How did you come to choose your first profession? - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Darth Kukulkan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

E/

19 Apr 2007 at 08:58 - 41

I gained access to the last beta test Week End, so I arrived the saturday with the idea I would have just 2 days to play ! All the week before in my classroom I remebered of what I learned on professions, the pros and the cons etc... but the evening I had still no idea ! So i read the little description of the 6 classes, and by elemination, I finally hesitated between Necro (which I really fought I would play forst, Elementalist (why not I said), and ranger (caus I always play a thief, an infiltrator, and it was the too close to this role : now my second favorite classe is assassin for this !

)
I finally took the elementalist, but I played 1 day and decided to try all other classes to be sure of my choice when GW would release (one thing I was sure about is that I would buy it

)
So I try all, and I have still no idea, I love the ranger, I leve the elementalist, I hate the warrior (I still do

), and the others I hesitate too.
The first day post release, when I reactivate my account, I delete all my characters to start totally new and enjoy again presearing ascalon : and at this time, I make an elementalist, but still not really sure of if will please me.
And I am here, 2 years latter and 1100 hours on my elementalist, my favorite class by far, really not regreting the others : I've tried and unblocked all skills of them, but even though they are really fun, they stand no chance against an elementalist (a matter of fun, not power)
The elementalist si the most versatile class of ALL : if you are bored of nuking with no brain, just play another element and all is different ! And after 400 hours testing all elements, try multi elements builds, it's fun too ! And after 2OO more hours, try a secondary profession and dicover that every caster can be played with a very good efficiency as an elementalist due to their large energy pool !
So looooong live the elementalist ! May the emperor make them a playable profession in GW2 !

Milennin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Europe

W/

19 Apr 2007 at 09:01 - 42

Elementalist, 'cause they use the four Elements (go Lightning!).

Yeah...pretty simple reason.XP

freekedoutfish

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/

19 Apr 2007 at 09:30 - 43

1) I love the idea and fiction behind elementals, so thats why I chose my first character as an ele.

2) I hate close combat, so I basically chose any other profession except warrior.

I now have an ele, a necro, a ranger and a Rit. All casters or long-range attack. I cant stand playing close combat, because its not fun and there doesnt seem any real tactics to just "hack-and-slash".

Plus from experience most warriors are arrogant and big-headed and like to agro stuff, and never listen to instructions.

Plus about 80% of players are warriors (my guess), so its not very original.

Im going to start a mesma, because their hard to find and a challenge.

Desbreko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

California

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

19 Apr 2007 at 09:45 - 44

I've always enjoyed playing healers in RPGs so there was no hesitation in my choosing a monk for my first character. There's just nothing quite like the satisfaction of having your party go, "Holy crap, how did we just live through that?" Even if they don't make the connection, you know why.

lucifer_uk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Nottingham, England

The Venerable Truth [TvT] The Venerable Alliance [TvH] [TvL]

R/

19 Apr 2007 at 10:47 - 45

I chose ranger because I'd watched LotR before hand

I like the whole idea of surviving using nature to fight people. I hate slash and hack but i also find the elements boring. My ranger seemed like a good alternative! The idea of taming a pet excited me and soon I had my little Melandru's Stalker called Scarling. I kept him right until I found the black moa. I so regretted giving away my pet and getting the bird so now I use no pet.

Wolf2581

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Joliet, IL, USA

Hardcore Militants United [HMU]

Me/

19 Apr 2007 at 10:48 - 46

I started and went through most of Prophecies with a blood build on my original male necromancer, but I eventually deleted him after my female necromancer caught up. Even after playing for almost two years and now with three campaigns instead of just one, there is still plenty to do. I now have ten level-20 female characters, all of whom I consider my online girlfriends. I double up on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Yabba

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

19 Apr 2007 at 10:57 - 47

i like complicated classes that give many options and are hard to play.

so after looking through the bit of information i could gather about the gw classes i chose mesmer.

this was at the e34e 2004 (geez, has really so much time past ? ) and i kept playing mesmer even after release and did even the pve part with my mesmer.

after a while i started playing other classes (monk, ele, warrior in pvp and warrior in pve to get some skillpoints easier).

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

19 Apr 2007 at 10:59 - 48

Warrior is the best profession for start the game, even if you don't like it. When you feel you understand the game, you can decide if you will restart with a different profession or continuing with the Warrior.

