Guild Wars 2

Heyho community!

I’m seeking for a new MMORPG.

I’ve spend many years of playing WoW.
Now I want to give GW2 a go – got HoT already.

But since there are just a few spells on most characters, except for Elementalist which can actually pull out a few -
1.) isn’t the PvP not kind of too predictable?
2.) isn’t the PvP not becoming dull rather quickly?
3.) what makes the PvP challenging/competitive?

I’m used to have a kittenload of spells, so this is fells kind of like a “lite” version of a PvP game to me.

1. Besides that – Is it actually worth to play GW2 now? I heard so many cons of some people, like little to no players, laggy servers and so on..
   I’m from Austria, Europe – which server is well populated? Currently I’m on Abaddon’s Mouth.

4.) How active is the community? How populated are the areas, bosses?

5.) Is it actually worth it to play GW2 for mainly PvP?

Any opinions, suggestion or pointing out stuff that I’ve missed about PvP would be very, very welcome!
Please – try to be as unbiased as possible!

• Used to play either mainly as a Rogue/Warlock.
  Affliction Warlock – basically Dots (in GW2 language it’s conditions if I’m not mistaken)
  or Rogue – loved to strike from the shadows, play with people’s minds, make them think they can win, played a little with them, but eventually showing them who’s the real big boi here.

6.) So – which classes would fit me? Mesmer for the mind games, or is it the Rogue?
What about conditions/dots? Which class would go hand in hand with it?

Many thanks in advance!

Short question, short answer.

Does the duration of the Booster keeps going while you’re offline, or only when logged in?

First of all – thanks a lot for this great replies, helps a lot!

After all the time I had to think I’m stuck between Necro and Mesmer.

Obviously Mesmer has a higher learning curve, but still – I like a challenge.

What PRO/CON would you give me for those 2?

And again – THANKS A LOT GUYS! Tons of valuable informations getting by you!

Glad to see that here’s a friendly community, not common these days.

EDIT: Stuck between Mesmer, Necro, Thief and Revenant.

HALP!

I got it already, don’t worry.

But I want some personal opinions, that’s why I’m here. I always do prefer to hear what people have to say, that are playing this game constantly.
Pretty sure it’ll be helpful for other newbies as well.

Heyho fellas!

I need YOU to help me to get things started!

I’ve played tons of World of Warcraft but it’s time for a change, so let it be GW2.
I’ve just bought the expansion Heart of Thorns, but I need to know a few things about the game before I start it(Have to wait til tomorrow anyway). If there are some World of Warcraft Veterans around it would be great if you’d comment to this thread with all the important things /differences etc.

Q: What class should I play?
A: What do you want to do?
Q: I prefer a class which deals high amount of damage, but still has some sustain/selfheal/way to get around damage constantly.
To explain you what I mean in the World of Warcaft way:
Sustain – Warrior: Has a lot of ways to significantly reduce damage and has one strong heal.
Selfheal – Priest/Warlock/Deathknight Percentage of the damage which you’re dealing comes back as a heal.
Way to get around damge constantly – Rouge/Druid Using Shadowcloak no spell will hit you, using vanish you become stealth.

What class would you recommend and why? Pro / Con would be awesome!

What about Profession? Mining, Blacksmith etc. Is it the simple thingy “do those two because you can craft armor for yourself and make money” Or is there something else I’d need to know?

Any other important things which I should know? Things which make this game unique? Then comment below! Let this post be a help for all the other people which are new to the game!

Thanks a lot guys, hopefully some great answers will come in to make this post be at the top!