So when Guild Wars 2 is finally released what race will your first character be?
- Human
- Asura
- Norn
- Charr
- Sylvari
 
Also what class are you planning to choose first (I realize not all have been released, but of what you believe will be in the game)?
- Elementalist
- Warrior
- Ranger
- Necromancer
- Mesmer
- Thief
- Guardian
-????
 
Personally I can already tell you Elementalist with out a doubt will be my class.  That was my first character in Guild Wars back in 2005 and it will be my first in GW2.  Now the race is what I am not sure of yet.  I feel I should do a human again, but then again I loved the Norn in Eye of the North.  So I am starting to lean towards them.

Tending towards Norn or Sylvari at the moment, and I always love to play assassins or elementalists (spike builds). 

Charr whatever. 
 
I don't give a shit what class, I have just been waiting forever to be a Charr.

Probably Asura and Elementalist. But to be honest, I will play as many combinations as possible.

By Azura!  
 
I was thinking maybe a charr warrior or an asura elementalist

I had a feeling this was going to be the result.  Lots of people want to try the new races and not many opting towards human.  Interesting.

Charr Warrior

Asura Necro.

Human or Sylvari (I like my humane-looking Avatar). Unsure about classes, but I normally gun for elemental or an assassin. Seeing how this might break down the tank-dps-healer structure in most typical MMOs; maybe I can actually do something productive than just going for a class I like but never doing a proper job at it. =P

Human Elementalist and Charr Warrior for now, but will have to see how the rest of the races and classes play out.

My first will have to be a human warrior, since that was my first GW character.
After that I'll be going for all the combinations that don't make much sense, so:
Sylvari Necromancer 
Asrua Ranger
Norn Assassin/Mesmer
Charr Elementalist

Charr or Norn - Warrior or another meleebased class.

So far, I'm leaning towards the Elementalist. I didn't play much of one in the original GW, so I wanna try that out. I don't know what race I like yet, I'm gonna need to wait till they talk more about their unique talents. As for the professions that haven't been announced, the developers have already stated there will be no Monk class. According to the demo shown at Gamescom and PAX, they are four unannounced professions, I think one will be Assassin, the other Dervish and two brand new classes.

Charr Ranger.

Charr Necro

Human elementalist!!!! I just want to be able to wear pants and have a beard... 
 
@Tearhead:  They said there would be no healing specific class. Who knows, maybe they'll reinvent the Monk class into something cool. I'd like to be able to punch and kick stuff...  

Mainly human Necromancer (SS = love, anyone?). But I'll probably have an alt as Sylvari. The profession is not decided yet due to the lack of the monk profession (which I'd love to have on my Sylvari).

Human Warrior, no doubt about it. Love melee classes in RPGs and such, and my first GW character was a Warrior.

The three class that I want to make (in order) are.  Sylvari/Necromancer, Charr/Warrior and Norn/Ranger. But thats just me. What do you guys think of it?   

We don't know all the classes yet, so it's a bit early to say.  Assassin is a shoe in at this point and Mesmer is all but confirmed, but we know there's no Monk / dedicated support class and it's anyones guess what the other two are.
Also worth pointing out the Slyvari are currently being redesigned.. No one was much too happy with them basically being young looking humans that were a bit green.
 
But so far, I'm leaning towards a Noble, human, ranger.

Charr/Warrior. And also I heard they were NOT bring back the Monk.

I never tried Guild Wars but I intend to when #2 comes out.. so I'll go with whatever looks cool.

Charr or Norn but either will be a Necro

Charr warrior.  

Human warrior...always. 
 
There won't be a dedicated healer class in GW2.

Sylvari necromancer : D

I have finally made a decision.  After watching more videos and seeing the Divinity's Reach I have made my decision that I am going to run my first character as a Human Ele.

Human Mesmer. Oh it will be in, it will be in...

Sylvari somethingorother.

" Human Mesmer. Oh it will be in, it will be in... "

Human Ranger

Charr Warrior 
Human Guardian to maintain my GW1 main a human "warrior"

I still haven't seen a class that makes me go "WOAH I NEED TO PLAY THAT!" - the closest so far has been Guardian, but I'm worried about how much damage they can do. I'd assume on the lower end of the scale. 
 
As such, I'll prob end up playing Human Guardian, Sylvari Elementalist,  Norn or Asura Assassin (whichever looks more cool / hilarious), Human Gunner class (I'm betting #8 will be a gunner. No one even uses pistols of the 5 professions announced!)

charr guardian for sure, it seems to be as close to a tank class as it gets

We now know the thief is a class, so now only two remain and it is predicted one will be the mesmer.

" We now know the thief is a class, so now only two remain and it is predicted one will be the mesmer. "

I rolled a Human Elementalist in the first game so I reckon I'll stick with that.

I absolutely love my necro in the first one, so I'm thinking either that, or maybe a thief. The videos that keep coming out about it look pretty awesome. 
 
Also, I'm probably gonna play Asura, I miss the tiny-yet-powerful feeling I got out of my Gnome mage. Everything is subject to change as we near the release though, I could switch and end up playing a Sylvari ranger or something, it's all about what I'm feeling when I hit the character creation screen. 

Man, nobody posting in the GW2 forums.

I'm thinking I'll start with a guardian. Just because have the most potential to be sweet looking. Either Norn or Human.

No monthly fee?sign me the fuck up. 

I'll probably only use a Human and I'll try all the classes, after a few months I'll gravitate to which ever class has the most bitchin' armour. Probably warrior. Although I didn't realize there were so many classes announced and I also don't know what the hell a Guardian is. Is it like a more tank-y warrior? That's what it sounds like to me.

Edit: After looking at the GW2 wiki I see that Guardians are Warriors with protection spells and they wear heavy armour. That sounds pretty awesome. I'll probably start with that.

Normal Ranger.

Charr something probably. Going to wait to see what the last two classes are before I decide.

I was going to originally be a Human/Warrior for my main like in the first game but well... as the professions were revealed, I started having trouble deciding what I would prefer >_<

I'll still be a human first but I'm unsure of what profession I'll be. I'm leaning towards Elementilist or Ranger.

Still I'll have one of each race and one of each profession.... eventually