For me, Paragon's lead the way here. Just not that interesting to play. (I like having one on my team, though!)
Used to be Assassins, because mine just died too much, but with some subtle buffs in past skill balances, and more experience on my part, they are OK to play now.
- Grunntar
Least Favorite Class:
Grunntar
Realm of Fiery Doom
Warrior.
Think about your everyday, stereotypical Wammo.
Think about your everyday, stereotypical Wammo.
ThunderStruck
Not a fan of playing assassins, mostly because I'm terrible with them. I don't mind having one on my team, as long as they know how to play.
Darcy
I voted Assassin. I used one in the Factions preview and never made one again.
XvArchonvX
Voted Assasin. They are fun to mess with in arenas from time to time since they can deliver a satisfying fast kill spike all by themselves, but just seem like they are too easily countered and are too weak defensively for me to not see them as a liability in many situations. There are some that can play the class well and not be a weight in the team, but the strength of a 'sin is to get in, spike, and get out, which by it's very nature doesn't tend to support a group much in most PvE areas.
It can be argued that Mesmers are also weak in PvE, but they can at least provide some utility which may come in handy for certain missions (Clumsiness vs. Kuunavang, enchant stripping/overall shutdown on monk bosses, etc.)
I will admit that I may still be holding onto a bad view of them that stems from seeing so many die over and over and over and over back when the class was introduced with Factions and decimated by a combination of Afflicted Soul Explosion and weak overall defenses, but while changes and buffs to the class may have made them stronger, I'm still not sold on them being an efficient choice when building a team for a hard mission.
It can be argued that Mesmers are also weak in PvE, but they can at least provide some utility which may come in handy for certain missions (Clumsiness vs. Kuunavang, enchant stripping/overall shutdown on monk bosses, etc.)
I will admit that I may still be holding onto a bad view of them that stems from seeing so many die over and over and over and over back when the class was introduced with Factions and decimated by a combination of Afflicted Soul Explosion and weak overall defenses, but while changes and buffs to the class may have made them stronger, I'm still not sold on them being an efficient choice when building a team for a hard mission.
Samurai-JM
I have a warrior, but it's by far my least favorite character. Spacebar. oh look an attack charged! Click. Spacebar. /yawn.
J.Kougar
My least favorite used to be Warriors... played one through the first two campaigns (and have an old one who is a Perma-Pre-Searing character as well) and they are just so boring and unnecessary when compared to the other better classes... so yea, Warriors used to be my least favorite, but I had to vote Necromancer now that the recent nerfs to the class have put them at so much of a disadvantage next to every other class and taken away any fun they once were to play.
Tozen
Paragon hands down. I really WANT to like this class, but they really don't seem to be good for anything right now when compared to the potential of other classes.
I was hoping that paragons would function like more advanced paladins from other games with lasting group buffs, decent damage, and heals.
Instead I got semi-powerful one time group buffs with long cooldowns, ok damage, and marginal healing.
To be fair though I was so turned off that I didn't spend much time playing them, so they could actually be better than I am giving them credit for
I was hoping that paragons would function like more advanced paladins from other games with lasting group buffs, decent damage, and heals.
Instead I got semi-powerful one time group buffs with long cooldowns, ok damage, and marginal healing.
To be fair though I was so turned off that I didn't spend much time playing them, so they could actually be better than I am giving them credit for
Sir Skullcrasher
Monk... I dislike healing others and being bitch at!! 
clawofcrimson
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Paragon hands down. I really WANT to like this class, but they really don't seem to be good for anything right now when compared to the potential of other classes.
I was hoping that paragons would function like more advanced paladins from other games with lasting group buffs, decent damage, and heals. Instead I got semi-powerful one time group buffs with long cooldowns, ok damage, and marginal healing. To be fair though I was so turned off that I didn't spend much time playing them, so they could actually be better than I am giving them credit for |
read the OP here:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10144977
1. spears have more base DPS at ideal conditions (barring skills) than both axes and swords...
2. they have excellent party wide utility (condition removal, hard rez, damage augmentation etc..)
3. They have the second highest armour in the game.
4. ...and they increase their usefulness in numbers (exponentially I might add)
.....my only real beef with the paragon nowadays is there non-manly armour... (black vabbi is as manly as it comes )
Torikae
My warrior is by far my most neglected character. I just can't get excited about playing her =[
Bryant Again
Ouch. Paragon has taken the lead for losing.
