Guild Wars 2

@Aggrostemma – I myself don’t mind #2 itself, although I do dislike idea of being stuck in a place while “readying” it – at least ranger gets to move while using his channel. And that’s where my dillema’s coming from – I wish I could mix and match mechanics and get perfect archer :p I like ranger’s channel and stealth from longbow. I also like heavy armor and mitigation guardian has. Oh, I also like guardian’s normal (as in, non-condi) traps, and ranger’s pets… Now if only I could have the best of both worlds :p

So, I’m looking for an advice. I always enjoyed playing archery-based characters – back in WoW I’d roll with hunter, in ESO I’d be picking up bow… And here, right now, I’m kinda split between two – DH and ranger.

From what I saw so far, I liked DH’s traps doing normal (instead of condi damage-over-time), and DH seems decent at mitigating damage, but (correct me if I’m wrong) at the same time I believe he’s worse at dealing it back to the enemy. Also, being more PvE type, I’m wondering who has better chances to be accepted in groups (as DPS – I’m not that much into supporting with druid).

So, my question is: out of those two, who’s doing better? And by that I mean mainly damage/survival (power, not condi builds). Which one would be better to level and play?

Is it just me or did leveling mesmer get even harder now? Mesmer wasn’t famous for it’s leveling simplicity, there was no pet to tank for us, or 100 blades to just rip things to shreds, etc. – and now with trait re-work some lvl 40 traits got pushed further away to lvl 60. For instance, if I could dodge-roll to spawn illusions for shattering, now I can’t, and instead I have to survive further leveling only to get where I already used to be.

So, opinions?