Guild Wars 2

Hi guys
I´m returning after 10+ months break, and was thinking about creating a Revenant and make him my new main. But I´m a bit worried, if it won´t be nerfed too much in next balance patch. What you guys thinking? Is it worth investing my time and resources into this class?

Also, I would like to ask, what is better for solo/small scale roaming between Revenant and Engineer (my current main) ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hi guys
As the title says…

I´m kinda new engineer. So far, I like the playstyle very much. But conditions are really a big problem for me. I understand, that they are meant to be our weakness. But I don´t get it – how do you deal with condition-based specs? Not only necro, but ranger, thief etc.
Any help appreciated, thanks in advance. Have a nice day

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Whoa guys, that was fast Thank you all.
I was indeed thinking about warrior or ele. I like about warrior that he can swap every 5 secs, which is great. And ele has 40 skills, which is also nice. But my main problem with ele is that it seems somehow “weak” in outnumbered situations, where warrior looks better in that area (judging by videos only, since I don´t have any class at 80 yet).
If I add a one more criterium for roaming – in outnumbered situations, which would be better, war or ele?

Hi guys
I could use a bit of advice. I have 5 professions between levels 20-50, but can´t decide, which one of them I should main (don´t have enough time for alts).
What class would be best for me with these points in mind – from the most important to the least:
1. Roaming (solo/small group) – main area where I would like to excel
2. 1v1 – I have always been kind of “solo” player, so being strong in duels is nice for me
3. sPvP – only as “filler” when I would be bored (although being on demand in team queue would be great)
4. Zerg – just an occasional fun
5. PvE – at least not being completely useless
If there is a profession that would fulfill these or be at least close to them, could you please tell me which one? I don´t have prefered playstyle and (based from other MMOs) I could adapt to high skillcap professions.
Thank you in advance and have a nice day

For me – personally – even 1v2 count as “outnumbered” so if it possible even if opponents are not really bad, than it is far enough for me to choose mesmer

Blakvalhalla.6170:

I think the majority of advice is about spot on. But you mentioned you’re a former pvp player and enjoy roaming / 1v1 activities. I have both mesmer (my main) and an ele. Put simply, if you like to actually win 1v1’s 70-90% of the time (wvw/pvp)….Mesmer all the way. If you enjoy playing a support role for thankless zergs (surely, you like supporting hammer warriors…?) Not that ele’s can’t excel at 1v1, but you will work and work hard for it. JMHO.

Lol´d hard at that picture Okay, let´s try it from different perspective. For outnumbered situations, is mesmer better than ele?

Thank you all for replies guys, you are great
I´m probably leaning more to the elementalist. While I like mesmer playstyle, I really miss those AoEs, that ele can provide

Thx for a reply
I tried that. But from what I understand, sPvP is a bit different than WvW enviroment. I will sPvP only occasionaly, and would like to focus more on roaming

Hi guys

I´m fairly new to this game (have ele, mesmer, warrior, guardian and thief, all in range of levels 20-40), and so far I can´t decide, which class to play. I have narrowed my decision at Elementalist and Mesmer. I like both classes, and I´m fairly familiar with their abilities already. But since I don´t have any class at max level like I said earlier, I have no idea how the end-game looks (aside from videos and forum posts).

I am interested in all aspects of PvP enviroment – would like mostly to solo/small team roam, with occasional WvW zerg / sPvP. Also if possible, I would like to be strong in 1v1 (although this game isn´t balanced around dueling, it has always be part I would like to be good at). I´m browsing sub-forums of both classes / watching videos more than I actually play the game lol, but still can´t decide :/

P.S.: I´m fairly experienced pvp player from other MMOs, so I don´t mind higher skillcap.
P.S.S.: I don´t have that much of a free time, so I can focus on 1 class only
So please guys, help me to choose, what would better “fit” for me – Elementalist or Mesmer?
Thank you all in advance Have a nice day

Locuz.2651:

EvilSardine.9635:

You will lose 100% of the 1v1s to any good player using the following professions:

Condition engineer
Mesmer (any build except PU)
Thief (any build)
Guardian (DPS oriented meditation build with ANY weapon they want)
Condition Necros

Most of those arent hardcounters tho. From my experience while playing at the top of the eu leaderboards (and duels vs some of the best players in the game):

Condition engineer is a 50/50 fight. The outcome depends on who hits their crucial abbilities first. If you hit your pindown early and force his heal/condicleanse, youre in a good spot to win.

