Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing norn warrior for a while now, and got all my weapons trained, trying to mostly work on passive specials and such, now at lvl 17 i am just starting the next area and i keep getting swarmed by 3-4 mobs and the health just drops so fast.

I cannot complete any events, let alone get at the skill chalenges behind the veteran mobs.
Just so tired of lying dead on the ground all the time.

The most important skill in that case is: learn to dodge!
Standard the skill is bound to the “v” key, but you can remap it if you prefer. The two yellow bars above your read health bar indicate your energy to doge. Observe your enemies closely. Large attacks doing a lot of damage will be telegraphed by certain animations, long gestures the enemies make. If you learn to dodge at just the right time, these attacks can’t hurt you. Beyond that, warriors usually invest in their gear in strength and precision and just kill the enemy before it has time to do enough damage.

But really, I would suggest you really spend a day or two just familiarizing yourself with the dodge ability, it will do you a lot of good in later gameplay.
If you still have a lot of issues, maybe ask in mapchat for a friendly guild that teaches newbies the best ways around. The community ingame is usually very helpful so do not feel afraid to ask =)

Good luck and all the best on your travels dear sir!

Thanks for the tip.

Another question, if i may
Is there any way to get a enemy cast bar, instead of animations only? i’m a near sighted

There are no cast bars in this game. The big animations are a key, as is glowing, or extra particle effects. Mostly you sort of learn what each monster does and look for that sort of motion as a cue to dodge or block.

Make sure you are not still using your starter weapons and armor. :P
Keep armor to at least 10 levels within your level and weapons within 5.

Kill order matters! Get rid of any range enemies first. You can kite the melee enemies while you are killing of the ranged enemies.

Which weapon sets are you using?

Join a guild that is into what you are into. It is the biggest factor for enjoyment and survival.