The question about what profession is the best for starting is too popular, and I always has one answer: Try ALL professions; You don't lose anything deleting a character you played for some hours.

Raaaaa

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

AP

D/

19 Apr 2007 at 11:00 - 49

I played a fomar in PSO:BB which is a melee magic caster and loved it, bezerking with one of the strongest heals was great

From reading the NF manual it described the Dervish as a melee magic user so I went with that

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

19 Apr 2007 at 11:14 - 50

My first character was a ranger because I played a R/Mo in beta and loved it. i chose Ranger in beta because.... I dunno! I think I did a random selection.

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

19 Apr 2007 at 11:51 - 51

Elementalist because it was the closest thing to a mage, the profession I play in all RPGs.

Sihaya Syme

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Belgium, Europe

Grenth's Rejects [GR]

N/Me

19 Apr 2007 at 11:55 - 52

(blood) Necromancer/Mesmer

Because it's seriously the closest to my personality xD

Komes I

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Somewhere over the rainbow... what the hell?!

[DLOT]

R/

19 Apr 2007 at 11:57 - 53

Well here is the way it happened for me!
I picked dice and for each number there was one profesion so i throw it and it was warrior!
I was thinking to my self this could be cool! I mean it is cool to play profesion that most of people won't play! Who wants to play with profesion that does mele dmg and is the tanker? Well aperently evryone did so when my Warr was standing there on the spot where u spawn when u begin game, i saw 5 warriors around me and i said heeeeellllssss nooooo!!! So i deleted him and rolled dice again!
So there it was a monk! Profesion that is most helpful and only experts can play it good! That is perfect for me! NOOOT!!!!11!!1!!11
Then i read manual once again and i thought that Elementalists are cool so i made one and got him to shiverpeak and i needed help from guildie so there he was. Ranger in 15k Druid's armor! I instantly deleted my ele and made Ranger! And there it was perfect profesion for me! Now Raziel Archer is my only PvE char and i am not intending to change that!

Then Factions came out and i was like:

"z0mG!!11! ho l337 is that! sin must r00lz!"

And i made one played him for about month - deleted him cause i got bored! And then i made one for PvP! Most intresting profesion in PvP imo!

Nightfall came out and paragons were so sexy that i just had to make one! So i played with her and got here to the Desolation and then they got nerfed even more and i deleted her!

And that is how it all happened!

Rocky Raccoon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Massachusetts, USA

Guardians of the Cosmos

R/Mo

19 Apr 2007 at 11:59 - 54

I chose the Ranger beacuse it is a character I have played in other RPG's. My secondary monk allows me to reconstitute (Rebirth) a group because I am able to survive to the end most of the time.

zknifeh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kamadan

Acolites of Anguish [aOa]

A/

19 Apr 2007 at 12:12 - 55

some friends kept bugging me about getting the game, so i did, and then i wanted to be someone who can do insane ammount of damage, so ele was the choice. #2 character was ranger cuz i saw a ranger save the whole party in one of maguuma missions, and i just loved the spike trap that she was using along with rebirthing everyone.
now my fav character is sin cuz i just love the armors, and the cool moved they have along with being able to nearly kill an enemy by urself who is much stronger than you.
also remade my sin after beating factions, and remade my ele cuz i wanted to do the factions preview event but had no slots... made him back as goofy lookin as he was before.
now i love my sin the most, and i like the cool animations of attacks on my dervish, ranger and warrior as well, so they are my favourite, still play sin the most tho

Terra Xin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

New Zealand

Me/R

19 Apr 2007 at 13:06 - 56

Mesmer, because all the other classes looked ugly. ^^

Maximumraver

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

The Netherlands

Twisted Revenge [TR]

E/

19 Apr 2007 at 13:31 - 57

I've always been an Elementalist or something similar in every RPG/MMORPG I've played so the choice was easy.

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

19 Apr 2007 at 14:12 - 58

Ranger, I like to attack at range, using a pet, and have a clear view of whats happening on the battelfield. (while playing with my W or D, it just seems a blurr really)

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

19 Apr 2007 at 14:20 - 59

After reading the professions list I chose Monk. I figured everyone likes a good healer at their side. Plus at the time I chose Monk Smite BA did not cause monsters to run away and lasted a good amount of time.