Ungh! QFT^10000 powah. I'm really hoping we see some Paragon armor with some pants in the expansion.
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P A L P H R A M O N D
I didn't have much fun during the few weeks I had a monk. People rely on them too much, and I would much rather engage the the enemy in some way than do what the other poster said . . . "just see red bars"
yeah_hi
I voted Dervish. I can appreciate them and what they bring to the game, but personally (YMMV) I just couldn't get 'into it', and found playing one utterly dull.
Put enchantement on.
Take enchantment off.
Rinse.
Repeat.
I used to like having a character for each class, but I think my Dervish is headed for deletion. Swiftly followed by my Paragon.
Put enchantement on.
Take enchantment off.
Rinse.
Repeat.
I used to like having a character for each class, but I think my Dervish is headed for deletion. Swiftly followed by my Paragon.
Sub Frost
Voted Ritualist. Simply because its a character that i really don't enjoy playing and what it brings to the game is simply... well... boring.
Series
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Ouch. Paragon has taken the lead for losing.
Ungh! QFT^10000 powah. I'm really hoping we see some Paragon armor with some pants in the expansion. |
Ecklipze
I appear to be a minority here but I voted Elementalist.
Reasons:
Their gaudy dress-sense (females eles)
Those eles that think they can roll over anyone
Spammable blind
Cynn
Playing ele just isn't as enjoyable as playing other classes (imo).
Reasons:
Their gaudy dress-sense (females eles)
Those eles that think they can roll over anyone
Spammable blind
Cynn
Playing ele just isn't as enjoyable as playing other classes (imo).
Zeek Aran
Monk. Ew. Paragon was a close second. I deleted my para for a rit that I love, and I've never made a monk. Monk is the only class I have never played on my own account.
jon0592
Voted RT - Purely because I play offense, and monks can generally outheal an RT (although RT spirits can stop pressure)
aaje vhanli
I really enjoy the diversity of all the professions. I think each profession provides opportunity for more than one play-style and technique, and that really attracts me to the learning of each professions' potentials.
From my experience with other players, it seems that most people dislike a profession simply because they either don't understand its potential strengths or uses, or never give the profession an open attempt at learning how they can utilize it.
For the sake of Voting, I chose Elementalist simply based on the vain fact that I like their armour sets the least (especially males!)... Mesmer is not far behind for these very same reasons.
From my experience with other players, it seems that most people dislike a profession simply because they either don't understand its potential strengths or uses, or never give the profession an open attempt at learning how they can utilize it.
For the sake of Voting, I chose Elementalist simply based on the vain fact that I like their armour sets the least (especially males!)... Mesmer is not far behind for these very same reasons.
Bryant Again
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I don't. Just because the Paragon has such a unique look right now
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aaje vhanli
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And while I understand and respect that it goes with their look, some leggings under them skirts would be pretty cool.
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Series
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They don't run up to you, though. And while I understand and respect that it goes with their look, some leggings under them skirts would be pretty cool.
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Leggings would be nice, as long as they don't look like stockings or something
Bryant Again
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Actually, there are some pretty good melee paragon builds. But technically, they aren't supposed to.
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TheBaron82
rt because it is a pussy class
viper11025
I don't know who voted assassin but it's really not boring with a bleed build.
However the paragons need ALOT more work!
However the paragons need ALOT more work!
DeBron
@TheBaron82
Looks like somone got spirit spammed in RA recently . . .
BTW, I don't spirit spam.
Looks like somone got spirit spammed in RA recently . . .
BTW, I don't spirit spam.
mrmango
Dervish. Mainly because I do not know how to use them well, I wish someone could teach me? =P
And possibly paragon if I can't learn to play those well when I get a better skillset.
And possibly paragon if I can't learn to play those well when I get a better skillset.
Buster
Elementalist class. It's pretty much a one trick pony, standing there tossing meteor shower isn't exactly my idea of fun. I made an Ele once, just once...
Enix
Worst - Paragon - Spear throwy annoying jack of all trades char. There arent enough skill slots to make them useful in PvE.
2nd Worst - Assasin - CLOSE 2nd. It's like a shotgun made of glass.
3rd Worst - Mesmer - Sadly, my Mesmer is hot and I like to play her, but my heros are more effective than my Mes. I have only found use for a Mes in Hard mode vs small groups of charr. Too bad FC DOSEN'T DO ANYTHING WORTHWHILE.
