At low levels, it shouldn’t matter much. If you plan on continuing to unlock new trait ‘tiers’ you’ll get free respecs from the lv40 and 60 books anyways, and retraiting’s pretty cheap. I don’t know what weapon set you use, but I roll with D/D and here’s a few traits that I just about always pick up:
-5pt Water (Soothing Mist) – a nice passive heal, nothing to call home about but generally more useful than other element’s 5pt traits
-15pt Water (Cleansing Wave) – a free heal and condition cleanse (same as Water 5 skill with off hand dagger) every time you attune to water, definitely helps with survivability
-10pt Arcana – don’t remember the trait name, but it gives boons on attunement. Pretty solid trait.
-10pt Air (Zephyr’s Boon) – Swiftness and Fury every time you activate an aura; with D/D and boon duration from Water traitline and armor runes, you can get perma-swiftness from your auras
-20pt Arcana – don’t remember the name, but gives vigor on crit. Helps you dodge more to stay alive, what’s not to like?
Other than that, it depends on your playstyle. Most of your effectiveness will probably come from your weapon setup and your skill with it. Just experiment and see what works for you!
