After everyone stops slobbering all over the Mesmer, you may be right. I am happy to see that every time there is a class/race poll on the guru forums, the results are generally pretty balanced (accept just after a big reveal). So I suspect we'll see a nice strong mix of all classes. At least I won't have to worry about seeing tuns of night elf hunters anymore. :P
Extremely close there. Everything is within 2% of each other except the Engineer. I don't think we have quite enough data to determine what profession will be the most played and what will be the least played (except Engineer, which will very likely be the least played profession). Looks like there going to be a lot of balance and you should see a lot of every profession in game, unless something happens that causes everyone to reroll to a profession (such as major class imbalance).
I'm not sure anymore i just know i'll play a thief, guardian, elementalist, and warrior and probably have my main be one of those but i won't be sure before playing them for few weeks at least. Also the classes seam to have a lot of flexibility so it won't be easy to choose from, probably the one i feel the more comfortable with.
Very good to see. It just goes to show how Anet has managed to diversify the classes and make all of them interesting. To be honest i feared mesmers would be the pre-dominant class but it seems not to be the case.
After second guessing myself many times, I've decided to make 4 classes and try them all to decide which I will make my main.
-Thief -Warrior -Ranger -Mesmer
If too many people are playing a particular class, that may also have an effect on my decision. Mainly, I'm just trying to find the class that I connect with and will want to play for years.
Likely won't bother with Necro, Guardian, or Elementalist.
Races?
Charr
Sylvari
Likely won't bother with the others. I've played barbarians, humans, and gnomes in plenty of other games.
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Also, an observation: Good grief, you people don't like being taken out of your comfort zones, do you??
"Buuut it iiisn't faaantasy..." What is? I mean, really. Sheesh. The whole idea of fantasy is to be creative, not creatively bankrupt. It's to try new things. But I see people going with stuff like the classic magic users, and the typical fighter classes... eesh.
This is of course based on how it looks and pretty much nothing concrete since I haven't played any of the classes so far. So it could turn out pretty different in a few months time.
It'll be tough to stay on one toon. For me one and two could swap closer to launch. The thief is also intriguing, as I play rogue types in alot of games. Honestly, all the classes have some very cool mechanics and look interesting. The only class that really just doesn't interest me much is the Ranger. In terms of the races, I really have no interest whatsoever in Charr or the Asura, but to each his own.
Comments
1-Guardian
2-Warrior
3-Ranger
4-Elementalist
5-Engineer
6-theif
7-necro
8-mesmer
~The only opinion that matters is your own.Everything else is just advice,~
After everyone stops slobbering all over the Mesmer, you may be right.
I am happy to see that every time there is a class/race poll on the guru forums, the results are generally pretty balanced (accept just after a big reveal). So I suspect we'll see a nice strong mix of all classes. At least I won't have to worry about seeing tuns of night elf hunters anymore. :P
Human Thief
Sylvari Necromancer
Norn Guardian
Charr Engineer
Asura Elementalist
My theme song.
1) Mesmer, norn female (it ain't over before the fat lady sings!)
2) Guardian, sylvari male
3) Elementalist, charr
4) Ranger azura
5) Thief human
6) Necro sylvari
7) warrior
8) properly not
Thief
Ranger
Elementalist
Guardian
Mesmer
Warrior
Engineer
Necromancer
I lol'ed hard cause when I started writing my list I found it to be exactly like yours just the other way around ^^
I'm sure no one will read this but:
Most played (probably):
1. Guardian
2. Mesmer
3. Ranger
Slightly less-often played (probably):
4. Elementalist
5. Thief
(I'll just convince some friends to roll on a separate server for these so I don't have to pay:)
6. Engineer
7. Necromancer
8. Warrior
From a Guild Wars 2 Guru poll:
Elementalist
89
12.94%
Necromancer
88
12.79%
Mesmer
84
12.21%
Engineer
68
9.88%
Ranger
84
12.21%
Thief
91
13.23%
Warrior
89
12.94%
Guardian
95
13.81%
Extremely close there. Everything is within 2% of each other except the Engineer. I don't think we have quite enough data to determine what profession will be the most played and what will be the least played (except Engineer, which will very likely be the least played profession). Looks like there going to be a lot of balance and you should see a lot of every profession in game, unless something happens that causes everyone to reroll to a profession (such as major class imbalance).
