Returning Player (again)

I haven't played GW2 in a while. I honestly don't remember how long it's been since I've played. I am wondering what profession has the easiest learning curve and the best survive-ability for solo questing. I'm thinking of playing a Guardian. I like the idea of Revenant but I hear it is broken, sadly. Last time I played, I played Warrior a lot. I'd like to try something different this time around.

1.) easiest learning curve and best survival for solo content (story, open world, Living World Episodes)

• guardian, warrior, ranger and revenant work fine
• necromancer works best
• thief, mesmer, elementalist and engineer are either squishy, complex or both

2.) Revenant is broken

• Revenants have some design flaws due to their unique design
• they work fine for any game content especially open world and story

This is based on your question about open world and solo content. I'd probably go with necromancer until you are back in the game.

I'm going to highly recommend the Guardian, out of all my level 80 toons, the Guardian has been the most enjoyable/care-free toon I an ran through content, leveling is a breeze, great damage and survivability, flexible builds, ect.

So yeah, Guardian for sure.

Survivability for solo PvE -- necromancer with death magic and its minions. YMMV

I will try out Guardian and Necromancer and see which one I end up liking the best. Thanks for the suggestions. :)