Mesmers are hard if they have the time and arent forced to stay on capturepoints. Which doenst mean you cant win. Mesmers dont have amazing condicleanses so keeping them condied up and hitting your pindowns consistantly will force them to run in a lot of situations. You have to press him hard tho to avoid that he resets over and over.

Thieves are only difficult when they play DP really well imo (and only very few thieves can). If they burst and reset a few times to force your def cd and burst your down before they are back up again. I dont struggle with any of the other thief specs to be honest. As long as i spread my CDs / dont pop all stances at the same time im fine.

DPS guards are imo the closest to a hardcounter in 1v1s. But the specs that do counter you arent that great in rated games tbh so you will rarely encounter them. In fact dps guard isnt that great in general in rated games.

Condition necros are quite similar to condi engineers to be honest. If you hit your big stuff before he does there is a good chance that you win. Hammer warriors have a better shot at winning vs them due to the lockdown playstyle.

Could you please provide some build so I could get an idea? Some “all-rounder” for roaming and good 1v1. Thank you

Hi guys
I´m pretty new to this game. I have leveled Guardian, Thief and Warrior to around level 30. I have tried all three in sPvP and like all of them, but probably Warrior the most. But I would like to know, how are Warrior 1v1 capabilities. I have read here on forums that Mesmers are the best for 1v1, and that´s fine with me. I don´t need to have the best dueling profession, since that area isn´t important. But I have been always kind of a “solo” player, so I would like to have a good class that can hold on its own. Is Warrior a good choice for that? Thank you all for answers in advance Have a nice day

vincecontix.1264:

Hi guys some people have been asking to see some dueling footage of me using this thief build so here is a video of me versing some of the best players I ever played against in the game. Players such as I am mugi [Holy],
Im Bamf Joe™, obsession[xoxo] mes, Initialise[NA] thief and more enjoy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWM1j05AlX4&list=UULforKFmWjekyotM8u3OlyA&feature=c4-overview

Great fighting m8, enjoyed it a lot. Could you please link your build?

Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate your insight. This is why I like the community in this game
If anyone has some other constructive opinion, I would love to hear it aswell

Hi guys I have just joined your ranks few days ago, so I would like to start with saying Hello to all of you So far, I just love the game and the community very much. But here is the deal:
As many starting players before me, I have problem to choose right profession for me. I don’t have that much time to try and experiment with every one of them, so I want to main one, and give it everything. I have done my research – I checked sub-forum for every class, checked videos for every class, but I simply can’t choose. I have played many MMOs, WoW mostly (for about 8 years). Have tried every class there to some form of success and I don’t have any preferred playstyle and can pretty much adapt to anything I love. My opinion on professions of this game (coming from many topics on this forum):

Warrior – very strong, adaptable, OP?…but boring.
Guardian – too much tanky for me…I don’t know how it is with damage.
Elementalist – people say, they are very squishy and the bottom of the food chain…from videos it seems to me, it is doing thousands of things for a very little reward.
Mesmer – the only class I dislike. It looks like an ilusionist, which I don’t like.
Necromancer – I can’t say anything about them. Don’t want to have boring playstyle with minions doing all the work. Is it any good?
Ranger- I loved hunter in WoW. But here it looks like a completely different class, so no.
Engineer – This is the only class I don’t understand pretty well. Seems fun but some people said, it is not strong by himself. I don’t want to be dependant on group.

Lastly… Thief. My first char here (level 10 lol). I started it straight of the bat. I have always loved that stealthy playstyle, choosing your fights and vanish if it seems you could loose. But from what I have read, they are made from paper. I lean towards this profession the most, but I am worried, if it is good enough at 80. And I would like to be competetive in any PvP enviroment, because this whole post is from PvP perspective. I couldn’t care less about PvE. I know, in GW2 it is divided between WvW and sPvP. But I would like to be good at both, not only in sPvP or duels or etc. You got my point right?That is what keeps me from playing thief – If it is competetive enough and if I wouldn’t be rolled over by most classes?

The opinions stated above could be very wrong – like I said, it is only from what I have read on forum. Feel free to correct me in anything. And the last thing – skill floor/cap is out of question. I’m pretty determind if it comes to losing because I made mistakes and I like to learn from it. So if a class has a long learning curve, it doesn’t matter – it is at least entertaining.

I thank everyone that have read this post to the end and I would appreciate any help you can provide me. Sorry for the wall of text Have a nice day guys