What profession did you pick and why?

[Pan_kko]

Hi all, I am looking into guild wars and I wanted to ask about the professions, I have a general understanding of what each class does, but I want to know why people chose the class they picked. eg. picking monk because you want to heal the party, or because you like to hold the party's life in your hands, that sort of thing.

[kazerniel]

Hey! I'm an elementalist main because I like to spam big fire damage without engaging my braincells :D

I sometimes enjoy spirit spammer ritualist too, but overall it feels a bit too passive.

[[RvB] RedArmyGrif]

I'm a Dervish main because haha scythe go swoosh :) (in all seriousness I love the Enchantments and how I can self-remove them for massive damage. helps a lot with VQing :D)

[c0Zm1c]

The first character I ever made was an Elementalist and I played that for a while before trying others because I typically prefer playing the "mage" character in fantasy games so that was a natural first choice but from 2009 onwards I've mained Mesmer. It's an interesting mid-liner: a good damage dealer but its skills can be highly situational too (though the same can be said of skills found in other professions too).

I play all of them really though and you should try them all to find the one you like most. Because of secondary profession attributes the limits of what they can each do isn't always clear making the scope for roles somewhat ambiguous.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

The character i mained when the game launched was warrior i have over 4000 hours on my warrior these days im mostly Warrior/Dervish cuz scythes hit 3 targets and this pairs well some some other skills not to mention max Str to boot lol. I dont remember why i chose to be a warrior though.... i have beaten every area on HC with only heros on this character though however if i had to make that choice today i would say Rt is my favorite class because it is so versatile and and a powerhouse to boot would struggle a lot less if i had class in prophecies xD

[Aluvian Darkstar]

My first character was a Mesmer because it seemed like a unique character concept at a time. Mesmer is a lot of fun, but requires being adaptive, using right skills on the right mobs at the right time, so it can definitely be overwhelming

[Metal]

Since i had no other way. I had to buy me new account + bonus missions. I tried dervish didn't like it at all and now working on my (new) old ranger that i like a lot :)

[Mr RocknRoll]

Honestly pick what appeals to you.0
Necro is fun to debuff and summon minions :D
Ele is great to make stuff go boom
Warrior is good to go stab stab
Monk is good for healing teammates
Mesmer is fun to control the entire battlefield
Ranger is fun to have a friend with you at all times

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Mr RocknRoll:

Honestly pick what appeals to you.0
Necro is fun to debuff and summon minions :D
Ele is great to make stuff go boom :WHII_Death:
Warrior is good to go stab stab :WHII_Attack:
Monk is good for healing teammates :bird:
Mesmer is fun to control the entire battlefield :ISSmask:
Ranger is fun to have a friend with you at all times

I think this is a bit simplified lol but i dig it honestly though you forgot paragon dervish Ritulist and Assassin :p Paragon and Rt being some of the most OP when it comes to what they offer IMBA para still pretty silly, i wish they would just let us add PvE skills to heros that would set this game up!

Monk is by no means just for healing i got some got some great smite builds and honestly Necro henchmen pull off the heals way better then any other class cuz the massive energy they can pull.

[Metal]

Originally posted by Mr RocknRoll:

Honestly pick what appeals to you.0
Necro is fun to debuff and summon minions :D
Ele is great to make stuff go boom :WHII_Death:
Warrior is good to go stab stab
Monk is good for healing teammates :bird:
Mesmer is fun to control the entire battlefield :ISSmask:
Ranger is fun to have a friend with you at all times

Ranger is one of the most versatile character to play and that's i like it so much.