Guild Wars 2

Can we please have the ability to REFUSE a group merging? Currently any Com [or any player in a group if there is no Com] can merge groups, even in different areas and goals.

I’ve had large, completely different groups merge because a Commander misclicked [or did it for the giggles], it’s annoying to have to reorganise groups once this happens accidentally.

Can we please have the ability to refuse a merge, or cancel it within 30 seconds, if it is done by accident?

Thanks for listening, any views would be welcome.

Annonrae.3681:

nekretaal.6485:

The class is really fun, but only a couple of gimmicks keep it barely alive in PvE.

I’m honestly not really sure what you expect from this thread. Every profession has its weaknesses and faults; every single profession is going to be better or worse at this one thing that another profession can do better or worse. You’re not going to find out whether or not you like playing Necromancer/Reaper until you’ve played one. I started playing one when they weren’t even considered part of “the meta” – which, as I don’t raid or PVP, meant exactly this to me: nothing.

Ask yourself this: do you want to be desired in absolutely every aspect of ( PvE ) gaming? If that is the case, Warrior, Guardian, Mesmer or Elementalist with their mass of party contributing buffs/raw DPS/utility might indeed be the better choice for you.

But that says absolutely nothing about whether or not the required play style to fulfill those roles would appeal to you. It didn’t appeal to me. I chose Necro to be my main. And I’m having FUN out there because the Necro ( condi ) play style appeals to me.

Mostly I wanted more up-to-date information on the general performance of the Necro/Reaper, given that the majority of the commentary around was written pre-HOT or immediately afterwards, and was mostly negative. But I appreciate your thorough post, I think I will make a Necromancer next and try it for myself.

Thanks to everyone who contributed for the various answers.

It sounds like the Necro/Reaper have some problems contributing directly to team-situations, but are still viable when compared directly with other individual classes?

Interesting comments. What are your opinions on the Reaper? I’ve heard that is fairly good aswell. Still in love with my Chronomancer though.

I’m interested in playing a Necromancer/Reaper character next, but the overwhelming opinion seems to be that the Necro/Reaper is sub-par compared to others. I’ve heard such mixed things about this class that I decided to ask directly.

I exclusively play PvE, and I’ve played a Guardian/Dragonhunter [Hammer+Longbow is great fun, maxed it out], Engineer [Flamethrower made it very dull, abandoned at Lv80], Ranger [Longbow build wasn’t very interesting, abandoned at Lv60] and Mesmer/Chronomancer [Sword+Shield/Greatsword is amazing, working on it now], but none of these had the same controversy about them.

Can anyone please explain the Good, Bad and Ugly aspects of the Necromancer/Reaper class? What is good and what is bad, why are they so disliked and whether they’re honestly worth playing. Any insight or advice would be appreciated, for myself and others with this question.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Well now. They didn’t remove the sticky… So I suppose it’s only right that I update it!

I’ll be on to run some tests and get beat up by my OMFG frands this weekend. Till then, ia there anything super pressing be added to the guide immediately?

I know I’m late to the party, but firstly: Thank you so much for this extremely thorough guide, it convinced me to try a Mesmer, and so far I’m loving it.

Could you please update the guide to cover the Chronomancer abilities and tactics? The base Mesmer information is extremely useful and well written, but I’d like to read more about the HOT updates and skills. Thanks again!