Guild Wars 2

I have played this game for 2.5 years, and since day 1, nearly exclusively played a kit Engineer. Love that play style. Some time, probably over a year ago now, I started popping birthday boosters and leveled some classes in EOTM.

Those classes have pretty much gone unused once they hit 80, and I kept playing my main. I really had hope I would enjoy the Elementalist because it seemed like switching kits. Now, with staff, it seemed like I would go into the element that seemed best for that moment, but with d/d, it seems like you are forced to do a rotation.

As I don’t really do pve, rotations seem strange in a wvw/pvp environment. Air->Fire->Earth->Water. I am not claiming I was good at all, but it felt more like I was doing a rotation and ignoring what was going on around me (mainly chasing might stacks). With kits, I switch for the situation.

I know I am playing wrong. Do you ever “camp” an element as d/d? I would just like some advice on how to effectively understand when you break away from the rotation, mainly so I have some variety in the professions I play.

Tsyras.5274:

I was doing a rotation and ignoring what was going on around me (mainly chasing might stacks). With kits, I switch for the situation.

yeah but that’s mostly because of you being new to the class. Once you gain familiarity with it you will be able to stack might at the same time as keeping your eyes on what the kitten is happening around you.

Rotation is good and bad. Some say that u dont need a rotation in pvp, and I believe is right.
But I also believe that actually using the rotation is good, but like I said before, there is a time for a rotation (the rotation has only one objective, to maximize might stacks) and a time to improvise and switch on what you actually need. You will understand when is when the more you play it.

Camping an element is never good, well maybe if you are Earth (stone earth) it can be decently good when used right.
But other than that, you need to switch as soon as u used the abilities u needed.
The only attunement worth camping in if u need some Auto attack dmg is Lightning. (im talking about Dagger mainhand)

Thanks for the great reply. I definitely need to practice a lot more. Currently I am using E+W+Arc, trying both DD and Staff.

It just feels unnatural.