Guild Wars 2

I’ve got a Guardian I putz around in for casual open world PVE play with the rare dungeon excursion. Currently my 6 armor pieces are Soldiers, my accessories are Berserker, and my Weapons are Berserker, my Runes are the ones that cleanse on Shouts, and my Sigils are Force and Strength.

Would Nomads gear be an improvement over my Soldiers or just keep my set up the way it is?

Nomads is the worst gear for pve. Keep your gear as is though I’d suggest replacing the runes with scholar or flame legion. Purging flames is generally enough cleanse needed as well as a fire field.

Unless you’re planning on being a tanky support kind of Guardian, you’re better off sticking with what you have.

dont use nomads, damage is better than pseudo support.

Only use nomad’s/sentinels if you want to be an immortal commander in WvW otherwise NEVER.

Nomads is fun if you want to literally squirt HP all over the place. Sure you can facetank a buffed camp supervisor without even using your heal but you hit like a wet noodle and can barely kill upscales alone. It is a pure support build. As such, its complete kitten in PvE. You cant get any worse than that.

Repeat after me “I am not a necro. I do not scale with Vitality. Vitality is only to prevent bursts”. Grab soldiers it has just as much sustain.
Also it gives more UMF to your attacks and it powers up your retaliation damage which your probably applying abit of to allies so its actually better SUPPORT than nomads since your buffs are stronger.
Also to the dude above me. I cant leave this unsaid. NOMADS IS NOT SUPPORT. NOMADS IS PURE TANK. Its not even the best stats for bunker (unless you are a necro)

stick with soldiers. you will enjoy the extra content in the same amount of time compared to nomads.

nomads is good for surviving, but not for defeating.

I run solider/zerker mix with a sprinkle of assassin for my guardian, and my base line power is 2400. Even with a lowly 35% crit damage boost, you still get decent damage output, but a massive increase in burst survivability.

I’ve found the “easy” sweet spot is around 2600-2700 armor and at least 14k health will buy you a couple seconds under fire…. the rest is build and skill timing. You can go higher, but you have to pay much closer attention to your stat balance, as less then 30% crit forces reliance on Fury, and less then 2200 power risks undercutting your DPS too much. Since food and consumables can get expensive, you can check for cheaper alternatives and try to shuffle them that way. Like instead of power food, use precision. Or have precision utilities and ferocity and or toughness food.