I haven't really kept up on GW2. I watched some gameplay vids of the various classes many months ago so if I DID pick it up I'd go Elementalist hands down.
The only thing that interests me about GW 2 is that it is new, and looks better than Perfect World International which I've been playing since 2009. Well, talking to friends anyways because there is literally nothing left for me to do in that game that doesn't require throwing thousands of dollars at it. I don't consider "gearing up" by buying terribly OP gear from the cashshop to be an activity especially when I don't pvp.
When the people with that gear do a flat 60% more damage and take almost none, and most of them can become invisible (and therefore untargettable/invincible) repeatedly while critting you 5 times per second (i.e. double damage) while stunlocking you....the point is what exactly?
Grats on wasting 2Gs on gear that makes your already OP class even more OP. And on a PVE server to boot!
The other reason I'm eagerly awaiting GW2 is that many on PWI have stated flatout that they will be migrating there because PWI has been dying for a long time now. Best case, I get GW2 and still see my friends. Worst case, it takes a lot of the idiots and troll away from PWI. Sadly that will pretty much leave about 300 people.