Sorry sometimes I TYPE IN ALL CAPS AND CANT HELP IT.
2nd Worst - Assasin - CLOSE 2nd. It's like a shotgun made of glass.
3rd Worst - Mesmer - Sadly, my Mesmer is hot and I like to play her, but my heros are more effective than my Mes. I have only found use for a Mes in Hard mode vs small groups of charr. Too bad FC DOSEN'T DO ANYTHING WORTHWHILE.
Sorry sometimes I TYPE IN ALL CAPS AND CANT HELP IT.
Tea Girl
Paragon: source of the uber broken NF pvp meta.
bloody streak
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4th Vote. I voted Dervish. I'd rather be a hammer war, and knock shit down. Dervishes are too slow attack speed for me.
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william1975
Voted assassin to easy to die, though i managed to get mine to survivor (1) , still too stressful doign that and so many close calls, paragon is a close second, too complex to get my head round, but at least with range i can run away, and has decent armour
bloody streak
wyh is a paragon so bad i mean if u notice in pve mobs the paragon is the last one standing
i have oone and hes better than a warrior or ranger
people just need to find good builds
i have oone and hes better than a warrior or ranger
people just need to find good builds
Takuna
They all have their uses and I wouldn't say there is a worst class... but I just don't find the concept of playing a Paragon very exciting... It sounds like being a protection monk.
But dang, people... Look, if you could be bothered to actually explore these classes more and use them where you're supposed to, you MAY find that they can be decent! If you simply don't like sitting back and hurting things easy-peasy like elementalists and warriors or if you can't take the pressure of a monk, assassin, mesmer or dervish, that's one thing... But saying they're useless is stupid. I say I like the Paragon the least but boy, is it nice to have all those buffs in a fight! I fight with the intention of staying alive and so I manage this with my own buffs. A Paragon makes survining a breeze, though.
But dang, people... Look, if you could be bothered to actually explore these classes more and use them where you're supposed to, you MAY find that they can be decent! If you simply don't like sitting back and hurting things easy-peasy like elementalists and warriors or if you can't take the pressure of a monk, assassin, mesmer or dervish, that's one thing... But saying they're useless is stupid. I say I like the Paragon the least but boy, is it nice to have all those buffs in a fight! I fight with the intention of staying alive and so I manage this with my own buffs. A Paragon makes survining a breeze, though.
Osi Ri S
Personally i find Assassins boring, its the same combo ALL THE TIME. I mean you cant even do the combo out of order or else it doesnt work, and while youre not doing your combo youre just an annoyance with auto-attacking.
Second most boring for me would be Paragon, i just havent had the time to make one nor do i have the desire to. Although i did do PvP with a full paragon team and that was pretty fun.
Second most boring for me would be Paragon, i just havent had the time to make one nor do i have the desire to. Although i did do PvP with a full paragon team and that was pretty fun.
Antheus
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wyh is a paragon so bad i mean if u notice in pve mobs the paragon is the last one standing
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It's no threat, it doesn't to anything useful, and just isn't worth prioritizing.
You take down important classes first. But paragons, you can leave them for last. Paragons don't do much in PvE.
Two eles can wipe your entire party with two hits. Why bother with some spear slinging mob that can be blinded, blocked, miss, and doesn't have a single useful skill to contribute to its own party. The only way paragons are annoying in PvE is when they are some of the artificially boosted boss creatures.
Miral
ritualist. it can be a useful class, but it gets reeeally boring with all the loooong spirit cast times, plus the battle could be half a mile away by the time you finish summoning.
edit: theres a lot of misconceptions about paragons floating around here. they CAN be played like a protection monk, but they have many more uses than that. I personally have a build that does tons of damage and makes the group do more damage, as well as cause burning. Its like a warrior, but ranged and stronger
I pretty much force every other hit to be a critical, so groups love that
edit: theres a lot of misconceptions about paragons floating around here. they CAN be played like a protection monk, but they have many more uses than that. I personally have a build that does tons of damage and makes the group do more damage, as well as cause burning. Its like a warrior, but ranged and stronger
Trylo
well one day i was going through cantha with my warrior and i just thought to myself: "Hey... i just hit that thing. that wasnt very fun." and never played him again.
OneArmedScissor
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Paragon. A Warrior that attacks at range and acts as a cheerleader? I'll pass.
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