Guild Wars 2

What should I level first. At the moment with my main I’m not going for the +x percent guard damage or siege damage recude(I want to do this on a 2nd char later as starting skills and make that char more bunkerish).

Sieges I’m not that good with stuff like Treb and Mortar. Don’t want this. Supply and repair stuff seems not that interesting.

For siege I think AC is easy to aim… but I’m getting a lot of Ballistas from JP and chest drops(more than AC). Also the 4 skill is nice… other a bit hard maybe to target in a zerg(but okay as long as you get the right direction cause it pierces and hits more people).

Cannon I found nice while defending but it usually gets AoE by a lot of enemies.

So if I’m not bunker with my main should I still go for cannon(which is often used by other chars and limited cause in fixed places)? Are a lot of people going for cannon(might still be worth if not many are getting this)?

If not then I might stay AC/Ballista… at the moment AC 2, Ballista 3 are my only WvW skills. Ballista 3 seems a huge improvement of the Ballista skill 1. Every 2 seconds instead of 3(I added this to the wiki cause it was not there – different skill name then):
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Swift_Bolt

Are a lot of people going for Ballista? I might max this first cause I think it might be more needed? (Everyone going for AC first maybe? Cause people seem to like AC).

I’ve only done AC Mastery, but not the last one – everyone says that’s crap for the cost. Everything else in the line is not bad – at least on paper – except the increased radius. That’s freaking pimp.

I would, in order of expediency, go level 1 of AC Mastery, then one point in each of the repair/build because it is roughly a 100% speed increase.

I’m currently sitting on my points, hoping that they’ll announce a way to reset them. The next things I’m looking at are increased ballista range or guard killer, but the guard ones are such a huge investment

Did you find the increased ballista range worth it?

I’m still not at the inreased range(will be next one I get). Also I’m not often using sieges… but the guard and other stuff seems better suited for a bunker char(which I’m trying soon as 2nd char once finished the PvE stuff).

And yeah… the interesting stuff at those guard killer and defending stuff seems only at the highest levels which means al ot of points.

I know some commanders at our server sometimes go with a few people to kill other sieges at the enemy keep with Ballista… I think for example at Anza Hill against sieges at keep. Maybe the range will help there + the a few building speed increase so you can fast build and attack(cause they shoot back because they also have long range… if everything fails they just treb lol with longest range).

Still need to try sieging a bit more. I will try more Ballista soon because I’m getting them often from JP(and they are cheap if needed to buy more).

I’d just avoid cannon mastery.

There’s nothing wrong with the line. It is just that cannons are rarely ever available to use as an effective defense. I’m in Sanctum of Rall, and half the time our towers/keeps don’t have any cannons on them at all, largely because other upgrades take a much higher priority than cannons. Then cannons are focused very quickly as soon as an enemy group attacks, and you can’t safely attack a group while on the cannon. There’s only two circumstances in which I’ve ever found cannons useful:

#1: When you are at a keep and you use one cannon to attack a far-away door on your keep that is also under attack.
#2: When two groups are fighting each other, but are doing so close to a tower/keep while not attacking it.

And so, I prioritize AC mastery and Ballista Mastery on my two WvW toons. Ballista Mastery on my engineer, and AC mastery on my necro.

First I would go Defense Against Guards, 1 rank Ballista, Guard Killer, then 4 ranks AC mastery followed by more ranks in Ballista and if you are still playing Siege Might. Canon would be WAY down on the list.