I went into Guild Wars 2 nearly 100% set on a Sylvari Necromancer. I'd get to keep the nature and life vibe I got from my night elf druid, and then also keep the demon summoning drain-tanker feel from my warlock. The transition wasn't smoothe, however. Guild Wars 2 minions have some mannerisms that make them less appealing to me. Nine new weapons, one for every profession, are expected to be made available with the second major release after launch. Guardian: Pistol (main and off hand) Revenant: Scepter (main hand) Warrior: Staff. Engineer: Short bow. Ranger: Mace (main and off hand) Thief: Axe (main hand. Elementalist: Pistol (main hand) Revenant is just really cool theme wise, and you get to use dragon skills as herald! And toggleable auras too. Then renegade is a more active support role and now vindicator, this has been one of my favorite classes ever in a video game. And now we get a stealthy healer and it's really great, so much fun to play with. As for Ranger as a starter class, the pet can make exploring the world on your first character pretty fun. Ranger also has one of the strongest downstates in the game, making it very forgiving if you die. I recommend it as a very good beginner class that is still top-tier once you reach endgame. Necro, Warrior & Ranger are the easiest to "understand". Hit smash -> You smash. All 3 are quite durable with easy builds and good/great damage and group utility. All 3 are good/great in all content (Open World, Fractals, Raids, PvP, WvW) Feline_Sleepwear • 2 yr. ago. Easiest are probably warrior, ranger and necromancer. Engineer. 3 power builds: Scrapper, Holosmith, Mechanist. All 3 can share the same gear except for the weapons. 2 condition builds: condi mech and condi holo if you wanna play the piano. 2 offensive support builds: power alac mech and power quick scrapper. Can share the same gear with a few trinket adjustments. Coming from WoW, I find GW2 to be a huge, huge improvement. [Discussion] I'm not new to GW2. I played quite a bit of it, to the point I unlocked the Skyscale like the month it came out. But I haven't played since then. I resubbed to WoW last week, and I already uninstalled it. It's so boring. A25Wo.