$0.02 of someone who plays mostly ranged characters, mostly hunters, mostly blue line, mostly solo:

I play ranged characters so I can kill things before they get close enough to kill me, hunters mostly for the guide skills, blue line so I don't have to worry about interrupting skill inductions, and solo because I am not good at any of this (and also busy). As long as I can continue incompetently shooting my way through the fields of murdery orcs between me and all the interesting things I want to visit, I will be a happy camper