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do you like to spend time looking at allies buffs/cond and life?
What the, that’s not true. As a full support Guardian ok fine. But you don’t have to play one right. The thing about guardian is that whatever you do to yourself, you naturally do that to others. So if you need to heal yourself, your heal will go out to your teammates. So you don’t have to spend time looking at allies buffs/cond if you don’t want to. You are also pretty powerful yourself. Keep in mind the one thing that a guardian is better than buffing others is buff themselves. Heck as a shout Guardian I can self buff and maintain 18 stack of might. This is not even talking about meditation Guardians, which are a lot less support and very much a solo build.
I would say the biggest issue with guardian its lack of conditional capability, that includes soft cc. So in pvp, you are hard to kill, but also very difficult to hunt down and killing a fleeting opponent. You will also be a bit weak against conditions, since you have lower health pool, and your boon doesn’t contract the conditions.
For PVE: both are great. I would want to group with both. But for most of the living story mob events, I prefer play Guardian due to the staff able to tag more enemy, and hence gives me more loot.
For WvW: that would depends:
Guardian if you want to run with a zerg or roam with a few friends. Warrior if you prefer more solo action. Of course you can do anything with either, they are both very good.
Thanks for clearing my mind, im playing guardian
Told you, do you like to spend time looking at allies buffs/cond and life?
If yes, better play guard
If no, you would be a better war
War them
Both are great in pve. Also tanking doesn’t exist in GW2. Where monsters can 1-shot you on regular basis in dungeons, even in full bunker-mode. Both are self-sufficient.
The warrior buffs offensively, while the guard bring defensive buffs. Dps-wise, a fully buffed guard is only 3rd behind eles and thieves, but that hardly happens in pugs. Warriors just drop their banners, fire off “For Great Justice!” and DPS away. Aside from dodging and rezzing teammates (or Battle Standard), they mostly concentrate on their rotations.
Compared to the warrior, a good guard needs to pay attention to his/her teammates. Do they need a certain condition removed? The boss’s big attack coming up? Use aegis to protect your team. Timing reflects, bring stability when needed. All while doing your own rotations.
Also ppl tend to believe that vitality/toughness/healing power affect the guard’s best support skills. It doesn’t. The guard’s best support skills comes in the form of blinds, reflects, boons, vulnerability and condi removal. Basically everything that is NOT healing. All this can be done while in dps setup and be good survival-wise.
In the end, it all about what your find the most fun class, roll both and find out for yourself.
Thx for advice