We have a race poll, time to feel out where the bulk of people will be going for classes... 

I really feel like I'd have to try them first. Can't really say for sure right now, especially since you can play a lot of the classes very differently.

I'm kinda going for a warrior or engineer at the moment.

I'm going to play a warrior. I really like the idea of using a shield and/or rifles. The engineer can also use both of those weapons, but the warrior is more about weapon swapping while the engineer is about using toolkits.

In every poll Ele is top, I think for a few reasons, one big one being that the Elementalist has a lot of skills to use. But I think the number of 'main' Eles will drop as people realize just how much skill the class requires in PvP and even PvE, and how micro-management focused it is. Some, like myself, enjoy that complexity. But I think a lot of folks who think 'ele' before actually playing them, are folks who will switch their mains before to long.

Oh and FYI, it's Profession, not Class. ;)

mesmer or engineer  both look fun to me

I am going to roll a ranger and stay a ranger.

That being said, I hope they nerf greatsword damage while at the same time fixing the minor problems pets have currently.  I would like to see increased toughness/vitality for  most pets.

Although, I can accept the fact that maybe I have been using pets wrong and maybe they arent broken at all.

Hmm, before the first weekend beta event I would have said definitely Ranger. Ranger was my main in GW1. After seeing the implementation of Ranger in GW2 I am not so sure anymore. I found the profession to be decidedly underwhelming. Perhaps Mesmer or Thief instead. On the other hand Ranger(ish) classes are my preference in every MMO I've played so I may just opt to deal with my dissatisfaction with the profession here and stick with it.

I really thought I wanted to play Mesmer as my main going into the beta weekend, but after trying Warrior I like that profession better, at least for my main.  I really like to get in and stand toe-to-toe with enemies and you really couldn't do that at all with Mesemer unless you wanted to die alot.

I briefly gave Engineer and Guardian a try, but not enough to sway my Warrior main decision for now.  I'll definitely be trying the other professions again on Mon though...

 Engineer .... I'm addicted to a profession that requires non-stop work to play well. People who half-ass the engineer will give everyone bad impressions of it. I also like the Swiss army knife style of ...  Yeah, I can do that to.

Necro for me all the way!!!!

Nice - not a lot of those here... more to kill.. hehe :-)

I normally have a hard time choosing a class, but this one is easy...Human Engineer. I was an Engineer in the Army and I have always been fond of any class that deals with explosives and gadgets.

Asura Elementalist <-- Main

Charr Enginner <------- 2nd

Norn Guardian <-------- 3rd

Human Mesmer <------ 4th

Sylvari Ranger <--------- 5th

lol... I got my work cut out for me haha

I'll be rolling a thief, simply because I always play the stealthy class across whatever game I play if applicable. 

I played each class for at least an hour in their LvL 80 "buffed" PvP status during the last beta and here are some thoughts:

Guiardian: Definitely a punching bag but really have to run after people a lot. Don'y particularly care for the up in your face type gameplay, especially with all the particle effects blowing up in your face you cannot see what is going on.

Warrior: Played a rifle heavy warrior and really liked it. You have some of the toughness of a tank yet can stay at range. Each individual shot doesn't do much but they shoot fast. Kinda like the machinegun class. 

Ranger: Was definitely set on going Ranger before the beta but it underwhelmed me quite a bit. Pet's that die if you sneeze at them and bow's that do so-so damage. Not really interested in playing a sword melee ranger which I hear is pretty powerful. 

Elementalist: With the default PvP build I felt really weak like wet paper and the DPS did not make up for it. I had less than 1/2 the HP as a Necro. Other players could literally kill me in a few hits. After I stopped playing the Ele I learned that the default PvP is just terrible. Maybe it will be better once I give it another shot. I'd imagine having the best AoE will be a boon for world PvP. 

Thief: Was pretty OP'd IMO last beta. Could so some serious in your face DPS. Kinda a one trick poney that I am not that interested in playing.

Necro: Had huge tank type HP. Most of thier spells are actually short distance which I do not like and their staff spells are bleh. I prefer to create a ranged character. Their life-tap potential is much less than say a EQ1 Necro.

Mesmer: I don't like to play this class nor fight against it. Too annoying with the clones and the stupid sounds. It is way too gimmiky for me. 

Engineer: Had a lot of really cool tricks up their sleeve but it felt very clunky. You have to juggle a lot of stuff and nothing is particularly powerful. Can get mowed down by other classes pretty easy. 

Right now I am leaning towards a Warrior or even possibly a Elementalist if I can try them out again with a new PvP build. 

Right now I'm leaning towards Elementalist.  The abilites were very fun, the spell combos great.  And burning things is very cool.

  I tried the Mesmer during the BWE hoping I'd enjoy it, but I just couldn't get to liking it.  The clones were way to sporatic and it wasn't very .....fun.  The mirror trick ability even required to being in 2 places to set it off...like a pre-fight set up. 

Ranger was alright, but my pet kept dying during the sieges, which made it feel very useless.   The arrow abilites ranged from weak to alright.  Really wish there was an enemy grappling ability on this one.  Though, most people say that the greatsword is the best Ranger weapon, I never got to try it.

Still need to try the Necro to see if I'll enjoy it more than Elementalist.  I hear great things about them.

I was looking at the Engineer initially but the class failed to impress me during the last beta weekend. It's got an enormous amount of tools, but in this game you gotta pick and choose and I found most actual builds pretty underwhelming. Basically I just ended up working harder for less end product and with the amount of flexibility each and every class in this game has anyway trading that certain Oomph for even more options doesn't seem to be a good deal to me.

At this point that's all subject to change of course, I got a nagging feeling the Engineer will need a lot more work than just adjusting some numbers though.

With the Guardian I was fairly happy otoh, the basic design of the class works fine and they'll be very valued group members in all aspects of the game as far as I can tell. Some of the weapons may still need some serious rebalancing, but that is to be expected months prior to release. Definitely high on my list.

Next beta weekend I'll have a closer look at the Warrior. 

I think Necro........however I'm not in the bata to be sure I like it.

I am going to be a warrior, Main Tank, Spyker, Second tank Support,Crowd Control,Agro The Boss,etc, Been ther done that and most of all I like to Solo Grind thats why I love to be a Warrior I remember my epic wammo times when i was tanking 18 minnions and 1 necromacer playing pvp or farming Trolls and Ectos on Guild Wars 1, This is how I am a Warrior with pride so I will choose a Norn and be a Warrior, But at the same time I did not play the first beta and Maybe the Warrior on Guild Wars 2 will be more of a Damage Per Second  DPS or Spykers instead of What I want to do and this will be Tanking, So I will look into the Guardian becouse they do have allot of heals and support.