as a card carrying member of AA (altaholics anonymous) i will have *multiple* characters.

however, i have to say that i was accidentally sucked into the vortex known as Mesmer and will be starting off with that class.

For me I have a feeling im going to be an alt-aholic in this game so I setup the classes i want to play to race. I want to play sylvari first so ranger it is, then asura guardian.. which lucky enough are my two favorite races/classes. Also, as far as you not liking ground targeting, one thing you can try is to use the Auto-ground targeting option in the options menu. I'm not sure if thats the exact name for it but what it does is essentially when you push a ground target skill it auto-casts it where your mouse is so no need to click the mouse. Its like smart-cast in LoL. Give it a try and you might enjoy ele more. Enjoy!

Sigh,, this game really have some interesting classes, thus making it so damn hard to pick a main :D (good thing btw)

I really love all the classes in GW2, I havent played em all to the same extent but still see how there is gonna be something for everyone in this game ;D

Now for the "picking" part, I have allways been an altoholic, love alts, love the diversity it brings and in this game it will be fantastic since theres so much to do and u dont get the same feeling as being "left behind" if you are on an alt spending your time ;D

BWE1 I was mainly testing out all classes but played a heavy dose of Guardian, loved it

BWE2 I focused alot on Mesmer and Thief, loved em both

BWE3 I focused more on the Thief, love the mechanics and shortbow is just awesome (used dagger + pistol alot also)

Though im having a hard time picking a main cuz all classes are so damn fun ;D

Might roll a Ranger or Warrior since ive played em the least but im still leaning alot towards the thief I guess I will decide on Launch day, problaby gonna play sylvari since I really love their zones and lore :D

Went from Elementalist in Closed Beta, to Guardian in BWE1, to Ranger in BWE2 and finally an Engineer in BWE3. I'm fairly possitive i'll be sticking with Engineer :)

It did not make me reconsider my profession, but it did make me reconsider my race. I went from a Charr Elementalist to an Asura Elementalist...

See ya'll Aug 25th!

You should check each class. Like i did. Never considered necro as main but testing all classes fallen in live with him :D

Before playing GW2 at all I was thinking I'd be set on mesmer. Asura was always going to be my choice as a race, they're just better for WvsWvsW pvp, you have a better advantage with smaller characters.

After all 3 bwe's having played mesmer, ranger, thief, warrior the most in all 3. I feel the warrior and thief are the strongest classes in pvp 1vs1 so those 2 are my choices. In 1vs1 fights I never lost to anyone in pvp with the warrior, and lost very few times with the thief. I usually never have an alt but with this game I'll have thief and warrior as my 2 main and no other alts. So, all 3 bwe's effected my choice for release.

For my PvE char the answer is:

Class = No.

Race however: Jury is still out...

@op      I dont know if anyone else mentioned it, but you dont have to give up on elemental. You can hit the button twice and it will put your aoe on your current target. So you never need to use the mouse to place it if you dont want to.

But on topic, yeah, no mesmer.

Ranger....until....I played a warrior with great sword. And warriors can use bows....awesome.....

Originally posted by spookytooth
 

@op      I dont know if anyone else mentioned it, but you dont have to give up on elemental. You can hit the button twice and it will put your aoe on your current target. So you never need to use the mouse to place it if you dont want to.

But on topic, yeah, no mesmer.

I actually didn't know that. Still going with the ranger, but when i roll an alt i will try it using that technique.

Damned BWE#3, too many fun classes now <.<

Necro's cool and looked powerful.

Thief's fancy and slippery, though it feels flimsy.

Warrior's pretty fun and is versatile.

Mesmer's great fun, but make a couple mistakes and you're out

Ranger's awesome with the swords.

Guardian's pretty cool and the 2H hammer launch is ROFL

Can't...

choose...

Damn it

And don't get me started about races <.<

Started first BWE with necro and loved it.  What do you mean I can go into smoky form and be invincible?

Tried mesmer but got lost trying to figure a playstyle.

Tried thief but didn't click.

Went to Ranger with longbow/greatsword and I was in heaven.  Was sure I found my class.  Snipe from distance, have swappable pets to tank, then fly through the air with greatsword to finish.

BWE3 all chars wiped so tried a mesmer again.  Loved the complexity at this point but found damage too lackluster.

Went to elementalist and loved all the options once I had my keybindings optimized.  Staff for WvW.  Scepter/dagger for sPvP and PvE! Will be going elementalist for launch!

After BWE2 I was sure I was going to make a guardian as main but during BWE3 I decided to try as many classes as I could, granted I didnt get very far with so many new chars but I realized that every class got it's own charm and I din't find anyone dull or boring. So now I am a bit more open minded and not quite sure what to roll, I'm still leaning towards a guardian, but who knows come launch :)

Yes.

Mesmer was going to be my main and now Im not even going to touch it.

Not entirely decided between Guardian and Ranger yet for main.

BW3 secured mesmer as my starting main.  Went into it thinking thief, but the sylvari zone was incredibly laggy and kinda ruined my experience with that profession.  I'll revist theif eventually, just not as a plant person.