How will you play "Factions?"

I'm looking forward to the release of Factions, but I've been wondering about how I want to play it initially. (I'm talking about the PvE part of the game, here) I'm thinking that there will be a whole boatload of ritualists and assassins being created. Because everyone will be working to unlock the skills in those professions, I see a shortage of low level characters in the original professions.

I'm thinking that I'll use one of my new slots to create an ele or necro (I have made a character with the other 4 as Primaries already) and play the storyline through with that the first time, and then create a ritualist or assasin for "round 2." Of course, what I finally decide will depend on how many character slots comes with the game.

I'm also looking forward to bringing my other characters to Cantha to explore with them, but I don't want to break into the low level areas with level 20's - as that would reduce or eliminate the challenge of those areas.

Just wondering if anyone else has been thinking about how they're going to go about it?

im going to start with my first char , contiue the story with him , its true i want to unlock all skills etc , but i like to see it as my alter ego .. role play , you know ... so after i reach the end game of factions with my first char. maybe ill make a ritualist/ ... about being in low areas with a high level ... lets see how anet deal with that , i dont believe the game will be easy just becose my char is lvl 20 ... im guessing i will need some skills i dont have .. or something like it ..

Same as Neoteo, break Vilaptca's old rusty bones out of the closet and convince him to go out adventuring some more. Who knows...maybe he'll grab the ritualist secondary along the way.

I'll probably do the same with my Warrior, grabbing the Assassin secondary along the way.

Then...we'll see how many extra slots, if any that we get and I'll go from there, depending on how these two new classes play I may or may not make one of both. Maybe I'll hate Ritualist as much as Monks and not make one...

Rush through it with my endgame character [first character, teh monk]

She'll love it because every group will need a monk to heall the hordes of ass's and rits

I'm looking for an all new experience. I've played the current six primary professions through all or close to all of the Prophecies campaign, so I'm not about to create another one of those when I have two new classes waiting for me. The assassin looks like my kind of character, similar to how I've been playing my ranger. (Causing mass havoc and disruption with traps and interrupts.) So I'll most likely make a primary assassin to play through Factions for the first time -- but no, I don't think she'll be an A/Rt.

So I'm looking forward to playing my new character class through a new storyline, set in new locations. I'd like the experience to be as close to what I got when I played through the Prophecies campaign for the very first time. And that means jumping head first into the unknown.

Yeah I think most people are going to start with their first character tbh, I know I am and im just going to start running places as my first ever character is a W/Me/E. Just so I can get a feel for the game before I start a new character.

no one said anything about creating one of the current six professions ...
what we are saying is , bring your first char to factions , continue the game ...

I'll make a ritualist and an assassin and go through it with both of them at the same time initially. I want to check out the Cantha pre-searing area. Then I'll finish with the character I like better. I'm going to piggyback on those that bring their lvl 20s from Prophecies since I'll be of a lower lever and short on skills unlocked.

I will avoid playing my current characters for some time unless there's a great Green farming area or something of that ilk and it would take too long to get my assassin or ritualist there.

are u talking about the beta weekend or when the game is released?if its the beta then i heard that characters wont be able to travel bewteen tyria and cantha so im gonna imagine theres gonna be only assassin' and ritualists, although i maybe wrong :S

making a ritualist, and changing my ranger to R/A, i liked the pre-made pvp build fo that a lot

i'll be bringing my w/e and r/mes into factions to get some new armor and see how it goes and gettting a new pet for my ranger, personally i'm curious to see what new pets they will put into factions. then i'll make an assassin.

I'll probably run two characters through it at once. First will be my R/Me, just coz she's my main char and always will be, so I'll get her over and start the high level content, whilst at the same time either starting my A/W or Rit/R to experience the low level content too. And then eventually my existing chars will finish the original story and they, along with my second Faction char, will work on Factions. hehe

I'll start with a new char. Since some of the current classes are still new to me, I don't really feel the need for a Assasin or ritualist. I might give monk a go, with a Assa or Ritu seccondary.

monk/assa sounds, weird..

Gonna run my current character through it, then a Monk Rit

im gonna run a Rt/A solo as far as i can go, then use henchies like i have the last.... 7 months

i probably ll start a new char as an Assassin cauz i found it s funny to play it and i ll keep using my Warrior, who is my main "main Pve Char" i ll complete all quest with it while unlocking assa skills at the same time

i aint much in pvp .. :/

if this is about the beta, u cannot take ur already made characters thru to cantha.u'll have to make a new one as there will be no travel between tyria and cantha

and i quote:

its not about the beta

at least i dont read beta anywhere in the first post

I will start immediatly with assassin and ritualist.

I just want to dive right into the new story with all new stuff

anyone thinks there will be a problem whit all the assasins and ritualist in cantans "pre-sering" ?