Guild Wars 2

Carpboy.7145:

A thief with shortbow or a ranger with either long or shortbow. Thief definitely has better AoE than ranger, however a full ranged setup is bad, regardless of weapons/class

Yeah, I’m considering a shortbow thief, it’s definitely something I’m interested in. It doesn’t have to be a full ranged setup… I think I could live with some melee :P

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Staff Ele with signet of air equipped. The signet gives you a 25% speed boost and staff is a good ranged weapon with plenty of AoE attacks.

Staff ele is the very close second on my list at the moment. However, I remember staff having rather poor damage, making it viable mainly for group play. Has this changed?

Hey there!

Intro:

After a rather long while I’m looking to return to the game. A lot has changed since I left (wtf Lion’s Arch?!) and I’d like to ask for help from people that are up to date with their gw2 stuff.

What I’m looking for:

- a fast one (i.e. one that has the run speed buff. I love jumping puzzles, as well as simply running around the zones and this is a crucial point for me);
- can (meaning as a valid, strong spec, not as an obscure possibility) be played entirely ranged with shortbow/longbow/staff etc… don’t like guns though (love ranged combat, ability to kite and such);
- does good AoE (can be from direct damage just as much as from DOTs).

Final comments:

I am aware these aren’t very specific, but I’m not looking for someone pointing me towards one specific profession/build and calling ’that’s the one you want!‘.
Rather than that, I’d like to see what options do I have and then pick what looks like the most fun

Anywho. Thank you very much for any help.