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Sorn Xarann · Mar 01, 2011, 09:47 AM // 09:47

Warrior.

Now in HM I pretend to be a Dervish!

Lupu · Mar 01, 2011, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Necro was my first char and i still play her the most

No regrets!

Frozen_Chips · Mar 01, 2011, 10:14 AM // 10:14

Do secondary professions count? My first character was an E/R, and it took a long time (eg almost all the prophecies campaign) to really find any builds that synergised well. Of course, once I found out that it allowed for permanent mist form, I finally felt vindicated.

That character’s name, on the other hand, was entirely inexcusable. Turns out that if you give them a title (Lord So-and-so), you might just look like a bit of a tool.

kawachu · Mar 01, 2011, 10:15 AM // 10:15

Yes...I started with an assassin a few years back. Never got her further than Nahpui...we just didn't click. Moved on to an Ele in Proph who stayed in Yaks Bend for 1 year, discovered Ele's were not my thing either. Moved on to Nightfall and made a Derv and it has been my main ever since. Now that I've finished everything with her I play with my old characters again, try out new stuff...

BrettM · Mar 01, 2011, 10:22 AM // 10:22

No regrets here. First character was an ele, and I knew I wanted to go earth with him after studying the wiki a bit before I started playing. I agree that the ele does not live up to the way they're presented by the marketing hype, but I found the profession enjoyable for what it really is.

He has made GWAMM and is still my best farmer, whether it's soloing vaettir as e/me, toasting tengu for feathers as e/d, running e/rt spirit spam, or leading a discord team as an e/a. He has the flexibility to do just about anything and to use most secondary professions well. (Though I am a bit irritated at losing a couple of my favorite farms because of the change to Sliver Armor.) I still prefer earth over the other elements.

Shortly after making my ele, I also made a ranger that I took pure-beastmaster as soon as I had the skills, and a monk that started and stayed as a smiter. No regrets about either of those. All three characters were made within a couple of weeks. The ele has gotten a bit more play than the other two, but both of them are within spitting distance of GWAMM any time I decide to finish it up for them.

In the last year I've added a rit (just had his first birthday yesterday) and a paragon (about four months ago). Both are Legendary Survivor and fun to play.

I can't say I've had any regrets about any of the characters I've created.

Gill Halendt · Mar 01, 2011, 10:37 AM // 10:37

My first character was a Warrior that eventually became my main, currently retired.

No regrets, except maybe running Wammo builds way back then...

I enjoyed the profession so much I ended up creating 3 more Warriors after it, but I have so many characters now I'm really spoiled for choice anyway.

*lemming* · Mar 01, 2011, 10:53 AM // 10:53

I wish I had picked monk instead of warrior to play when I started GvGing. Not only is it a thousand times easier to find a guild as a monk, but you meet more girls.

aspi · Mar 01, 2011, 10:53 AM // 10:53

First was a necro, and I am still glad about that. Second was warrior and no regrets about that one either because those two differ like day and night so I got to play it again with a whole new experience.

aspi · Mar 01, 2011, 10:54 AM // 10:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorn Xarann

Warrior.

Now in HM I pretend to be a Dervish!

? why?
12charsssss

MithranArkanere · Mar 01, 2011, 10:54 AM // 10:54

I will never regret choosing Elementalist as my first profession.

They are the protagonists, after all.
(Yeah! You all other inferior professions are there so we elementalists have something to kill! Suck it, bitches! *Left hand on hip* *Snap fingers at left* *Snap fingers at right*)

After having done every single thing in the game with my elementalist, I switched to the other 9 professions, but I still take her for some Wanted and Zaishen quests, and all available stuff during festivals.

They no longer deal as much damage as they did compared to other professions in HM, since elemental damage is the one hit the hardest by HM's armor increase, and enemies just run away from AoEs faster than your heroes do, but they still have quite some tricks up their sleeves.

I rarely use secondary profession skills, but, you know, Arcane Echo always comes in handy for them.

-Makai- · Mar 01, 2011, 11:11 AM // 11:11

I regretted my first profession choice until 5/21/2010.

Don Zardeone · Mar 01, 2011, 11:50 AM // 11:50

Warrior, never regretted. I had played other games before. One in particular basically had the warrior, ele, monk setup in damagetank, damage and healing professions. It goes with my personality.
FEAR ME, YOU'RE ALL ALONE, I AM THE STRONGEST

now all we need is a "GET OVER HERE" and throw a metal snake Skorpion-style
RAWR

ensoriki · Mar 01, 2011, 12:27 PM // 12:27

I can't remember if it was my exact 1st but I do clearly remember making an Elementalist back in 2005, and despising it to hell and back once I got to post-searing Ascalon.
Deleted that crap and made a ranger.

Taurean · Mar 01, 2011, 12:31 PM // 12:31

None whatsoever ^^ Been thinking about making a mesmer though, because the thought of dumping a ****load of bad hexes on someone very fast is quite satisfying.

syronj · Mar 01, 2011, 01:47 PM // 13:47

I haven't been playing long, only since last summer, but I regret a little that most of my 8 characters were created through trial and error instead of following other peoples' builds. I ended up with an ele/necro, a mesmer/ranger, a rit/necro, warrior/necro, necro/warrior, mesmer/necro, rit/assassin, and paragon/ranger. Too many necros, I know; and poor choices of secondaries. I like the characters too much to change or delete them currently.

I regret a little that I deleted a dervish and a ranger some time ago; I couldn't figure out how to use them well enough. I may try playing a dervish again sometime.

Vallen · Mar 01, 2011, 01:49 PM // 13:49

Im a ranger, so obviously... yes

Frozen_Chips · Mar 01, 2011, 02:07 PM // 14:07

But rangers are hot. Hell, I was contemplating making a second PvE one...

AndrewSX · Mar 01, 2011, 02:10 PM // 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

I will never regret choosing Elementalist as my first profession.

Same. Created as lot of people reading what Anet says about profs, and i wanted to piick up the one for see lots of little yellow numbers(read nuker).

Now when i really want to enjoy the game, i play mez, sin, derv.

About other chars...i regret to create rit(i find it waaay too boring) and monk(as above...). I've just found them role for farm, but that's all.

beatdownbob · Mar 01, 2011, 02:11 PM // 14:11

Monk here. Never regretted it.

Sadly, wiki & EOTN & */Rt Healing skills happened.

I still get to pick my teams on Zaishen Circus days, but these days a monk only needs to reach "not entirely spastic" and "UA" or "HB" builds and they're good enough.

I ping HB then take anything I want. The robots only know how to go "HB?", they don't know how to recognise you're not even using it, I like to use Glimmer of Light, and still they won't notice anything is wrong. I swear I think I'd have to cast RoJ before anybody noticed something was different.

dancing gnome · Mar 01, 2011, 02:23 PM // 14:23

My first character was a ranger. I remade him in Factions along with all my toons (which ArenaNet made me regret with the birthday presents thing now that I get one a year later than everyone else). If I didn't have others toons to play of course I would regret making a ranger my main; they are balanced so poorly for PvE with their effective build diversity incredibly limited in comparison to every other class bar the paragon. They certainly don't play well for what they are supposed to be (lol @ pets).

The only real regret I have about a character choice is to go for GWAMM on my warrior. I'm so sick of playing him (but he was the only one I bothered for survivor on). Personally I really hope one of the titles to be changes is GWAMM because I'd like to earn it on my account even though I play lots of alts. Same reward for same achievements, regardless of whether I did it on multiple toons. It's only fair.