Guild Wars 2

I am stuck on which weapon(s) to use as my ele. I am a glyph pve player, and sometimes I do dungeons, but it’s mainly open world. I have played with the staff before, and I have to say I like it but I haven’t played with the s/f yet, so I don’t know what it’s like. From my point of view the staff has a massive range which is really useful, and lots of aoes though it gets weak in close range. S/F has a medium range though it can do offensive and defensive better than staff. I am not too sure though, which is why I came to the forums for help.

Scepter is a good burst wep but sucks at sustained dps. Its common to use Fresh Air and maximize the number of electric discharge procs to try and overcome this shortcoming. If you don’t like that then you should prolly stick to staff.

I don’t see how S/F can do better offensive than staff in open world. Staff does absolutely monstrous damage with meteor + lava font + fireball if you can set it up. With it’s range and multiple kiting abilities, those setups are also far easier to do compared to S/F.

Unfortunately nobody can tell you which weapons are right one for you, they are all viable. You need to pick your weapons and we can recommend good builds and gearing options based on those weapons.
Personally I will never go back to scepter or dagger, staff is just way too useful especially on big bosses where most of the meteors hit.