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Ribos the Mesmer · Jul 28, 2009, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Mesmer, and as the name implies, that's still my most-played character. Got my fourth birthday gift a couple months back, and it made me realize how long I've been going at this.

Basically, I made the choice based on looking at the skills online, and realized that dealing damage indirectly and stealing energy seemed a lot more fun than casting yet another fireball. Of course, that was back when Energy drain could take 20+ energy off a single person... And the alternate strategy was to go Me/E and airspike people with fast casting. Funny they never mentioned the aftercast delay online back then... I was disappointed with how long it took to "reload" between spells. But now, every time I try to roll an Ele, I'm disappointed at how long it takes to cast everything. Call me spoiled. :P

yarddog · Jul 28, 2009, 08:08 PM // 20:08

warrior was my first<<<<<<< long ago deleted tho

Homeri · Jul 28, 2009, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Ranger and still playing with it

Xyon the Greatest · Jul 28, 2009, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Warrior, he was my main for over a year, now I dont pve anymore, so hes just sitting there farming me some minipets.

Mordakai · Jul 28, 2009, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcy

I did a poll on this back in Dec '06 with surprising (at that time) results. Let's see if trends have changed.

Dec '06 Results (1107 responders): Warrior, Ranger, Ele, Necro, Mesmer, Monk, Assassin, Ritualist, Dervish, Paragon
Surprise was the low result for Monks and the high one for Mesmers.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ght=Profession

Now it seems you can't do a poll with the list of professions, so we will have to do this the hard way.

Warrior for me

Of course, it's not that surprising considering it's FIRST professions.

I bet POPULARITY wise, monks are up there. But most people when first starting don't want to play a healer. They want to kill stuff (not realizing a Monk is good at that too).

Jenn · Jul 28, 2009, 09:53 PM // 21:53

Elementalist. I played her for a solid 26 months and got her GWAMM. Haven't played her much since then. If I play, I enjoy my monk the most, but play ritualist, ranger, or paragon where needed.

Achrr The Archer · Jul 28, 2009, 09:56 PM // 21:56

Warrior was my first. He just sits around in another set of FoW armor only to see the light of day for the odd zaishen quest.

Earth · Jul 28, 2009, 09:59 PM // 21:59

Ranger for me.

own age myname · Jul 28, 2009, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Ranger was my first, but I deleted him on the first day of playing.

I made my warrior after that, which is now my main.

Buster · Jul 28, 2009, 10:03 PM // 22:03

Mine was a fire elementalist then the necro in me took over forever.

Pocketmancer · Jul 28, 2009, 10:10 PM // 22:10

I started with an Elementalist and still play it now and then today. Today, I just swap across all of the professions whenever I feel like playing as something different.

Deimos Zargarda · Jul 28, 2009, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Ranger, I gave him a Fiery Dragon Sword und used it til I reached Thunderhead Keep, then I switched to Fire Storm.

Thought that professions only decide the looks of your character.

The 8th · Jul 28, 2009, 10:29 PM // 22:29

Ranger..he's still here..has been since the beginning, although I did reroll him when Nightfall came out so I can make him look more like a pirate.

Pistachio · Jul 28, 2009, 10:53 PM // 22:53

Warrior, and I've still got more hours on him than any other character. Also my only character to have completed all three campaigns and EoTN.

FengShuiDove · Jul 28, 2009, 11:07 PM // 23:07

Elementalist. I've got nostalgia for him, but I realized some of the flaws of playing Ele early on in my GW career. I wasn't good enough to run a good Ele, and a decent one got boring.

Assassin is now my main... so versatile. Monk is second favorite, for the same reason.

Qing Guang · Jul 28, 2009, 11:08 PM // 23:08

I started with a resto rit - an odd way to learn the game, but it meant that I never had to be without a healer for my first run through Factions.

She's not my main anymore... I don't really have a main, just characters that I play and characters I rarely play - e.g. my Canthan ele, who only sees the light of day if AB is at the Beach or the Keys, the monk, who's now just the smiting half of our 600/smite, or the rit, who lives for those rare days when I want to RA. I guess the closest thing I have to a main is my Tyrian ele, Jenna, though I love Gui the best; Jenna's the only one remotely close to finishing all the games.

I like all the professions pretty well; of my 10 characters I have all the professions except war and sin, both of whose roles Jenna can fill. I just play whichever I feel like playing.

Smarty · Jul 28, 2009, 11:33 PM // 23:33

First ever created on a friend's account was a mesmer. I'd read the manual and liked the sounds of the class - I thought they would play like a D&D psionicist. I died really quickly really frequently because I didn't have a clue what I was doing, mouse/camera controls were almost exact opposite to NWN. He gpt deleted fairly quickly.

Made several more, then finally stuck with a necro on my own account til the Maguuma Jungle, by which point I'd got bored and frustrated with her.

Had rolled another mes in the meantime, and he was much more fun to play. He was the first character I finished the game with, and became my main.

Gigashadow · Jul 28, 2009, 11:45 PM // 23:45

Started with an ele, because I planned to be an ele/mesmer to be a mesmer with better energy management skills. I abandoned that idea at level 16, deleted the ele, and started over with a real mesmer.

Started up a warrior a few months later, but didn't switch over to that as a main for at least another 1.5 years or so.

Regina Buenaobra · Jul 29, 2009, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Necromancer.

Schmerdro · Jul 29, 2009, 12:22 AM // 00:22

As I voted in the other thread, my first character was a Ranger. My main is now the Paragon, with the Necromancer as my second most played character.