You can start as anything and pick up all the rest included the classes that came later when you reach the requirements to unlock. One of the best things about the game is you can be everything.
But if you want a ranged class with a bow start as Archer (which upgrades to Bard).
I keep thinking about playing both, but then I remember the amount of time I spend playing WoW is eating into other important things like sleeping. I don’t know where I’d find the time.
I enjoyed paladin and the Dark Knight. If Dark Knight was dps I would still be playing, and if they had more PvP then I would still be playing. I did not like the fact that literally everything is in a separate instance and does not feel like an MMO and that is why I left. Oh, and the MSQ is tremendously long, and although more interesting than WOW storytelling is mandatory and takes ages.