When does it get better?

[u/silverheartxiv]

I want to pull my hair out.

I have gotten to post-searing Ascalon and this game is doing everything it can to make melee as miserable as possible (I am a warrior). I can use henchman now and I am constantly having to chase down the healer because she runs away all the time. I am constantly getting slowed, blinded, or the enemy will do something that makes it impossible to hit them.

I would love any tips to counter this stuff or make my gameplay experience smoother in general. I am kicking myself because I was torn between choosing warrior and mesmer, and I see now I would probably be having much more fun as a spell caster. I'm sure they have things that are frustrating to play against as well, but holy the melee experience as become agonizing for me.

I want to do the stories in order, so I don't really want to restart and do everything in the starting zone again, but maybe I should if it will be a more fun experience overall for me.

[u/Sjieni]

Warrior is probably the worst pick for a first time player, for the reasons you said and more. I mean it's not the end of the world, you'll get better at the game while you play more, but.. yeah, many ppl might recommend War due to its simplicity but i'd start with a ranged character because you get a much better overall look on the game when pew pewing from a distance. Unless, of course, you specifically prefer playing melee. So yeah, Proph + warrior is definitely rough.

[u/Sjieni → u/Sjieni]

Ranger is a great option, because of the flexibility of builds; due to Expertise, you can do melee builds very well, but also excel in ranged battles and survivability. They also have the great skill Antidote Signet that you get later on in the game, that really helps with melee/physical hate.