I'm not sure anymore i just know i'll play a thief, guardian, elementalist, and warrior and probably have my main be one of those but i won't be sure before playing them for few weeks at least. Also the classes seam to have a lot of flexibility so it won't be easy to choose from, probably the one i feel the more comfortable with.
Man, that's a close race!
Very good to see. It just goes to show how Anet has managed to diversify the classes and make all of them interesting. To be honest i feared mesmers would be the pre-dominant class but it seems not to be the case.
* Waves at pushkina *
* Waves at Pushkina *
Norn Necromancer
Sylvari Ranger
Maybe an Asuran Thief
All male.
You want me to pay to play a game I already paid for???
Be afraid.....The dragons are HERE!
For me:
1. Mesmer -- Played in GW1, looking forward to playing one in GW2.
2. Elementalist
3. Thief
4. Necro
5. ... idk
After second guessing myself many times, I've decided to make 4 classes and try them all to decide which I will make my main.
-Thief
-Warrior
-Ranger
-Mesmer
If too many people are playing a particular class, that may also have an effect on my decision. Mainly, I'm just trying to find the class that I connect with and will want to play for years.
±MeDiC±
After watching a ton of beta videos...my list has changed considerably.
Mesmer
Warrior
Thief
Elementalist
Guardian
Necro
Ranger
Engineer
I'm sure this will change again.
thief
ranger
elementalist
mesmer
guardian
necromancer
warrior
engineer
Professions?
Engineer
Thief
Warrior
Mesmer
Ranger
Likely won't bother with Necro, Guardian, or Elementalist.
Races?
Charr
Sylvari
Likely won't bother with the others. I've played barbarians, humans, and gnomes in plenty of other games.
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Also, an observation: Good grief, you people don't like being taken out of your comfort zones, do you??
"Buuut it iiisn't faaantasy..." What is? I mean, really. Sheesh. The whole idea of fantasy is to be creative, not creatively bankrupt. It's to try new things. But I see people going with stuff like the classic magic users, and the typical fighter classes... eesh.
9_9
Warrior
Thief
Guardian
Ranger
Mesmer
From the PvP reports I've read, that'll be Engineer, due to their massive area of effect abilities and their turrets.
Oh boy, I'm going to be popular in PvP!
Necromancer
Guardian
Elementalist
Engineer
Ranger
Warrior
Thief
Mesmer
This is of course based on how it looks and pretty much nothing concrete since I haven't played any of the classes so far. So it could turn out pretty different in a few months time.
Sylvari necro.
Lemme see:
1.) Elementalist - Human
2.) Mesmer - Sylvari
3.) Thief - Human
4.) Warrior - Norn
5.) Engineer - Human
6.) Gaurdian - Human
7.) Necromancer - Sylvari
8.) Ranger - Meh
It'll be tough to stay on one toon. For me one and two could swap closer to launch. The thief is also intriguing, as I play rogue types in alot of games. Honestly, all the classes have some very cool mechanics and look interesting. The only class that really just doesn't interest me much is the Ranger. In terms of the races, I really have no interest whatsoever in Charr or the Asura, but to each his own.
Sorroe, Human Mesmer
Jade Quarry Server
1. Warrior
2. Ranger
3. Thief
4. Engineer
5. Elementalist
6. Necro
7. Mesmer
8. Guardian
1. Human Thief
2. Human Mesmer
3. Charr Engineer
4. Human Guardian
5. Sylvari Ranger
6. Asura Elementalist
7. Human Necromancer
8. Norn Warrior
Human Thief is the first because I played my sin a lot and it's my favorite. Warrior last because I think they are boring?
1. norn guardian
2. sylvari ranger
3. asura engineer
4. norn warrior
the other three later, but these are my fav
I can't even decide what to play first, let alone what happens after that.