Funnest GWAMM profession?

Mesmer. Not enough people play them, at least not as their mains.

GWAMM is probably a lot easier with a character who has achieved legendary survivor, for this reason I'd say you'd want to choose Paragon.

They are ranged (and so away from high-damage melee foes) and have high armour (max 80 AR) as well as having access to [["Theres nothing to fear!"] and [["Save Yourselves!"] which help greatly to keep you, and your party, alive.

The Imbagon also has some serious vanquishing team possibilities. So legendary vanquisher shouldnt be too hard. - also useful for protector and guardian titles.

Party speed buffs for when you're mapping for the Carto title. [["Fall Back!"], [["Incoming!" (PvE)] (new incoming is an elite fall back).

Usually in demand in high-end areas like DoA which can help bring in the money for sweets/booze/party items.

All in all, if I had the choice to start again from 2 years ago (and still have nightfall) I'd probably go with a Paragon.

Sin or mesmer. Sin is BY FAR the easiest to get legendary survivor on. Run to Killroy Stoneskin in Gunnar's Hold and punch away in HM . Mesmer can do a litlle of everything from interrupt heal hexing ETC. What's nice about mesmers is they can switch roles pretty quick. Sins are awesome in H/H when running discordway. If you prefer midline do A/P with spear as your weapon of choice. WHATEVER you chose you do have to stick with it for GWAMM. So I would pick one of those two simply for versatility.

Most fun, for me would have to be ranger, paragon, warrior or assassin. Most effective would have to be paragon, necro, or monk. Tbh, the best advice I can offer you is work out which class has armor you like the best and stick with that.

1. What professions you have played,
2. Which profession you have the most fun with and why, and
3. A general description of your playstyle.

1. I have 7 characters at level 20. They cover all but paragon, dervish and assassin. Although I have created paragons, dervishes and assassins on ocassion, I end up deleting them.
2. Although I love my Monk best, I actually have the most fun with my Rit.
3. I like playing the Rit alone with just a pet and a flesh golem as companions. We die and use lots of consumables, but the drops are nice. . I don't use cookie-cutter builds. I just try things out.

my main is a necro, which is the profession i would suggest for you - they are versatile characters, so if you happen to get bored with one role, there are about 20 other things a necro can do.

plus soul reaping wins in PvE

well, IMO, I thi....wait..did you say FUNNEST?

1. Ritualist. All rit all the time (well, some sin too)
2. Ritualist. I dont know why i keep playing him, but he has 10 max now and close to another ~5 more (prolly a couple days worth of work...) ritualist armor is probably the best in the game. Can do Rt/R, except MORE damage, run excellent Heal/physical Support, at the same time, and in a lot of cases, crank out some of the highest DPS in teh game (300+ damage in a sec is my best).
3. Keep stuff alive, never have to worry about looking cool, cause all rits do, High DP, excellent Support, and mainly see #2...

Ritualists ftw!

Sorry for Double post.... =/

1. What professions you have played:
Have had all professions in PvE at some point. Currently I have, at Level 20: A, E, P, Mo, Me; deleted W, D, N, Rt, R.

2. Which profession you have the most fun with and why:
It is a difficult choice because I like all of my current characters, but I'd say Mesmer.

3. A general description of your playstyle.
I like to be mainly an offensive character, mostly as a caster, occasionally venturing into melee or support.

The Mesmer, despite people bashing it in PvE, is amazing for my style. Fast Casting is so wonderful for casting PvE spells and Assassins' Promise in damage builds; might not be a GREAT advantage but it is enough to make me feel very uncomfortable when trying another caster (such as N, Rt, E). I either run a 12/9/9 build or 12/12, meaning I have either 10 or 14 FC which is a dramatic increase in cast speed.

The other classes became just too slow for my taste (Ritualist was first to be deleted because they are SLOW, keeping Monk because Monks require a faster pace), and I don't have Energy issues as a Mesmer. I know overall Soul Reaping > Fast Casting, but I simply don't need more Energy, I'll take the fun of casting faster over it.

I can solo PvE Hard Mode as a Mesmer very easily with H/H, either with a damage build or strong shutdown for healing-heavy areas (such as Eastern Frontier my ele suffered to Vanquish). AP Cry of Pain build is also widely accepted in high end PvE missions. Last but not least Mesmers are beautiful and I feel a bit different from everyone else who is mostly running a W, E or Mo. :P

Good luck.

