Guild Wars 2

well. for ‘builds’ you need full traits and skill slots, which comes with level

going down in wvw is more about lack of class experience and/or being in wrong place at wrong time. gear doesn’t help much, unless you meet someone 1v1, who is similar low lvl like you

toughness would help a bit with direct damage. but if you get focused in zerg vs zerg, or get hit by a lot conditions, then it won’t save you

your melee weapon choice is akward for wvw @ 15lvl because:
you don’t stand a chance vs 80lvl in small fights
you cannot contribute much to zerg vs zerg fight with melee weapons, as you cannot have enough survivability to run into enemy zerg (lack of traits and utility/ulti skill slots)

the only winning options for you:
be on the outnumbering side in small fights
in zerg vs zerg fights, do not come out of your zerg, and smack only those enemies who run into your zerg. tho ranged weapons would be more viable here

Hi Kelso,

I recognised your name and went through your earlier posts. I see you left several times and came back to GW2, but everytime you start asking the same questions. I would strongly suggest to just start playing the game and enjoying it.

No matter what we are saying, there is no golden combo that makes you hit a button and win, so I am going to suggest to play the game and start by playing and mastering PvE.

We can’t tell you why you die so easily besides that your doing something wrong. This can be stats, this can be playstyle, or it can be a lack of experience.

Also understand that a level 15 guardian is upgrade to level 80 in WvW as in a translation of stats but that doesnt make you equal to level 80. You are missing most of your traits and many skills yet.
e.g.: Elite skill (level 30) These elite skills give you a big advantage in fights.
Master and grandmaster traits (level 40 and 60).

Although the stats on your armor are boosted as if for level 80, you can’t have better then green armor and weapons at the moment. The stats on rare and exotic armor are a lot higher at level 80, so that again is a disadvantage.

Bottom line. Stop asking for a way to glory, but start playing the game in PvE and making a character to level 80. It’s ok you try a bit of WvW, but keep in mind it is for the pro’s and your not a pro (yet).

In my opinion the claim that any level, even a level 2, can play WvW is a bit misleading in the game description. Technically you can but you don’t have a chance unless you run into a 1v1 with someone around the same level. The odds of encountering a 1v1 with another level 2 are minuscule. If you run into an 80 you will be dead in 2 seconds as your skills/traits will be nowhere close to those capped at 80.

Unfortunately the green arrow makes you an automatic target for an easy kill. I suppose you could consider trying to run away for enemies or trying to hide in the middle of a zerg playing but what’s the point in that.

As someone that has been playing very casually for only 3 weeks subjectively I feel I don’t have full access to game as I don’t even try to play WvW after my first experiments playing low level there and getting massacred. My stance on it is basically whatever. There are plenty of other things for me to do until I reach 80.

The only way they could correct this would be to have tiered WvW servers and I don’t see that as a viable option. It would however be slightly helpful if they removed the green arrow.