Main character selection, newbie help : (

I played a rogue in WoW, which was (at first) great damage wise but the weakest class PvE (and in the uncoordinated joke of pvp endgame). Now Im looking to be a character people want to party with, both pvp and pve. Ive played competitive games for aournd 10 years so difficulty isnt a factor for picking a class.

Unfortunately, I never played the beta. I have no clue whats going on except a basic understanding of what each classes role is.

I was thinking mesmer, but I honestly dont know. Im not looking for some generic build where I can be good all around, I just want to be good at my role.

I read through some other topics, and through the list of skills, but its really hard to understand with zero ingame experience.

If someone, such as Ensign , could give me a basic rundown of what roles mesmer can fill, whats a good subclass (or mainclass for mesmer), or any important information it would greatly help come midnight. While I do have the option of making multiple classes, my playstyle will leave me sticking with a main one. Its a pretty important decision so I dont get behind my friends should I choose a new character.

well. Mesmers are good anti casters, another words, they can deal great damage at foes casting spells.

Memsers can also shatter enchantments, wich otherwise make pvp characters almost invinsible (mainly war /mon.)

A second proffesion for a mesmer is probably best as warrior, this way, you can get a spell named illusionary weaponary, wich only works in melee, and deals great damage.

Hope this helped.

Regards, Ashleigh.

I was looking at illusion magic for a mesmer, looks good.

Would I put any build into a warrior or just pick it for the melee? Does that question even make sense?

yes it does.

I would put swordsman skills up to level 9, so you can use one of the best swords.

For everything else, leave the warrior stats,.

My reccomended stats for a mes/war build is.

9 inspiration, 9 illusion, 6 domination, 9 fast casting,( or 8, depends wich is possible) and 9 swordsmanship,

Regards, Ashleigh

Why not try a Mesmer/Ranger? The ultimate Annoy-Your-Enemy-To-Death char
I proposed this because i played ranger/mesmer one time, but i guess that combo would be better the other way around.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/professions-id24.php

Read the descriptions there then decide on a play style you want to try as a Primary and one you'd like to have to complement that as your secondary. Remember, you have 4 charecter slots so you can experement as much as you want.

:P