Then your questions are a little over zealous to be honest.
Elite specs (as they are named) are only for level 80 play. Until then you don’t need to think about them.
As a level 1 you will be going through the personal story and doing open world content.
Personal story rewards you with enough gear to sustain you through the leveling process but if you want to check the vendors too that is an option.
I recommend Soldiers stats gear (Power Toughness Vitality) as that will keep you alive as you learn to play the game and not destroy your dps as at low levels only power matters.
The key part is utilities while I do not encourage ignoring specific utilities(you should try whatever you like) I do recommend focusing on swiftness, therefore shouts are your best friend. Really just buy what you want but here is a guide if you want it:
I recommend using a Staff for swiftness and a Greatsword for killing(it is the only weapon we really need) as for skills I recommend going Meditations up to Judges Intervention, then shouts to get Retreat and Save Yourselves! for 100% uptime on swiftness.
Then once you start unlocking traits, maybe Honor first as that that gives more survivability options and also has reduced cooldown on staff and shouts meaning you get one more utility slot back for whatever you want.
As for preparing for hitting 80 I recommend you practice dodging a lot, if you can keep yourself above 90% constantly then you are ready for meta builds.
If you do not like PvP still do some to get a few rewards from a dungeon track to get all your lvl 80 Exotic Weapons ready.
And do some WvW(I recommend Edge of the Mists) as exploring different aspects of the game is good, and if you have over 1000 Badges of Honor(really not more than a few hours of work, and good exp gains during it) when you hit 80 you can get a full lvl 80 Exotic Armor set which is all you need to start endgame.
By 80 you should have an idea of how you want to play I believe with this method you should be able to choose Soldiers, Knights, Zerker or Cleric. Besides that you would probably have to pay higher money for fancy sets like Celestial or Sinister or Zealots or Marauder or Sentinal so don’t forget that you can mix gear as well for your own balance.
Hope that helps!
