a noob question about professions

krailzorr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2009

i am a warrior class and i get to have another profession. witch one should i choose to go along with my class. thank you

subarucar

subarucar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

New Zealand

None

You are given the oppurtunity to "borrow" the skills from each profession and try them out, so do that, then decide what works best with your playstyle. Warriors can usually manage fine without using their secondary profession at all.

krailzorr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2009

ok ty so much

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

At a later point you the game, you are also allowed to change your secondary profession. So in the long run, the choice you currently make is of little importance. So as suggested, choose the one the best fits you as you are now.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

Monk, I mean you can heal yourself! Whats could possibly go wrong?

LoneManWolf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

Mo/

if u started in prophecies and want to make it easy on urself to ascend...
go for necro or mesmer to super easily do the doppleganger mission (ascension mission)
as was stated earlier a warrior can do just fine without a secondary
just my opinion
if u made in another game... factions or nightfall
go for monk or ranger or possibly ritualist

glacialphoenix

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

Quote:
go for necro or mesmer to super easily do the doppleganger mission (ascension mission)
A secondary necro/mes should finish the doppelganger mission just fine; you don't have to go primary necro or mes for that if you don't want to. =\

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

Technically while you need to have 2 professions, you don't have to use your secondary profession at all. I don't usually use mine since I don't see a need for it and usually don't have the points to spec over.

For now, I'd say pic something you think will be useful in the future, since when you start going on skill quests you will unlock skills of that secondary profession. Remember, when you learn these skills they are UNLOCKED, so if you create a PvP character they can use them right away and heros too (when you get them).

IMO I think you should go for /Monk to get familiar with different skills for healing (even though warriors can take a lot of damage they do need heals too) and when you get a Monk it will be ready for more than basic customization, or Necromancer (they have a lot of anti-warrior stuff which may be used against you, so best to learn it now so you can think of ways to counter it or realize what is going on).

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Originally Posted by Kerwyn Nasilan View Post
Monk, I mean you can heal yourself! Whats could possibly go wrong?
You could become a Wammo, attempting to damage and heal OTHERS at the same time. Maybe a heal or two for you, but Warriors don't have a ton of energy or energy regeneration. If you want to go the versatile role, probably Ritualist/Elementalist/Paragon.

eldrethv

eldrethv

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2009

[DL]

Mo/E

You don't need mes or necro to easily beat doppleganger
I actually made my assassin A/W and just used Deadly Riposte and Riposte

Kills him super quick

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

Quote:
Originally Posted by eldrethv View Post
You don't need mes or necro to easily beat doppleganger
I actually made my assassin A/W and just used Deadly Riposte and Riposte

Kills him super quick
I somehow beat mine as a straight Mesmer in less than 10 seconds... not kidding at all, hung in by skin of teeth but it was the most anti-climatic thing I've had in videogames for a long time. I couldn't' believe how fast it was.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by krailzorr View Post
I am a warrior class and I get to have another profession. which one should I choose to go along with my class. Thank you.
You will get the opportunity to change your secondary later on, so don't worry about it too much for now. As Subarucar said, you can get along just fine at this point, only using Warrior skills. (Even after 4 years, my Warrior only uses Warrior and PvE-only skills, most of the time.)
I would suggest taking Monk as your secondary. This is mostly for the ability to take Resurrect or Rebirth instead of a Rez Signet. If you have a few left over points, you can put them in Healing Prayers and bring Healing Breeze too, as a self-heal in emergencies (works better than a Healing Signet). Just don't try to be a "healer" in any sense - leave that to the Monk henchmen (or humans).

Smarty

Smarty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

England

Me/

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Originally Posted by Quaker View Post
This is mostly for the ability to take Resurrect or Rebirth instead of a Rez Signet.
*begins preparing torture chamber*

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Any secondary will work as has already been said. Personally I like W/E for shock and the conjures, and W/N for plague touch.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Smartypants View Post
*begins preparing torture chamber*
And your problem is what exactly?

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

@OP

Read the War sticky for basic stuff.

Smarty

Smarty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

England

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaker View Post
And your problem is what exactly?
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...0&postcount=84

Just don't recommend Resurrect to anyone. Ever. Please. God kills a kitten every time someone uses that skill.

glacialphoenix

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

^

You kind of have to admit it's the first hardrez you get, though. Bit hard to avoid that.

jimmyboveto

jimmyboveto

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

US

Legion of Avalon

W/

Why do people always suggest /mo for wars? I can see warriors wanting a condition removal, but then they might as well go for plague touch or antidote signet. Healing yourself is generally a bad move, especially on a warrior. To the OP, there are many warrior builds that utilize a second profession. If you want something a little bit more offensive, go with elementalist. If you want something more defensive go necro or ranger.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Smartypants View Post
Just don't recommend Resurrect to anyone. Ever. Please. God kills a kitten every time someone uses that skill.
You Bozo - the OP is in pre-searing - the first monk rez he can get is Resurrect, and Rebirth sometime after that (post-searing iirc). It's not a matter of recommending it, it's a matter of what he can get. Try to think next time before you try to be all "leet".

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmmyboveto
Why do people always suggest /mo for Wars?
Because Warriors have a very small energy pool. In the early stages of the game it is best for warriors to concentrate on warriors skills, since many of them use adrenalin. And, it's better IMO to not spread your attribute around too many lines at the beginning. So /mo becomes basically the same as /none.

Smarty

Smarty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

England

Me/

I've never been called a bozo before. Honestly, you just can't trust sensible people, they spoil a perfectly good rant every time with their blasted logic!

But seriously, yes there's an advantage to going /Mo so you can have a hard (reusable) res, but if you're going to do that then please do read the skill descriptions carefully and work out when good and bad times to use each of the various res skills will be. There's a few of them that really shouldn't be used during combat (resurrect on a monk who's died within range of several enemies, for instance!) - you can cause more problems than you solve by using the wrong one at the wrong time.

Given the energy cost and the casting time and the fixing of one's secondary class, personally I'm more in favour of res sig than hard res on a warrior, depending on who else is in your party and what level you are, but that's probably a whole 'nother thread in itself.