Guild Wars 2

Hello there, I ve played lineage for years now and recently I’ve decided to start guild wars, first of all, I’m curious about equipment, even though I’ve seen the skills and the spells you cast per weap, I need to know of there’s a grade between weapons and armors as well, if you craft the weapons or buy them from somewhere,and even so, what’s best for me for the begging (where I can find them). Thanks in advance..

Hi,

Firstly this is kind of in the wrong place as the best place for a discussion on elementalists is in the elementalist forums despite you being an asura. Basically the only difference in the races is a few utility and elite skills however these are really weak in comparison to the class utility skills otherwise we would have everybody running one race only.

If you are new i am assuming you are leveling and when it comes to gear there isn’t really anything you should buy. Basically only use the gear you loot and salvage all your other items you gain. If you want to learn a crafting profession or two then you should find a guide online as this gives you the cheapest way of gaining your desired profession. Also in crafting only aim for a crafting level of 400 as it easily costs over 100g from 400-500 (can’t remember exactly) and the items you get cost a considerable amount more than this, (full ascended gear costs around 500g to make depending on the profession).

By ‘grade’ i can only assume you mean the rarity of armour/weapons, check this link out http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Item

As for weapons themselves for an elementalist i would take double dagger for leveling. This is by far the easiest weapon set to master the dps with, do not even consider a healer spec elementalist as gw2 doesn’t deal in healers or tanks, only dps. Although as an elementalist in pvp you could do all of these things.

When it comes to dungeon running you will often find people looking for an elementalist in the dungeon group. This is for one thing only, your DPS. Basically as your first elite skill purchase the fiery greatsword and search online for something like ‘gw2 fiery greatsword exploit’ you will probably find it or either ask in map chat for someone to explain it and show you. Also buy the lightning hammer and frost bow utilities too.

The lightning hammer is good for leveling and dungeons for many reasons, but i will explain leveling. basically on every 3rd strike of the first skill it blinds the target so you can stand there attacking a veteran even at low levels and take only half to none of its hits.

Also with the game check out combo fields here http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo
elementalist basically deal in fire fields and hence dungeon parties blast them for might stacks.

At level 80 look to get full berserker (power, precision, ferocity) exotic gear and trinkets.

when in a dungeon tell the people you are new but not stupid and ask them to tell you when to drop fire fields/conjured weapons.

Lastly the wiki site is your best friend so use it. Any more questions i run an elementalist main in pvp and pve so feel free to ask me any questions in game.