Guild Wars 2

Just came back to the game after 2years.I am currently playing my lvl 80 elementalist using staff.I am in full CoF gear and have rare rings/accessorys.

Im wondering what my prioritys should be at this point.Do i need to upgrade my gear? if so what will i have to do to get better gear.Basicly what is the MOST important thing for me to do at this stage in the game.

i do not own heart of mist expan.

What you need heavily depends on what you want to do.

First you should familiarize yourself with the updated Trait- and Skill System. It has changed a lot over the last 2 years.

After that you can pretty much do whatever you want. At some point you should upgrade your accessories at least to exotic which is craftable, or ascended if you have the laurels for that.

Consume as much knowledge around the things that have changed since you left. To that end use the Wayback Machine to look at what the GW2 wiki said traits were back then, compared to what they are now and get your head around what your build should be. It may require re-gearing which you may not wish or be able to do right away.

Your main priority should be having fun. If anyone or anything detracts from that, avoid that. If that means avoiding the game again, so be it, you lost nothing. Remember that the things that caused you to leave may still be in the game even after all this time.

Having rare accessories at this point is just downright pitiful, I don’t mean to sound callous but you can ask around the ascended accessories (at least the ones toting the pre-expansion stat combinations) are pretty straightforward and easy to get. If you are a casual player then I agree it could be a struggle for you, but then again the sheer plethora of previously unseen content might be enough to unnerve or overwhelm you well before that. I suggest taking things slow and working on story and other various achievements. The story ones in particular have some easily doable ones that award various ascended pieces for literally just spending a little time, though this list is by no means inclusive. Also take note of thr amount of laurels you have on hand, it might just be enough to simply buy some ascended rings that you will sorely need. In regards to ascended equipment, accessories and weps have the highest stat boosts which is why most ppl will recommend you invest some time in working towards that. Rares at this point are a joke, especially with legendary armor on the waitlist presumably sometime soon. Not that I will be enthusiastic about going for that, unless the stats are different from their ascended counterpart.

Another thing you ought to know is that dungeons are vastly deserted, being bludgeoned to near-death as they were by Anet staff. Yeah, most Pve people are shifting to fractals and raids which are mostly daunting and stress-inducing content to a returning casual player, though admittedly they still are to no small part of the player base so you’re not alone there. If you’re not a Pve’er, then don’t mind me and just do what you intend to do. Though I would probably work on upgrading my gear to at least exotics if I were you, lest I get laughed at by a random stranger in-game.