Guild Wars 2

I’ve been toying with all of the soldiers and some other classes and I find the soldiers to be most enjoyable. In particular, Revenant and Guardian, although Warrior can be fun in a “seek and destroy” kind of way.

I started a rev last night and I’m loving him. The agile gameplay, with the shadow step on S/S is awesome. Plus the asura looks great as a rev.

I’m struggling with the idea of his role in dungeons and fractals, though. I have a level 35 guardian (obviously no big deal) that was my main over a year ago before I quit… and I’d very likely remake a guardian to play one. Guardians clearly have more of a role in dungeons and fractals.

Warrior and their banner sharing group gameplay is an idea that bores me. And while I like the pure destructiveness of the warrior in the open world, he’s basically a one skill machine (that’s hyperbole, there’s more to it than that but that’s just how it feels sometimes. The thought of stacking might and being pure support bores me without even doing it.

Is Rev really that unwanted in dungeons and fractals? I like the feel of both the guard and rev but I know jack and crap about revenant beyond what I’ve experienced in 10 levels.

Is Guardian really a jack of all trades that I believe it to be?

Is warrior purely a buffbot?

Warrior can be more then a buffbot, but does shine as a buffbot…

As a buffbot (PS warrior) it can provide 150+170+750 power and 170+750 condition dmg, 170 precision and 170 ferocity…. and provided okay CC..

But there is more:

• I can imagine builds with a lot more CC however using physical skills hammer and mace/shield with rampage/headbutt as elite… (strength/defence/berserker)
• I can imagine variants of the shout heal and condi cleaning build. having synergy with banner of tactics and regenbannertrait, and res banner/ traits. either with runes of mercy or runes of the trooper.
  (defence/tactics/discipline) or (Defence/tactics/berserker)
• mace/shield & Longbow DPS/DOT Hybrid
  (defence/strength/berserker)
• Then there is the warrior S/? & longbow (PS or not) condi build.
  (PS: arms/tactics/berserker) or (non PS: arms/discipline/berserker)

Most of these builds have seen some use, or are still part of meta somehow

As for guardian: (do not know trait lines from head) I do know some builds were top tier DPS with zerk and scholar doing extremely good dmg while providing very good support…

• DPS dragonhunter with GS and LB (traps or not)
• DPS guardian with S/T and Sc/T
• DOT burn Guard with SC/T and GS (condi build, burn only)
• Support with staff and ? (shouts)
• Hammer support CC/control build
  or combinations…

As for revenant…

It’s not really my thing. I found my way into all other class’s specialisations and I briefly had some feel for herald, but it’s gone.