Guild Wars 2

So, reading these forums is very discouraging. I came here to see if everyone else felt the same way about elementalists as I do. As i read the forums i see a ton of over exaggerations in EVERY direction. I will throw this out there, My character is only about level 40. I have a similar level of a few other classes (a little lower, though) and because this class is really fun to play, regardless of how i feel about the damage, I play the elementalist. This class is very hard to play, I can say that. The thief is pretty hard to play, but only because they take similar damage. On the other hand, it is easier for them to put out damage. For the elementalist it is a challenge on both fronts. We are often running for our lives AND having to do quite a bit of work to do on par damage as other classes.

With that:
I have tried to mess around with attunements; i fixed my traits so that i have more in arcane and IT WAS HUGE HELP. However, I am still under powered. Not that much, mind you; only a little.

L2P me:
While i do think we are A LITTLE under powered (even if I do master the class), I would like to think I still have room for improvements. I have been doing a bit of experimenting with attune swapping and messing with conditional damage and direct damage.

I like to use S/F for the protection and conditions. I would like to stay with this since it has been working. I have messed with a few things and it just works. I will try whatever, though. I am pretty good at the game and anything you suggest to me I am willing to try. So feel free to put something here; even if it’s just an idea or a theory, I’d be up for it.

I would like to know what works for everyone else. What rotations they use within the attunements specifically.