haha don't play mmos with me because i just pick stuff that looks cool. my very first (or second?? whatevs) character on guild wars was a mesmer/ranger because mesmers were awesome looking and ranger skills meant you could have a pet. i was the most badass mesmer with a badass warthog partner.

but yeah i tend to prefer long-range and/or magical types because they're usually neater, but sometimes it is nice to just be a boring old warrior and then run in and smash everything. anything that causes big chaotic damage like elemental mages too haha.