Great Noob Guide to Guild Wars 2

BigFish wrote:

Looking at some of this, what race and class is everyone going to first roll? Or should that be a new topic?

I'm curious as to the classes mostly. If we run a guild, we'd probably want it evened out, but I think that's easier done here. I just don't want to roll a ranger, and find out the majority rolled the same, and we suck for doing it. In gw1 I think elementalists were pretty bad ass and when outfitted right, could take out large mobs easily. 

With GW2 destruction of the Holy trinity of MMO's (Tank, healer, DPS, and every class able to perform each role at any given moment) having one class chosen predominantly wont be of significant burden.

BigFish wrote:

Looking at some of this, what race and class is everyone going to first roll? Or should that be a new topic?

I'm curious as to the classes mostly. If we run a guild, we'd probably want it evened out, but I think that's easier done here. I just don't want to roll a ranger, and find out the majority rolled the same, and we suck for doing it. In gw1 I think elementalists were pretty bad ass and when outfitted right, could take out large mobs easily. 

I'm going to purchase three character slots so I can have one of every profession, but my primary will be a Ranger. I always pick the ranger/hunter class to start. I'll work on my Mesmer and Engineer after that. Guardian, Elementalist, and Thief are the third group. I have little interest in the Necromancer and Warrior.

Elementalists seem pretty powerful. With four attunements, they certainly have a lot of skills to choose from. Knowing ANet they will nerf and de-nerf these professions from launch into infinity. The powerful profession you pick now won't stay the most powerful later. Instead, pick something that speaks to your personality and you think will be most fun to play.

You have five character slots, so use em. Also, you can go into the PVP area (it's through one of your menus) and all of the skills will be "unlocked" so you can test them out and see what impresses you, and what doesn't.

Btw, Stress test tomorrow (Aug 21) from Noon to 4 pacific!