Guild Wars 2

I bought the game a long time ago, and sort of just facerolled my way through PvE content that was waaaay below my level all the way to 80 at the time.

Now i’m returning with a few friends, we’re sort of playing in a group, nothing serious just having a bit of fun… but i’m sort of stuck when it comes to what class I should play.

I’m looking for something that can just dive into a group of 5, 10 mobs and AoE them down, coming out more-or-less no worse for wear and able to do so again pretty much instantly… Up until now i’ve been playing a Greatsword guardian that revolves around stacking Might and using Retaliation alongside the whirlwind to AoE things down… now my guardian kills things at a decent speed, and his cooldowns are nice and short, but he’s extremely fragile. I can usually only kill 5 or 6 guys at a time, and end up barely alive at the end of the fight.

Since i’m playing in a group, we tend to kill things pretty fast, but because i’m in the middle of everything i’m always taking extremely heavy damage and have to hang back and wait to heal more often than not. I’ve started using a staff as my second weapon because it’s primary attack heals, which is nice for me, and nice for everyone else… but I’ve been wondering if there is anything better?