This seems a bit of a daft post - theres 10 professions which all have the capability of doing stuff.Its a case of personal preference - one will say necro and another will say para an so on.
monks and other healers can provide a gd backbone where melee and often rangers are front line ( rangers only as frontline for bow an they keep back often just out of aggro ) .
Necros are often a popular choice as they can be mm or curses/blood or rare occasions a mix of all 3.
No matter what prof i say is best someone else will say different and thats what diversity is.
End of the day its easier to try each profession if you have enough slots and make the choice yourself ( not yet myself made para as the profession doesnt interest me - im too much in ur face in pve an i like to be in the middle of a mob lol ).

@Windf0rce - mesmers have always been pushed down the ladder but having a mes an playing with 55 mes build an a few others i cant see why - they can shutdown some foes better than other professions ... also in pvp most classes hate going up vs mesmers as they are a massive pain in the ass so why not in pve :P.
Also 600/smite with mesmer as the smite bonder is damn funny and able to pull off 16/16 without having to swap head armor .

There is no such thing as fun in getting to GWAMM, like Lotus pointed out.

That said, my mesmer has 26 titles. Nowhere near another title, either. I personally get great fun out of my mesmer but not many others do - from your description it looks like Necro is your choice.

Imho.
'sin.
I have a complete bias towards them as my main is a 'sin, (My GWAMM in the making. 20/30).
They're versatile, can play Midline (Crit Barrage) | Frontline (Crit Scythe, Shattersin, Moebius) or backline | (Discord Spam caller) ~ These work nicely as the caller as they have AP as primary, so can take whatever you fancy as your secondary.

It's fun imo because many are sceptic about 'sins. Thinking that the majority of them just like to run in, hit a couple of attacks, and fall straight on their arse.
It's true, many do, but only the crap ones :P

So I think not just because they're fun, but because there is a lot of 'sin haters out there, it makes them a cool proffesion to get GWAMM on.

Word of warning though: It's a bloody long grind, and I do not find it fun.

:P

Good luck in choosing,

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~SOF

I love my monk and my ele the most, but I admit I like monking more than I like nuking. I realise not everyone enjoys playing backline, but hey, if you like what you do, you'll have fun with it.

Ele does have its moments, and I'm trying ranger for the heck of it.

You just need to find the profession you like the most. I like my paragon the best. Yes he is forced to wear many skirts, but I liked the paragon profession and so that is my main character.

Don't base it on how hard it'll be to do xxx. Because in the end your gonna have the most fun doing it on your favorite character.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Right now, it looks like Necro and Ritualist are the top recommendations, with a few die hard Mesmer fans making a good case.

I'm going to revive my necro and try doing a few things other than MM and see how it goes for a while.

I have always liked the concept of the Mesmer profession, but up until now have been dissuaded from trying one because of the fair amount of bad press they have concerning PvE play.

Still, I like their style. I'm tempted to just spend another few months trying out a Mesmer before I decide.

Everything is "good enough to beat PvE". The only person who can shy people away from a task are themselves - if you find something fun, do it. If you don't, don't. If you want complete efficiency, you obviously find that fun and go ahead and do it.

Mhhh...personally I love warriors and assassins, 'cuz I've had great fun playing them both (and my main character is a warrior from Nightfall), but the choice is really all yours.

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Actually, Cryer is the best thing a Mesmer can do compared to other things. Tell me, would you run BHA or Arcane Conundrum? The "smart-person" answer would be BHA, because:

The more people you have, the more devastating it is. Highly usable with physical attackers, as they usually attack and that assumes the target is being hit 90% of the time, meaning casts will rarely, if ever get off - you could also use it on other targets and mildly disrupt that target while you do the same. It highly synergises with things such as Epidemic too. An alternative is Barrage and Technobabble - be it on an off character or your Ranger, it will still be incredibly strong. A Mesmer won't be half as powerful as a Necromancer or something else with it, considering they have more to offer in the long run.

