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[Mirik]

What I would like to talk about in this topic is what made you want to play the class you chosen. Be it i like the roleplaying aspect or the lore. I liked it cause i get all these different situation conditions. More HP or I like Katarina from LoL so the Spin to win of the thief is why I am playing it.

This might get someone to get a more indepth look into a class and see something they did not see before.

I will go first. I have chosen the thief myself. I like to jump into combat and pick my opponents while stealthing to lower my opponents the ability to choose me.

Edited by Orz, 11 March 2012 - 03:01 PM.
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[Dropbear]

Engineer because I'm always that annoying guy who puts down all those turrets and being a general "DEFEND THIS STUFF" idiot.

Secondary will probably be Guardian because "support" or Mesmer just to annoy everyone.

[Demosthenes]

It's hard to say. I always played the support role in any game that offered it. But, I will be playing warrior. I think it's because of the amount of lockdown and stuns the warrior offers but at the same time, given the game's mechanics, all players still need to put out a certain level of damage to become viable (noted by an anti-holy trinity post). Also, it seems that since pure support roles aren't, or at least I get the impression that they will not be superior to a pure damage dealing build. It seemed like warriors may be one of the most viable in a large group fights and a 1v1 scale.

[Darc]

Its simple... I like guys with turrets.

Engineer in TF2
Technician in Tribes: Ascend
Heimerdinger in League of Legends

Stupid Tower Defence in Warcraft 3.... I have been scarred forever >.>

[Orz]

Little things have been drawing me to every class. I think that the way I see a burst DPS thief playing out is really what I intended all along.

[Odynol]

Little things have been drawing me to every class. I think that the way I see a burst DPS thief playing out is really what I intended all along.

Damn you just can't stay locked into a class I'm playing Warrior because I like the durability, versatility and I've always played heavy armor Warrior types as my mains.

[Venomania]

I threw this together just for you guys <3 but this pretty much is what I think when I see a Charr!

I have a natural affinity towards the Warrior professions, that physical brutality in strategy. I was at times swayed towards a Guardian because of how I intent to play my Warrior but I always with out fail end up on Warriors.

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[Lockon]

Guardian, because support and it's the closest to monking (a prot monk at that as well).

[Gogims]

Thief because I love how important is positioning for this class (you need to flank a lot if you are interest in doing some good damage). I also love the "avoid tank" role they have implemented too, along with the stealth dps build.

[Zyll]

I very well might change again (so many decisions really), but for now its definitely Mesmer. Their level of mind**** is off the charts right now.

[DavidL]

I like the darkest style character in any game. The necromancer is the best expression of what I've wanted (even down to the caustic green associated with it) It also fulfills my RPing desire to play a favorite movie character

[kid-kun]

Thief because I can slash you with a sword and then send a bullet to your head - like a badass. No really, this was the primary reason.

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[okuRaku]

Thief. Primary reason: Infiltrator's Arrow & Shadow Step. Such mobility really excites me as a runaway afficianado.

Secondary reason: I love the way Stealth works in GW2, replacing a relatively weak (breaks on dmg, sight in pve) perma-stealth with a stronger but shorter one, especially that can be augmented with traits (like Blind on Stealth) and combined with the previously mentioned teleports.

That being said, basically every class looks interesting to me for some reason or another. I'm sure by the end I'll have played each, especially to learn my enemy more.

[Deft]

Warrior because I like smashing and slashing things.

[Lunchablez]

So I had a really long and well thought out post... but, what Deft said pretty much sums it up

[benji]

Thief. I almost exclusively played a Rogue throughout my World of Warcraft career. There were some exceptions, but the stealthy-like classes really appeal to me. There's just something about being better than the rest at picking and choosing my fights that's really exciting!

[Ensifer]

Thief because I have always been a wait in the shadows pick and choose type of person, never played rogue in WoW tho just because i hated how energy worked. Played Shadowblade 85% of my Dark age of Camelot career and loved every bit of it.

[chuiu]

I chose Necromancer first in Guild Wars because I liked the idea of controlling an army of the dead and attacking by stealing life from my enemies. That was the typical Necromancer for other games so I went with it. As the game progressed I became disappointed by the life stealing abilities of the Necro, they were decent, but not the best way to utilize the class. Minion mastery was great, but with the nerf in Factions they weren't as useful. What kept me playing the class, however, was the fact that no matter how many times their skills and abilities got nerfed, there was always some way to play the Necro to be an essential class in every group. It was always either: a great DPS class, a great support class, and a good healing class (rit heals powered by soul reaping has been around since the start of factions, and its very effective).

I want to play Necromancer in Guild Wars 2 for none of those reasons. I'm going to play it and hope that it remains as useful and versatile a class as it was in GW1. I already know it can be: dps, support, group healer. All that remains unclear is the true effectiveness of those things, so only time will tell if the Necro will remain my main class in GW2. I'm very disappointed the role of minions has changed greatly and they no longer hold the impact they had in GW1, but maybe some future patches will make them effective again like they were fixed for GW1 in Nightfall.

Engineer and Guardian are looking like other great choices to fill the role of dps/support/healer so I will try those as well. And Mesmer for strait DPS and because it looks just plain fun; hopefully it will have a high skill cap like the GW1 Mesmer so I can take advantage of its abilities.

[Sagasu]

Are you sure this isn't a guild of thieves? Elementalist because AP Mid Sagasu

[Trixster]

Thief because I like to 1v1, and I like to attack and kill fast. If I fail then I just go stealth and hide and wait for the next person