how does mesmer seem boring? It's so unique and bizarre, and incredibly diverse. It might be overly complicated...and maybe not the best first character to go with, trying to learn the game, but it will likely be in very high demand with the support that it offers.
Thief was my second favorite, but after that video, I'm not so sure. I'll probably move Nec and Engineer up the tier. I'll probably still enjoy thief, as assassin was incredibly fun to play in GW, and there are very similar mechanics here.
I really like the Nec shadow shroud ability.
I'm not sure about ele, either. It was probably my overall favorite in GW, but it doesn't seem to offer much more in GW2.
Though, I was much like you that I defaulted to warrior mele classes with big swords and armor, and it was so with GW--but then GW also turned me onto caster classes as my new default class in most games.
I think it's weird, though also incredibly cool that the big ass Mes broadsword increases in potency the further you are from your target, heh.