Guild Wars 2

It’s nice to hear that in GW 2 being good doesn’t mean picking god class, but it’s dependent on gear, build and player skills.

I do really enjoy elementalist (I also enjoyed him in GW 1), I believe I can master him as I’m not new to mmo world, but would I even be able to master him that much to be better than, let’s say – guardian played by average player? I mean, are those disadventages of certain classes big enough to unable me being better than others, or it’s only up to me how good my class is going to be?

I know that playing is worth much more than gaining experience from forums, but this is first time I’ve met that unusual class balance – before GW 2 I was playing Tera, in which being skilled healer let me survive 10 ppl, which is half of the whole raid and being ranged dd means you can 1 or 2 – shot others.

Thanks for quick replies.

Many people will recommend me different classes, so maybe it woul dbe easier if I ask you if there is any class that you would NOT suggest me to pick?

Also, is there a big difference between warrior and guardian? (pvp wise)

Hello,

As a new GW 2 player it’s obvious I didn’t know which class to pick. I’ve read tons of posts to make a choice. The think that suprised me is that none of the class is good. Literally, every class is said to be the weakest.

Here is what I’ve read:

Engineer – flexible, but has low dmg, low survivability, can heal and this massive healing is the only thing, why you would pick him. Weak in dungeons, quite good in 1 vs 1, not that good in any other pvp.

Warrior – said, to be the only viable class, but I’ve read that warrior is free kill for any other class. Bad in any pvp, quite good for speedruns. Low dmg, not so good survivability, quite mobile.

Ranger – weak in anything, not taken to dungeons, in pvp pets are useless, so generally you should avoid this class.

Elementalist – except dealing damage it has nothing to offer. I’ve heared ele has good healing skills, but still – it’s squishy as hell.

Thief – damage dealer, very low survivability, which makes him very hard to master in both pvp and pve. In pvp he’s more like troll class, I mean – you can’t take him seriously.

Guardian – the only class I found useful. I mean, every dungeon team should have at least one quardian. In pvp if you don’t make bunker quardian you will die faster than warrior and anything but bunker is a trash, so generally guardian is a trash.

Necromancer – in pve it’s one of the worst classes. In pvp he might be good, but has literally no mobility and it’s not that hard to kill him, even if necro has high hp pool.

Mesmer – taken to dungeons only because of time warp, then he can die.. In pvp he might be good (in anything but duels mesmer is not viable), but the skill cap is that high, that noone reached it yet.

Don’t take it seriously, it’s only a summary of what I’ve read and I’m quite new to GW 2.

My question is if someone could give me some tips which class should I pick. I’m pvp oriented player, so I’ll go through pve as fast as possible only to make gear and then I can spend my time in pvp. The problem is there is literally no pvp class, every class is weak.

I didn’t make this topic to complain, but I just want to know which class excels where. I’m confused, that’s all.

Thanks for any help, sorry for my poor english.

Greetings!