Guild Wars 2

Hello all,

New to the game, just hit 80 with my first character and I am not sure what gear I should be aiming for. So far I am doing PvE and I would like to do Dungeons next.

I saw that either the Travelers or Scholar Runes is what I should be using. But I need suggestions for the armor. Lots of YouTube guides from 1-2 years ago, but they seem to talk about top tier gear… I need something maybe mid-level that I could attain first, then shoot for the top tier? All suggestions welcome.

Also, should I master Armor smith, weapon smith or chef first?

I try to do 4-6 daily bosses and still have 60% of the world to explore…

It honestly depends on how good you are at staying alive. I only run Beserker Armor on my Guardian in PvE. Guardians have plenty of defenseive options to make sure they don’t go down easily. Knights is a good set of training gear with Beserker accessories.

Scholars is the run of choice if you can stay above 90% Flame Legion runes if you can’t.

The meta builds are changing but you can still find good info here in the sticky section.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-Playing-Guardian-in-Dungeons/first#content

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_GS_Sword/Focus/Torch

Come Tuesday this is all gonna change, at least the builds. Probably gonna be hammer or Greatsword/Mace Focus for damage rotations.

Grab some sinister gear and trait for burning. That is highly supported with the new update. Whatever you do don’t grab a 1h sword

If you want mid level stuff just get exotic while you work toward ascended. Get berserker gear. Scholar runes are best but flame legion are a good cheap alternative. Night and force for sigils if you want 1 set to start. Get gs, mace, focus, and torch. Scepter is good for niche things so get that last. Get a hammer if you want more survival and use it instead of gs but you will lose out on some damage. Do armor and weapon crafts if anything.

as he is a new player we might as well say him how to get the gear. i recommend you to do citadel of flames p1 (and p2 if u want) daily to get tokens. in lions arch u can buy berserker (power precision ferocity) armor and weapons from the citadel of flame trader near the fractals of the mist portal. for trinkets i recommend u get an exotic backpiece made via armor smithing its a level 78 exotic with only 3 stat points lower than an ascended if u put an "embellished brilliant ruby jewel" in it. i advice u to level armor smith (and weapon smith) with a guide from http://gw2crafts.net/ so u dont waste ur money. ascended accessorys can be bought for 12 guild commendations (u get them from guild missions) at the guild commendation trader in lions arch. when u want to buy 2 berzerker (power precision ferocity) pieces watch out to buy the 2 with different names as u cannot wear 2 of the same unique item. ascended rings can be gotten from fractals (buy 2 different one aswell) and u can get ur ascended amulet from a laurel merchant in any major city for 30 laurels. i recommend u to take one with an utility slot. for runes as already said scholar of youre good and have the money. flame legion is a good cheap alternative. i know this is a lot of information and a few things might change with the patch tomorrow. have fun

hmm…

want to live and help everyone else more? clerics
want to kill stuff faster? zerkers
want to do both? zealots (super expensive tho )

It depends on what you want to trait in imho. My guard runs a mix of soldiers (wvw) and knights and is based on a tweaked aulteristc healing spec (this will probably change come Tuesday as a heads up). All my stuff is exotic with the exception of trinkets (ascended and bought using laurels). I use a full set of traveller runes, staff (3), & GS (3) just to improve speed since guards are so freakin slow. As for sigils again it will depend on what you want your guard to do → healing, support, dps etc

That said I highly recommend waiting out till the Tuesday patch goes in as it’s going to toss the current meta on its head =p Once the new trait changes go live you’ll be able to better gauge what gear you will want to run based off your play style.