Most/Least Played Professions

I know that there was a thread posted very similar to this one but I would like to know which professions you think will most played/least played and WHY?

I already, sort of, understand why the Ranger is going to be the most played (probably because it is so versatile and some of the skills are tremendously powerful) and I could kind of see why people don't wanna be a monk (You want to sit around healing? Doesn't sound like much fun to me...)

But I want to know all of your reasons for choosing the class you want to be and why
And I would also love to know, in your opinion, which profession will have the most players/least players

-thx

Most Played- A majority will be equal, but I'll have to say Warrior on a Slight increase. Why? People love to have more damage capacity and slash the heck out of someone.

Least Played- Like I said, most will be equal, but I'd have to say Monk. Why? People like to deal damage, not save it.

I would say that monks are most played. So many people using monk as secondary profession. Many players don't trust primary monks to do the healing.

Least played would be necro or mesmer. They don't do direct damage as much as the other professions.

I'm a monk / elementalist and a ranger / something, haven't decided yet.

But there is a good balance between professions. It isn't as bad like in other games.

I think a better question would be "Which primary profession?" instead of "Which profession?".

I prefer the ranger and despise the warrior because of range. I like getting in the 'critical' first hit or two, which the warrior will typically be unable to do as they charge across the long field of battle.

I think we are seeing a decrease in people playing warriors, but that remains to be seen after release.

To be fair, I don't think a Ranger will be responsible for landing the first 'critical' hit, rather it'll be the Ele raining unholy terror...

im not sure, i think it will be even all around.

but i can say this.

the main proffesions i will be playing are
monk
warrior
elementalist
mesmer

main proffesions i will not be playin often are
necromancer
ranger

necromaner looks really good to me ....as a secondary proffesion.
and im not a ranger fan at all, i like to be up in somebodys face.

My guess is ranger or warrior will be first because not everyone is into pure spellcasters, and with 4 of the professions being magic users that leaves only ranger or warrior for the physical damage dealers.

Least will probably be monk because it is the hardest profession to play in the game. There's a lot of pressure to be the monk and people play the game for fun. Depending on how other players treat you can really make you or break you as a monk.

the ranger with a flatbow can hit farther out than a spellcaster

ranger drops arrows on target before caster gets close enough to act
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found it

wand and staff 80 feet

flatbow (and longbow) 100 feet

Hmmm. Least played will be the monk (IMO of course). It takes skill and dedication to play a good Healer. Most players just want to hit and slash/zap/burn/kill their enemy, while the monk is dedicated to keeping his team alive.

@efiloN:
Someone that's really serious about playing a monk (and not using monk skills to heal himself) will be someone that I'll trust 100pct. In most games, the ppl that deliberately chose to be a monk are the ones that are "fit for the job". They know that their team is depending on them.

Heh, I'm aware of that. But by critical I assume he meant a 'key' strike, and most of the Ranger's attacks that can be deemed critical for a battle are reactionary skills, such as Concussion Shot and Distracting Shot.

I'd have to say the Ranger is the most highly used primary. Some people think Expertise is the best attribute in the game, but I have to disagree. What's better about having less energy, but less cost for skills then having much more engery, but more cost for skills? And also Fast Casting is good, if you need to quickly strike someone down, BOOM! you can.

For the least used proffession I'd go with Mesmer or Necromancer, some people believe that they are bad because they don't deal as much direct damage as a proffession such as Warrior. But a Mesmer can screw up a Warrior or Healer, and fast.

--Ginko

Warrior is somewhat of a finesse class when you consider adrenaline so I don't think it is as common among the BWE's as it will be on release. The average player doesn't know what it takes to be a good warrior and will probably choose it by default thinking it is just like every other warrior he has played. Your average BWE player knows better.

Pets are candy and it only takes seeing someone with a cool pet a few times before people give in to the Ranger. Once they make that spider or bear a possible pet, you'll see Rangers classes spike like crazy.

Monks are the only true support class and ANet would do well to create an energy support class in a new profession (it should have been in the mesmer profession though). Essentially, a good monk adds 8 skills to everyone else's taskbar.....with erratic recharge times. Good players should tip their monks!

Ranger = popular
Monks = screwed

Monk is the most highly used, whether it be as a secondary or primary. Everyone is getting into the whole Warrior/Monk thing, I dont like following the herd so read my sig for what I'am

I am pretty sure that Monks are the least played primary, because not many people like to be the "healer". My guess for most played primary is Ranger, because rangers appeal to people, I guess. There seemed to be so many rangers in Tombs' Districts, and some times be less than 5 monks in the whole district.

I'd say most played would be W/Mo.

Least played would be like Nec/W, I just never see those.

Monk primary are also not played very often. I hate playing monk and yet I end up doing it because so few people in the guild can/will do it.

I believe some people are getting confused about how widely used Monks are. I've created a list here that I believe shows the order of used proffessions:

1) Ranger
2) Warrior
3) Monk
4) Elementalist
5) Mesmer
6) Necromancer

Many people choose Monk because it is very useful, yet some people are thrown off because they feel that they are weak and can't deal damage. Which of course is wrong, Monk skills such as "Banish" and "Bane Signet" do deal direct damage. But that isn't the wisest build, because an E/Mo can easily out damage it.

As you can see the magic users are at the bottom. I think some people believe that they are weak and succeptable to death. But Magic Users can cause some of the biggest havoc and dish out the most damage in the entire game. It's all a matter of opinion.

--Ginko

I always thought monks were pretty scarce, but now it's just that good monks are scarce. Since monks gather parties so quickly, I think everyone decided to become a monk so they could be more popular/get more play time in, without actually having the desire to play the healer (Healing? What, guys, I'm a Smiting Monk, didn't you know?). Mesmers are incredibly rare, I've found, while Warriors are the most common, as well as Elementalist (females), probably for the eye-candy.

Yes Elementalist females are far more common in the wondorous land of Tyria then males. Personelly, I find them revolting. But maybe they figured out how hideous they looked and ran off to conceal themselves.

--Ginko

Argh, Smiting Monks. They should really tell the team before hand if that is the case, I was entering a pretty hard mission as a prime Monk, and so was relieved to see another prime Monk on the team to help take healing duties.

...And then the sword came out... followed by the monster rushing. Well, I'm not surprised he didn't notice that the monsters were cutting through his flimsy Monk armour like butter, what with me forced to use my best healing spells on him evey single encounter...