Okay, so I just started playing again after a very long break.
And I don’t know if it is because I am just slow but, i tried a few different builds on different classes over the weekend and I just threw my hands up in frustration after not being able to either,
a) grasp the mechanics of my skills / fighting in PvP
b) or I do not fully understanding the stats/skill builds
c) just plan suck (I PvP a lot in other MMOs and normally fair well). I was not at the
bottom of the points/kill lists in my matches but I would say I was bottom middle.
Please constructive feed back only, I really enjoy the game and find that I must be missing something.
I tried several professions and several different fan sites recommended build for classes but found that I had trouble being effective with a lot of them but, saw other players in the Arenas using those builds and having a lot of success.
I am wondering if my runes/traits/gear upgrades are what I am lacking. I am not looking for a faceroll kill everyone build just some help in understanding some of the character features.
I am also going to focus on one profession right now and that would be Engineer. I have read several posts about them being broken and several more about them functioning fine. Honestly so far I have found them fun to play with lots of options so it works for me.
First, I was thinking of going dual pistols(unless there is a better reason I shouldn’t in PvP or WvW).
What are my best traits and skills? I was maxing out two of my trait lines that had to deal with crits/dmg and pwr. with putting the rest of my points in the traits that gave vitality. I tried a couple flavors that neither seem to work or that I couldn’t seem to make it work.
I had a difficult time trying to decide what the best upgrades would be for my weapons and gear. I know most people would say this is preference and I would agree but, there has to be some common sense things that maybe I am missing that a veteran player would notice right away. Like no if you use dual pistols these are the best runes for your weapons etc.
I tried stacking Power and tried stacking condition dmg. Both were OK but I would run into an issue with certain classes swapping the conditions back on me and had a little bit of a time trying to figure out the best secondary skill point skills to use together.
Anything anyone can help enlighten me on would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Schmitty