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llsektorll · Feb 20, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59

very simple question .... Rangers...

FengShuiDove · Feb 20, 2008, 07:02 PM // 19:02

Ele, not even half a contest. Big damage, party support through wards, tanking, solo farming, PvP of every kind, PvE of every kind, team play, everything.

Kattar · Feb 20, 2008, 07:06 PM // 19:06

No matter how much I want to say mesmer...I have to agree and say ranger. With ele as a close second.

RavagerOfDreams · Feb 21, 2008, 04:35 AM // 04:35

if by versatile you mean can do the most then necro hands down

Biostem · Feb 21, 2008, 04:37 AM // 04:37

I'd say ritualist; healing, direct damage, buffing, debuffing, and summoning.

Shyft the Pyro · Feb 22, 2008, 02:30 AM // 02:30

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Originally Posted by Jam Jar

Oh I think I just heard something in the wind? Say it again?

expertise~~~

Yeah I really thought it was expertise. But I don't know why the wind's talking to me like that?

Do you know why?

Because when you read "skill" in my post that you have attempted (and failed) to quote, you assumed I meant it as the untyped, uncategorized "skill" that GW defines some skills as. Instead, I was using the term in the broad sense, meaning "any skill that can be acquired in the game." Spells are skills too, and the only reason I did not include the Ranger in my initial assessment was because Expertise has no effect on spells.

The fact that a Ranger's energy management will never allow him to 'mimic' a caster is a huge detriment in my book, but only because I chose to define 'versatility' this way in my post. As they say on the internets, YMMV.

Dodo The Extinct · Feb 22, 2008, 02:36 AM // 02:36

Mesmer is the most versatile profession. It can counter everything in the game. I don't know what else can be as versatile as that.

quickmonty · Feb 22, 2008, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Rit
Ranger
Necro

Darkside · Feb 22, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

I have to say necromancer...there isn't an area of the game where a necromancer isn't a welcome companion.

spirit of defeat · Feb 22, 2008, 05:07 PM // 17:07

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Originally Posted by Darkside

I have to say necromancer...there isn't an area of the game where a necromancer isn't a welcome companion.

that's nonsense, following that logic a monk would be the most "versitile", because "there isn't an area of the game where a monk isn't a welcome companion."

payne · Feb 22, 2008, 05:15 PM // 17:15

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Originally Posted by spirit of defeat

that's nonsense, following that logic a monk would be the most "versitile", because "there isn't an area of the game where a monk isn't a welcome companion."

gotta agree...that is NOT what versatile means - how welcome or useful your profession is in an area...its how it can addapt to new surroundings and be counter-productive to that which inhabits there

IMo ranger, reasons being obvious

Eldin · Feb 22, 2008, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Ranger Ranger Ranger!!!

-More armor than caster classes, making us fair tanks!
-Epic runners with lots of evasion stances!
-Trapping!
-Barraging!
-Interrupting!
-Snaring!
-All around arrow-firing!

You can't see me · Feb 22, 2008, 05:26 PM // 17:26

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Originally Posted by Biostem

I'd say ritualist; healing, direct damage, buffing, debuffing, and summoning.

QFT.

Rits are awesome.

Abedeus · Feb 22, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Rits or rangers.

Ranger:
Can run everywhere.
Can kill/solo a lot of things.
Hardest non-Monk class in pvp/pve to kill.
Interrupter, damage dealer, semi-nuker ;d
TRAPS!!

Ritualist:
Heals
Damages
Nukes
Spirits lol.
Weapon spells
Support, flag runner, spiker.

Darkside · Feb 22, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

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Originally Posted by spirit of defeat

that's nonsense, following that logic a monk would be the most "versitile", because "there isn't an area of the game where a monk isn't a welcome companion."

Well I figured I wasn't posting in a thread filled with retards. I assumed (incorrectly apparently) that the usefulness and versatility of the necromancer was well known. Next time I'll be sure to write a 500 word essay explaining my reasoning just to make sure the jackasses like you are happy.

guildwars hero22 · Feb 24, 2008, 02:32 PM // 14:32

umm im not following how are rangers versitle i dont know of any good farms for them now that the uw solo trap is nerfed besides fow forest

br0thergr1m · Feb 24, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Rit

Reason for that is I cant think of another profession where you can successfully run a hybrid bar and kick arse along the way. Its a mix and match of skills. Want to run some restoration...sure....want to be along some channeling for offense...sure. In fact Ritualists have a hard time specializing in one role as compared to other professions. A Rit speccing in full heal will never be as effective as a Monk. A Rit speccing in full nuking abilities will never be as effective as an Ele or Mesmer. The strength of a Rit isnt the ability to heal like a monk, or nuke like an ele...Or if need to take aggro like a warrior, but to be to fill all roles (holes) with one bar essentially and effectively. Heck bring along a bow...and you can Volley foes, heal heroes and nuke opponents without even putting points into anything other than rit skills. Besides the fact that Spawning Power sucks...i think they work great. Many skills too are dual purpose [skill]Protective was Kaolai[/skill] [skill]Weapon of Remedy[/skill] [skill]mend body and soul[/skill] just to name a few. No two Rit Skill Bars are ever the same. (exaggeration but you know what I mean).

Zamochit · Feb 24, 2008, 07:08 PM // 19:08

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Originally Posted by br0thergr1m

Besides the fact that Spawning Power sucks...

Which is why Necros make better Rits than Rits

Rangers and Necros are the most versatile Rangers are most versatile melee class Necros most versatile caster class imo. Primary attribute energy management is leet and this thread is basically about who has the best primary attribute anyway tbh.

br0thergr1m · Feb 24, 2008, 07:17 PM // 19:17

Using a Nec primary...lose the benefit of solo farming HM virtually anywhere.

Diddy bow · Feb 24, 2008, 07:19 PM // 19:19

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Originally Posted by Zamochit

Rangers are most versatile melee class

But yea rangers are win, they can do anythign except the support/heal role.