Charr: warrior and engineer cuz they like fucking shit up. Asura:engineer and necromancer cuz they like building shit up. Silvari: ranger cuz they like meeting nature shits. necromancer because they are too young to know that shit is evil. and mesmer because well living world spoilers and shit. There's a lot more that makes the two games fundamentally different. Mesmer in GW1 was about extreme punishment and debilitation. Mesmer in GW2 is more about trickery and standard magic flair. There are some punishment skills/traits here, but not to the extent of being the focus of the class (which it was in GW1) 2. As far as general core classes go: Power core engineer does around 35k dps which is respectable (more than power mech). Core warrior is viable as both a dps and quickness provider. Condi core ranger should be ~30k dps and has the option to run alacrity. Core rev should also be close to 30k. For PVE I'd say Renegade is a great choice. Revenant overall is probably the best class right now because it has strong DPS builds as well as a strong Quickness and Alacrity build (Renegade is the alacrity build). Renegade is also strong in Open World and the Condition Vindicator build is basically unkillable. 1. Tank: In GW2 PvE, this is usually fulfilled by a character with very high damage evasion or immunity (rather than mitigation) that also brings with it unique buffs for the raid. Chronomancer was always the go-to in this regard in HoT days, now there are a few other professions that can also fill the role- Renegade with an alacrity build or Cross-class utility is a lot less important. GladiusNocturno. Not really the most commonly used on all meta builds, but staff is the weapon available to most proffessions. The only proffessions that cant use it are warrior and Engineer. Symmol. Actually Sword is the most available weapon, only Necro can't use it. Step 2: buy the expansion bundle. Step 3: Make a Guardian. Step 4: use your free level 80 boost on your guardian. Step 5: Get 240 hero points (24 expansion zone hero point challenges) to max out Firebrand. Step 6: equip Firebrand in your third (bottom) specialization slot of your build tab. In some other MMOs (WoW and SWTOR come to mind) each class has their own stat, that increases their damage, like Agility for Rogues and Hunters, Strength for Warriors etc. Guild Wars 2 is not like that. In GW2 there's no inherent stat you should always stack for your particular class, every stat is beneficial in some way. .

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