- Tain -

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

[SMS]

R/

19 Apr 2007 at 14:22 - 60

N/E... thought I was 1337 with a blood/fire build

My 2nd char and favorite since then has been Ranger (ftw!)

truemyths

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

19 Apr 2007 at 14:26 - 61

I started playing about a year and a half ago. I read that mesmers were the hardest and most complex, so I chose that as my first profession.

My second character was a monk. Just because I wanted to go from one opposite to the other, where no one wanted you in a party to where everyone wanted you in a party. I also had a little payback. "Invite that mesmer or I leave".

Third, warrior, fourth ritualist, fifth dervish, sixth ranger.

tyche7

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Nebraska

The Killer Panda Bears

W/Mo

19 Apr 2007 at 15:13 - 62

In all my RPGs and MMos I try the warrior (paladdin type) class first. So that was my first choice. Although I'm glad I have since tried all of the others as I love what they all have to offer and the diversity within

tyche7

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Nebraska

The Killer Panda Bears

W/Mo

19 Apr 2007 at 15:16 - 63

Quote:

Originally Posted by truemyths

My second character was a monk. Just because I wanted to go from one opposite to the other, where no one wanted you in a party to where everyone wanted you in a party. I also had a little payback. "Invite that mesmer or I leave".

That's awesome!! (I've done similair things as well)

My 2nd was monk, 3rd ranger, then necro, ele, mes, rit, sin, para, derv
I have at least one of each if not 2 (-:

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

19 Apr 2007 at 15:37 - 64

Ranger.

Ranged attacks, knowledge of wilderness and the ability to have a pet. Done deal.

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

19 Apr 2007 at 15:40 - 65

I've always been good with casters, so my first char was an Elementalist. I later deleted her for a Monk to which i still have to this day. I later made 3 different warriors, 3 different rangers, 2 mesmers, 2 eles, 2 sins, a dervish, and a necro.

Right now I have a copy of my origional monk (never let anyone know your account, as my little cousing salvaged and borrowed stuff and i had to start over), a warrior, a ranger, a sin, a dervish, and now working on another ele.

Bane of Worlds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Meadow

Rt/

19 Apr 2007 at 15:47 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by truemyths

I started playing about a year and a half ago. I read that mesmers were the hardest and most complex, so I chose that as my first profession.

My second character was a monk. Just because I wanted to go from one opposite to the other, where no one wanted you in a party to where everyone wanted you in a party. I also had a little payback. "Invite that mesmer or I leave".

Third, warrior, fourth ritualist, fifth dervish, sixth ranger.

Well if there were more players like you then my mesmer wouldn't need to face deletion.

My first characters was a wammo...I mean warrior...just wanted to learn the game and enjoy it then choose a profession that best fits my playstyle.
1st warrior, 2nd mesmer(RIP), 3rd necromancer,4th monk(also RIP accidental deletion when making a deleting a pvp monk w/similar name) 5th ritualist(fav), 6th assassin, 7th paragon, 8th dervish
this is the order of the profession from creation.(PVE list)

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

19 Apr 2007 at 15:52 - 67

I have always played magic users in most games so picking ele wasnt a tough choice.....my second choice was mesmer followed closely by necro......and lastly a monk (my guildee kept at me about why there were never monks around so I made one!)
These are still my favorite characters to play---to date I have 3 eles, 3 mesmers, 3 monks and 2 necros (dont like the character creation options for them).....followed by 2 rits! Casters are my choice of characters, I dont do much melee though I do have 1 ranger and 1 paragon (ugh).

Narcism

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Mostly Harmless

W/

19 Apr 2007 at 15:52 - 68

I wanted a character that could farm and be good in pve. and wanted to unlocked mesmer skills (my favorite class at the time)

w/me

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

19 Apr 2007 at 16:01 - 69

I first made a necro because they look dark and sinister, I like that. Then I made a warrior because I liked the skins of the weapons I saw. When I reached Thunderhead Keep I saw all these "LF Monk to go!!" messages and so I made a monk.

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

19 Apr 2007 at 16:01 - 70

I saw her on the cover

and I was sold, not only the game but the profession as well.

Dj Tano

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

19 Apr 2007 at 16:11 - 71

Back in the day the character making screen was completely different.

You basically had the choice of class on the left side, the model in the middle, and the various options on the right.

Since it was much faster to just see the various classes and options as a model, i started comparing the looks of them.

