Guild Wars 2

So the Staff is a weapon style I realy like, I have yet to roll an Ele, and I realy Don’t like one handed weapons on any class.

Leaving me with one question, would using a Staff to level with be realy bad and make me want to go back to my Ranger or another class with a 2 handed weapon of some sort?

I get that d/d or something else may be better, but would Staff be terrible?

I lvl’d my ele with staff and had no problems.

I leveled my elementalist with the Staff. Here are some tips from what I remember about my experience

• A staff probably won’t drop in your lap immediately, so be patient or just buy one from BLTC
• While you’re at the BLTC, grab a minor sigil of bloodlust
• Kite enemies, and learn which spells can be cast while you’re still moving (fire 5 and water 5 are NOT ones)
• Open battle with water 2 or earth 2, since they won’t cause the enemy to aggro until the end of the animation.
• The utility skills you will want to rush for are Glyph of Lesser Elementals, Arcane Blast, and Arcane Wave, and the elite you will want first is Glyph of Elementals.
• When you get to level 11, head for Water 5 first to get regen and better survivability, then Arcane 10.
• Learn your combos.

I leveld with a staff out of pure vanity. My GOBLIN (asura) WIZARD (elementalist) is a beast with his staff. Summon lesser elemental earth and you get a pocket tank, when you get elite elementals you get an amazing tank and your little pocket tank. Glyph of Earth and Glyph of water are awesome too for keeping people away from you.

I built my traits all in FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! (and the arcane skill that makes your staff attacks have a larger aoe radius) and the handy water trait that cures conditions when you attune to water.

and yea, play with combos. you can drop earth#2 into a water#5 for a big ole heal on everyone around it.