Guild Wars 2

Hello from Anvil Rock!

I’m a somewhat socially-anxious individual looking to actually have some people to play with in this game. I am casual, at this point, and I know that will mean an automatic “no” from a lot of you, and that’s ok. I’m not here to be an elite. I’m here to find some cool, patient people to be friends/mentors.

I don’t do PvP, due to anxiety issues which PvP inexplicably triggers (hyperventilation and all that). But I love PvE, and I want to get into it in this game. I currently have a level 80 ranger I’ve been trying (and struggling) to get Druid on. I’m willing to level up whatever else, too, but I just haven’t had any motivation to do so, up to this point.

I hope I’m acceptable to someone. Thanks!
-baconbushido.1875

A sylvari what, tho?

Update 1:

I have found two melee loadouts I actually enjoy, which is good, because it seems to be how I’m going to have to learn to play regardless. The first is dagger/pistol thief. The other is sword/axe revenant. I mostly like the fact that they have no-nonsense chase skills and things with blindness or outright invulnerability.

Ranger is ok. It’s what I’ve played the most of now, for sure.

Scepter/pistol mesmer is my jam, and the sword skills on the profession are actually pretty good.

If I had to rank them, right now, I would put it at
1. Dagger/Pistol Thief
2. Scepter/Pistol Mesmer
3. Sword/Axe Revenant
4. Longbow Ranger
5. Staff Elementalist

D/P Thief is really fun. I love the burst and how mobile it is. And I love the fact I don’t have to just face-tank stuff. I actually legitimately never tried a melee thief build beyond using the dagger in the tutorial stage. Glad I randomly decided to try it.

I am limiting myself at this point to playing thief and mesmer exclusively, so as to avoid spreading my time too thinly.

More updates to come.

I was under the impression that longbow was only really used on dragonhunter for pvp. Actually, outside of a few exceptions, the meta seems to lean toward melee for pve. And since, due to the aforementioned anxiety issues, I can’t really pvp, I’m basically limited to pve. Which normally is fine. Raids and dungeons are my favorite things in mmo’s. I just don’t want to be shoehorned into melee. Even ranger seems to be sword-axe as primary, and only really has the longbow for when I guess a raid has a state where you have to switch to ranged. As for pets, idk. I have no opinion of them. They’re ok, but I usually like traps and kiting better than letting a pet hold aggro and then just sitting and picking them off. Feels better to outsmart the mob than to not even have to. Idk.

Thanks for the replies!

As far as thief or ranger, probably ranger for me out of those two. I do have a free boost I haven’t used because I didn’t want to just jump into endgame without learning to play. We’ll see how I like ranger this time around. I’ll try thief too.

As for mesmer, I loved playing it. I like sword ok. I can do melee, I just like ranged better. I’ll definitely try it out again.

So the plan today is to make a mesmer. I’ll play ranger tomorrow if I don’t feel pile playing mesmer again. Wish me luck!

So I’ve been playing this game off and on roughly since HoT was released. I have tried out every profession, but only really to level 20-ish or so, at most. I just can’t seem to find my thing in this game. I’m not sure if it’s that I’m just second-guessing everything too much or something, but I just can’t seem to click with anything. I like small aspects of each profession, but so far it’s all just felt off. To be fair, I have been this way in basically every game I’ve ever played. I just don’t want to be this way in this game. It’s too beautiful, and I love the world too much. I don’t want to end up dropping this game all because I couldn’t stop second-guessing my choices. So in order to offer a means of actually helping me find my calling, I’ll list some things I like in games, and indeed this one.

I like playing at a distance far more than I like playing at melee range. It makes me nervous to fight someone/something face-to-face. Anxiety issues or something. I also like not having to chase things down just to hit them. Other than that, I do know I enjoy burst more than I enjoy sustained dps, but I don’t dislike sustained at all. I just prefer to see chunks disappear from a health bar over watching it drain.

Profession/Weapon combos I enjoyed: pistol thief, longbow or axe ranger, staff elementalist, greatsword or scepter mesmer, hammer revenant.

Engineer is the one class I feel like I just have never managed to give enough time to see what it actually does. To me, it always just feels like a jankier version of pistol thief, or if using a rifle, a jankier version of longbow ranger. Maybe I’m just missing something.

If it helps any, my preferred race is Asura. Their animations just make me happy, like watching a cartoon.

Anyways, sorry for the novel. Any help solving my identity crisis is immensely appreciated. This game feels too good to let go. I just need to know what my place in it is.