I didnt know much about the class itself, but i loved the model, so i started a monk!

Whilst ive deleted around 4 monks by now, they all looked like my original one (except for hair color)...

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

19 Apr 2007 at 16:15 - 72

Started an Ele First if I remember got bored deleted and made a ranger, kept ranger to level 10 and left it. Made another ele. got Bored

Didn't touch GW for like 5 months. Assassin came, fell in love.

Aphraelyn

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

[bleh]

Mo/

19 Apr 2007 at 16:18 - 73

I think I made a monk first because I've always liked supporting people....To date, I've completed all 3 campaigns with my monk only >_> I get bored of the rest after I get halfway =X!

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

19 Apr 2007 at 16:24 - 74

I took a necro as first char, i read something about exploiting body's and blood magic and followed up on that. Today still one of my favorite characters

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

19 Apr 2007 at 16:34 - 75

As I posted earlier on, I'm a born elementalist. however since every one here is stating all his/her chars ever...

second was a female war... was crap at it and kept dying (in pre-searing i might add) and busted her. Then I made another male with the same name.. W/Mo total ownage.

Then I made a ranger and a monk, all pve, i had only 4 slots (extras didn't exist yet) and all of them full. I needed to create a PvP char for something, so I blasted the monk, lvl 20, ascended and all...

Blasted the Ranger as well and made a necro.... and another necro which took place the 1st one when i had the extra slots...

Then remade my monk which is my farmer...

Remade my ranger like 10+ times as i kept dying and i WANTED the survivor title (which i have now

)...

Made an assassin which i stopped playing due to me getting annoyed that she would die with 2 hits...

NF came out, and I made a dervish. Full runes and armor and everthing but then warped back to my ele...

started a rit and paragon which are still @ lvl 1-3...

Made a mesmer which is still in pre-searing...

Now i still have an empty slot solely for PvP...

That's all folks

Nith47

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Void Walkers

19 Apr 2007 at 16:42 - 76

Came into guild wars with the misconception that it was just a very pretty cookie-cutter MMO with Diablo influences. Thought I'd make a paladin character so i went W/Mo. Once I cleared up my perception of the game and started to understand it I really got into the Ranger for its versatility and with the addition of Factions I've found the Assassin to be ridiculously fun.

noname4me

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2007

Middle of nowhere,Pennsylvania, USA

W/R

19 Apr 2007 at 17:38 - 77

My first one was a Warrior, simply because I wanted to play an easy to learn class and one that isnt going to be extremly critical to the victory of my team.
Next was Ele which I like far more.

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

19 Apr 2007 at 17:48 - 78

I picked warrior because that is how I rolled in Diablo 2!!

Mord Sith Reyna

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Last Platoon [LP]

E/Me

19 Apr 2007 at 17:57 - 79

I made a ranger/ele trying to model him after Richard Rahl from the Sword of Truth series. I played him to about level 8ish and got impatient with the low amount of damage he was doing. Sooooooo...

I created the most stereotypical WHAMMO (yes... mending, smites, the whole 9 yards...) which in fact turned out to be my real first character.

I've since learned the errors of being a n00b.

Kryth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ascalon

Venatori Solaris

19 Apr 2007 at 18:15 - 80

When I played GW in the WPE (prophecies WPE ofc) I made a ranger. I'm kinda the ranger guy but it was just a test weekend so I was just rolling thru the game to see what it looked like.

By the time the game came out I had a whole different perspective because out of the core 6 classes only 1 of them stood out, which was Necromancer (yes not Mesmer). After looking at the skill listings on the web I realized that Necromancer was the only class that couldn't be stereotyped. (Warrior: Melee hitter - Ranger: Ranged Hitter - Monk: Healer - Ele: Elemental Mage - Mes: Anti Caster)

Seeing the necro render on the cover only provoked me more to play a necro, although it was gonna be a male one

The secondary was going to be a Warrior for role playing purposes, and since I knew nothing about the game (or metagame for that matter) a N/W Meleemancer called Kryth was born ^_^

The faces were so ugly tho, I had to spend half an hour to actually come up with a human looking necro with decent hair. I still have him to this day and he's still my fave char.

2nd Pve Char is Warrior followed by a Ritualist as 3rd.

P.S. If 10 of these classes were available from the start my main would probably be Ritualist and the 2nd would probably be a Dervish instead of a Warrior.