What's everyone's favorite class/build type so far?
what was the final event and is it correct that Vasburg got nothing?
anyhoo--for me it is obviously Mes. I played nothing else since last day of BW1. I enjoyed Nec and Thief, but thief was far too squishy (was still trying to figure out the game, so I clearly need to devote more time to trying to dual dagger that class. nec was just too strong).
One concern with Mes is that instead of "fixing" their clones (unbdinding their spawn from targets), they nerfed nearly all of them--essentially zero damage from clones and phantasms (even after boosting them in traits). but they made illusionary dualist (your gun-wielding clone skill when equipping pistol in off-hand) a insta-death cannon. It's mostly spammable, too.
So, clearly some balance issues. I didn't have to much of a problem with the new tiered traits--you can still pick and choose which you want to unlock first (my Mes build does need to unlock 6 point tier ASAP, though.) They also added some serious PvP skills to Mes, as though they didn't have enough: a field that grants 6 seconds of stealth to all part members--a zone skill that brings up all local party members from downed state, and will remain alive if they kill target. That was damn fun in PvE--just running around finding downed people, auto-reviving them.
There is still some balance issues with the class to work on, obviously--but Scepter/pistol still seems to offer the best set for PvE, with staff the clear second--or even first choice.
As for current state of the game: I don't think lack of access of Sylvari and Asura should indicate anything as to how finished the game is. That is simply content that is not available to the "open" Beta events. There is a persistent closed Beta that works on these things daily. I'd much rather have unexplored content, anyway, when the game is finally released.