So for PVE dungeons and that kind of thing you would say GS+S/F?
And WvW staff?
Personally speaking, I go GS+S/F(or staff if needed) for my damage setup. And Hammer+Staff(or GS if needed) for my support setup.
I say if needed up there as every weapon you have brings some utility.
Staff- 1- cone AE (why it’s great for wvw), 2- healing and range damage, 3- swiftness and damage, 4- healing/might stacking, 5 – inturrupts on incoming, very useful actually
GS- 1- auto attack, not terrible not great 2- best damage ability I believe, 3- blind/leap, 4- damage symbol, 5- pulls and damage
Sword – 1- auto attack damage is the best we have when traited, 2- blind/teleport, 3- personal projectile wall/projectile launcher
Mace – 1- auto attack’s third hit heals, 2- symbol for healing, 3- block with protection if the block isn’t triggered.
Hammer – 1 auto attack gives protection which is great, 2 – Blast finisher, 3- Immobilize, 4- knockback, 5- ring of warding, like staff 5 but a circle.
Scepter – 1- longest range so really only viable true range weapon as staff is limited on range, 2 – damage field, 3- immobilize, very good one.
So overall each weapon has it’s uses. For Damage you basically do GS and rotate it’s skills then swap to hammer or S/F for their auto attack.
But even if you have your choices on primary weapon having the full set of options is IMO beneficial.
I’ll swap my staff on to give swiftness or especially for Twilight Arbor as it just has so many benefits (more than many realize). AC spider area is also very nice to have a staff, makes poping the queen easy if you wanted to get her in one go.
When I am in support I’ll swap in a GS just for the pull at times.
Mace is great for that fire fractal boss.
I pull out Scepter if we range the dredge cart in SE (we usually don’t anymore), or if we range the last boss of HoTW (again we don’t usually anymore, i VERY rarely use scepter hehe).
My point being, don’t get stuck in one weapon when the utility of another would help the given situation. Remember your namesake, guardian, you aren’t one of the selfish DPS running full signets or something, you’re a guardian, your there for the skills you provide, the reflect walls, the stability, the lines of warding, the blinds, the swiftness, the aegis, the heals, the pulls, and then finally the damage =)
But, yeah GS + S/F is the main setup for damage, so the ones you’d roll with most of the time.
And staff for sure in WvW, i’ve tried other weapons, and while they’d be good outside of the zerg, I generally just play in the zerg usually
