with a Nerf soon. Thief does sound interesting but that one definitely looks like it might get the biggest nerf of all. Problem seems to be the sPvP crowd QQ affecting PvE. I wonder if there really are that many sPvP players or is it that they QQ the loudest.
I have a Mesmer and it is doing ok (20s atm). Since they recently hit it with a nerf they might not hit it again. Problem is that the clones are weak (do their job distracting multiple mob though) It feels rather slow in PvE at killing. I can see the Mesmer potential in WvW though.
I also have an Engineer. Maybe, I’l level it up a bit, at least at the lower levels it does seem to have a similar feel to the SB Ranger when using a fast firing weapon.
Choices, choices.
Since you are focusing on PvE and WvWvW then either Warrior or Engineer. Engineer has completely OP AoE so you can farm very well and it should be pretty easy to get all geared up again.
To those saying Mesmer, just a heads up. While Mesmers are great at WvWvW, ok in dungeons (well anything is a step up from Rangers in dungeons), they are the worst class for leveling and other general PvE and horrible at farming in the Orr DE Zerg. And because the last lot of Mesmer nerfs showed Anet care more about PvP then PvE I would expect a string of Mesmers nerfs over the next few patches (they already confirmed they are changing Portal somehow).
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