Guild Wars 2

Hey guys i am new to GW2. I actually bought GW2 4-5 months ago but the gameplay was not to my liking so i gave up then. But seeing as i dislike the gameplay of all the other MMORPGs even more i want to retry GW2.

Theres where the problem is. I mostly want to be a good PvPer or WvWer but start with PvE combat and get accustomed to it. Unfortunately, my skill at making a character build is very bad. I have already gone through several build-related posts to find a good one and even saw gameplay videos but i still couldnt decide how to create a proper build.

So i would request some advice or help for a build that would suit my playstyle.
Offline i usually play Dark Souls 2 and other games with emphasis on timing and good reaction speed. In DS2 i went for a high played a high-stamina, high-stamina-regen, high-poise build for a dodge type character.
GW2 combat being faster paced i guess that wouldnt work. But still i would like a build which would allow me to evade continously and depend on auto attack for damage instead of skill rotation.
This is because during combat in any game i become tense and cant think straight enough to use skill-combos.
So is there any build with infinite evade and condition removal with a few basic moves for damage output? Any class will do since i am going for a new character.
I am also asking for playstyle advice a bit because obviously being different games the DS2 playstyle will not work perfectly for GW2.
I dont think a pure evade build would work for GW2 but i wouldnt know. But still would want infinite evade as a back up plan at least. Being unable to dodge because of cooldown is the worst feeling ever. Is there a good build that would suit my evasive twitch based playstyle?
I also have no idea on traits. My first and only character on GW2 was a warrior who only auto-attacked and used only 1 or 2 moves.
A specific build would be helpful because as i said i am pathetic at build-creation and i usually end up putting skill points in a randomly selected skill in pretty much any RPG I play.
Plus, to be honest, the trait system and its intricacies only confuse me.

P.S. A small one. I get “connection error detected retrying” whenever i try to open the client. I read on forum this happens whenever anet updates game. Has this still not been fixed and should i just wait it out?

Let me first say that I don’t PvP and I don’t WvW much either. I don’t feel that PvE will prepare you for either modes, WvW might be more forgiving here hiding in a zerg, but otherwise you will want to use different traits and equipment, depending on profession maybe even a different weapon.

You may want to have your thread moved to the competitive section as you will have better exposure, perhaps check out the guides from this thread, not sure how up to date they are – or check the profession sub-forums themselves.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/New-to-PvP-Start-here

Thank you for the advice:)
But i actually want a build that will work for all 3. If that is not possible i might get a WvW build and use the same for PvE. If it has infinite evade and thus a chance for survival even in the most desperate situation, the build will still have some sort of offense to use against mobs.
But yeah, my main focus is on infinite evade and some simple offense hopefully not exceeding 1-2 or 1-3 move combos.
That being said shifting this to competitive section. Thank you again.

Don’t use a build for all 3 game modes, it’ll be sub optimal in at least 2 of them. Striclty for evades, thieves have access to a lot of evades via traits ( acrobatic traitline), utilities ( withdraw) and vigor. Engineers also have perma vigor and utilities to refill their endurance ( elixir r). That said, evade isn’t the only way to mitigate damage, and engis and thieves melt against conditions. All classes except necros have access to active defense, so any will do. Rangers have a fast paced evading playstyle with their weaponskills, and they are in a good spot now, the dps rotation isn’t that hard either. It’s an easy class to do ok with, but an hard class to master. If you do take ranger, the pve meta build is 6/5/0/3/0, and there’s a few different pvp related builds.
Hope that helps.

This guy posted this same message in the WvW forum. Not sure if troll TBH.

Chaba.5410:

This guy posted this same message in the WvW forum. Not sure if troll TBH.

If you read his post in here and the one in the WvW section you would have seen that he mentions that. I mentioned he might get better help and suggestions there, which it seems to me he got more answers in the other thread.

Its good to see a player same as in my shoes.. i also played dark souls 1 , dark souls 2.. and started GW2 before one month. I havent been much into PVP and WvW though.. Have went only a couple of times.

I mainly play a thief . I focus on power and condition damage for weapons. For armor I go for vit and toughness. Its more like a overtime damage build. Of the 3 skills i choose 1 poison, 1 blindness , 1 mobility.. With the steal ability and shadowstep thieves are well mobile and difficult to catch. Same goes for traits , ya I too had difficult time in understanding it , but then got hold and learned to do various builds with it.

I saw a video from dreamy abaddon which taught me the 3 aspects of gw2 combat – damage (straight damage),control(crippling,poison and other effects),support(buff to ourselves, heal etc) . I try to follow my playstyle according to it and have worked well so far :)

Gaurav.8397:

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P.S. A small one. I get “connection error detected retrying” whenever i try to open the client. I read on forum this happens whenever anet updates game. Has this still not been fixed and should i just wait it out?

There is NO generic issue related to connection issues and game updates….but there are some players that don’t understand how the internet works and feel more comfortable blaming the Anet Servers for issues on THEIR connection to these servers. If they spent a bit of time trying to solve the actual problem rather than posting disinformation on these forums, we’d all be better off.

There are plenty of players over a the Tech Support forum that would be willing to help you investigate and solve your connection issues.