Hello fellow summoners of the elements,
I am approaching the point where I’ll need to buy my Elementalist here Accessories. I don’t have any other 80s. (I used to have a thief I deleted to change servers, before they announced the BoA Ascended gear) I only have enough laurels for 1 set of Accessories. (I have 90 currently on May 1st)
On my thief I went Zerk, for PvE, and WvW. I was the obvious best one, unless I wanted a condi build, which I would’ve worked on getting dire.
However, with the Elementalist, the choices aren’t so clear. I’ve actually been considering picking up Celestial for all my Accessories, to allow me to change builds by switching weapons and armor only. (All Exotic, as I have an overabundance of Karma) I was worried about hurting which ever build I focus on.
I really enjoy full glass staff in spvp, and enjoy staff in zergs in wvw. I would even want to try playing it in PvE and solo roaming. I’m a little worried that I’ll be killed a lot roaming with that build, so having Celestial Accessories(which provides more overall stats) seemed like a good way to balance my build without losing too much. But When I’m trying to burst with it, I’ll be missing about 300 power from a full Zerk Accessory set-up.
I was reading the WvW build thread on page one. Lots of interesting builds mentioned. (Cleric D/D sustain might stacking, d/f Fresh air, Staff healer, s/d Fresh air, etc. ) I want to make the Ele my main, but was a little worried about feeling non-optimal for any build if I went Celestial, but then, I could at least play many builds, by only changing my armor and weapon (Both easy to replace).
Any Elementalist struggled through the same choice, and come to conclusions since they picked either Celestial or went for a more focused approach to build making? If I end up feeling kitten , it would be many months before I could buy a new set of Accessories.
So conjure me some knowledge, and hit me with critical arcane; I seek the guidance of those who had settled on this class long ago, or those lucky enough to benefit greatly from BoA Accessories, allowing them to try many variations of the Elementalist. A class full of wonder and power, hidden beneath the crust, built through Subduction. Let no man be at Fault, when an Elementalist conjure’s fire and flame.
