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[Column] Guild Wars 2: Picking a Profession
SBFord
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Last week we spent some time talking about which race people might choose when Guild Wars 2 arrives later this week. Today we want to spend some time chatting up what profession folks are likely to choose and why. See what you think, then let us know what profession you'll pick first!
Alright, time to go over my personal checklist before ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 is released next week. Guild Wars logo Razor mouse, check. Working Mic, check. Chair adjusted to perfect gaming comfort, check. Enough snack food and drink supplies stashed next to the PC to last a week, check. Race decided for my first character, check. Profession decided for my first character… oh crap! I can’t decide! I’ve played them all, but which one will I decide on? Maybe I need to go over them real quick. Allow me to indulge this final week’s panic check-list, will you?
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I like your drawing!
Human mesmer for my first (I think...damn these stress tests, they are all so fun and appealing)
your arguement is so persuasive, so filled with knowledge and insight. You back up your argument very articulately, with suggestions of improvements and raising examples to glorify your position....oh wait, you didn't
I would play all the classes as Asura if i could because they rock, but i want to play through the other race stories as well.
My first 3 chars are pretty much set up - Asura Thief, Charr Warrior, and Sylvari Ranger. For my 4th and 5th its either a Norn Engineer or Guardian, and a Human Necromancer.
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It's possible, every race can play every profession.
Nice. Thanks for the information.
I agree with this, I was hoping for more detailed explanations to each class, maybe a this personality tends to fit this profession type of list or something. What we get is what I can get when I go to the main GW2 website and look at each profession. A nice, more lore based, summary of each class as it relates to the game world. Give me details, give me the META side of it! Please, thanks.
Yeah...I thought it was going to be more about that as well. Kind of disappointing article.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
I was looking for specific info. What distinguishes one prof from another? Weapons & Armor available? Group v. Sinle target healing? Ranged AoE?
because substance is hard
takes thought, time and effort - not common in articles here
but anyway, kinda wish there was a random button for both race and profession and go with the very first one - probably gonna labor over this way too long come saturday
My list is narrowed down to 3 classes: thief, warrior or guardian. No pet classes.
Thief and warrior have higher mobility than the guardian. They also get their share of mobility reduction abilities. Guardian doesn't get mobility boosts and lacks snares, but it is very survivable without really even trying to build for it.
Warrior and guardian can both be very good at support. Thief not so much, although they do get some nice abilities such as AOE sharing of venoms and an AOE cloaking heal field.
Guardian feels like it will be the best pve class of these 3. It feels a lot more powerful and group friendly, even though I didn't get mine nearly as high level as warrior or thief.
Warrior has the most hit points followed by thief and then guardian.
Dps is probably lowest for the thief, with the warrior highest dps of these 3. This could easily change if they start swinging the nerf hammer.
Ahh heck I'll probably go with all 3 classes anyway.
I already decided on all my 5 classes, one for each race, filling up all slots, the only problem is which one will i focus to reach 80 first?
Norn Guardian
Human Elementalist
Asura Necromancer
Sylvari Mesmer
Charr Ranger
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss
Like other people, I was pleasantly surprised by how many of the classes/professions I enjoyed when I played betas and stress tests. Every time I thought I had made up my mind, I would try another class just to play something different, and then get hooked again.
I was originally determined to make one main character and stick with that right through to max level because it's years since I've enjoyed a game enough to do that. Usually I end up making lots of alts because I'm not quite enjoying a game enough and keep hoping that with the next class I'll hit the sweet spot. Ironically, in the case of GW2, I enjoyed the game immensely, but liked most of the classes so presently I'm thinking along my usual altaholic lines:
Norn thief + ranger (ranger to be played through Sylvari zones because I didn't like that race so much)
Asura elementalist
Charr guardian
Human mesmer
That's the plan for starters, anyway, but I kind of liked the engineer, too and musn't forget the warrior ...