If alternatives weren't so powerful, then the shutdown from a Mesmer in particular would be more useful. It does not take a "pro" to take shutdown builds to their highest level, particularly in PvE considering that the AI is quite predictable at times, and you're running off twitching a lot of the time. If you Diversion an enemy, it's always going to be chance what you divert, but if you Guilt / Shame an enemy, either they won't cast or you're going to get free enemy, but that's just a matter of "which caster's dangerous?" the same way BHA and Technobabble are. That, and it's unmaintainable and only workable on one enemy. HM just makes interrupting a matter of twitch or fail, and sometimes it's worth knocking everything down instead of using other methods of shut down - but take away knockdown, take away everything that's "easier" and bring in just interrupts as shutdown, the Ranger will be the "hardest" to run because of flight.

Shutdown builds are just twitch or fail, or are absolutely easy in PvE, because it rarely matters what you interrupt.

Since this topic is related to something that's bothering me and also isn't a graveyard just yet, I thought I'd ask here. Forgive me for my unstructured post but I'm in a rush.

I've gotten my hands on all the main chapters and am getting EotN next week or so. I currently run a Dervish, Assassin (my 'best' character atm), Monk, and Paragon (all at level 20), and am leveling up a Ritualist and a Necro. I now want to choose a profession to go for GWAMM but decided to ask here before blowing all my money on a character.

Overall I enjoy playing a thinking profession - a Me build I saw the other day really interested me and made me really consider making one to play seriously:

[Extend Conditions]["You Move Like A Dwarf!"][Ash Blast][Cry of Pain][Phantom Pain][Shrinking Armor][Drain Delusions][Technobabble]

However, I've heard a lot of bad press surrounding Me in PvE, and I'm still a bit shaky about selecting it.

Everyone seems to recommend either W, Mo or N, with some suggesting a few side profs. None of these seem to really interest me. I prefer A over W but even A seems to get monotonous, spamming the same chain over and over again. I'm not into backlining, and Necro also seems to monotonously do the same thing. A couple people recommend the Ritualist but after trying it, it just seems too slow for my liking. Spirit binding itself takes 2-3 seconds each time.

Sorry for the unstructured post but I'm in a bit of a rush. What do you guys suggest?

EDIT: Just got back, thought I'd post here my impressions and opinions about each profession. I may have wrong ideas about some of them, PLEASE correct me.

W - very common and needed for tanking/damage. Has never interested me as it is really just tank and hit back, doing some damage.

R - just hasn't really interested me. Tried it for a while, deleted.

Mo - hmm... I don't really enjoy backlining and just spending all my time healing. However, the idea of soloing (and farming) almost anywhere (via 55, etc) does interest me.

N - everyone talks about how useful these guys are because of armor-ignoring damage, etc. Maybe they're useful, but I find them boring in that you just place the same hexes over and over again, taking only a little consideration onto who you aim that SS on, for example.

Me - highly specialised, and therefore 'useful' in only some circumstances, whereas useless in others. However, also seems to require the most thinking and versatility of the classes (do I bring interrupts or what, etc, into which area) and their builds can effectively shut down an entire group, regardless of what the group is (build I posted earlier). Seems to have potential for solo farming as shown from Dopefish's thread (http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10274911). Currently interests me the most, but all the negative publicity around it (not saying just in this thread) is making me confused.

E - a lot of options, though confined to pretty much fire magic while leveling up. Good support and can also do some shutdown via knockdown, etc. Leveling up is boring for me (fire spam) but the end (water, earth and air) seem to be quite rewarding.

A - armor-ignoring damage and big numbers, but also weak (70AL). Some versatility, can run critscythe/bow along with daggers. Can farm solo and run, which is nice, though I'm not sure if the farming builds have been nerfed. However, seems to become repetitive (dagger = same chain over and over again, critscythe and critbow doesn't really need much input from the player).

Rt - mainly support, also versatile. Can run healing builds or damage builds. Also can solo (330hp Rit) which from what I've read seems to be possible almost anywhere in HM. However, just has a very slow feeling - spirit casting takes 2-3 seconds itself. Each build is monotonous - you just repeat it over and over again with each mob you meet.

P - say hello to the imbagon. Used and is useful almost everywhere. Problem - it's just SY spam while C-spacing. Not fun to spend hours and hours doing so.

D - mainly damage. However, is even more squishy than Assassins and does become monotonous - cast enchantments, run in, hit a couple times, kill/be killed. Not a lot of options.

I know I sound more negative than positive about each profession, but I don't mean to be pessimistic. I also have only had GW for about 2-3 months now, and may have many wrong ideas. Please correct me if I do.

And if you think that something would really suit me if I gave it more time - please do let me know!