Guild Wars 2

I’m stuck between using shouts or meditations in WvW. I want my guardian to be oriented towards group play rather than solo roaming because I feel like that’s where guardian shines. Both playstyles offer group support in some way but I can’t decide between the two.

When theorycrafting shout builds, I lack DPS. When theorycrafting meditations, I lack vitality. I have never really played a guardian seriously because I didn’t like any possible builds until lately.

This is what I was thinking of using on a meditation build

As for shouts, I want to use mace but of the little experience I have with it, I know how ineffective it is in WvW. The auto attack, mainly. I’m also not sure that everything considered… do shouts even offer better support than medi?

Shouts are better for group play definitely. For solo, I would go Medi. Are you looking to do group roaming or group zergs?

Skyline Crash.6254:

Shouts are better for group play definitely. For solo, I would go Medi. Are you looking to do group roaming or group zergs?

Group “zergs” but with my guild for the most part. In WvW that usually consists of like 10-15 people.

for group, shout / concecration is the way to go. for roaming, medi + whatever.

for group play i use shouts. For solo roaming medis (i dont really do much solo though)

There is a little subtle point here that is like to comment on.

Don’t try to make 1 build that does it all in wvw. You will simply end up with a mediocre build if you try to do so.

Make a roaming build and then make a zerging build. Have both builds ( armor, weapons, trinkets, utilities, traits) available in your inventory and ready to be swapped to at any point. If you feel like roaming, equip the roaming build. If you feel like zerging, equip the zerging build.

The way gw2 deals with a builds allows for such setup. There is NO COST to retraiting your specialization and you can carry the extra gear in your bags. That’s the way I’ve been doing it for the past year and it’s been working very well. It allows me to make specialized builds that I’m ready to swap to whenever needed. Burn guard, medi guard, zerg guard, healing guard, .. etc

x indigo x.6981:

There is a little subtle point here that is like to comment on.

Don’t try to make 1 build that does it all in wvw. You will simply end up with a mediocre build if you try to do so.

Make a roaming build and then make a zerging build. Have both builds ( armor, weapons, trinkets, utilities, traits) available in your inventory and ready to be swapped to at any point. If you feel like roaming, equip the roaming build. If you feel like zerging, equip the zerging build.

The way gw2 deals with a builds allows for such setup. There is NO COST to retraiting your specialization and you can carry the extra gear in your bags. That’s the way I’ve been doing it for the past year and it’s been working very well. It allows me to make specialized builds that I’m ready to swap to whenever needed. Burn guard, medi guard, zerg guard, healing guard, .. etc

+1, i carry quite a few diff sets of gear with me at all times. If solo i go medi. If zerging/havoc i go more support/shout orientated.

If full on ZERG and they want a staff guard i have that too.

Hoelbrak/Traveller rune gear, all easily swapped in less than a minute.

x indigo x.6981:

There is a little subtle point here that is like to comment on.

Don’t try to make 1 build that does it all in wvw. You will simply end up with a mediocre build if you try to do so.

Make a roaming build and then make a zerging build. Have both builds ( armor, weapons, trinkets, utilities, traits) available in your inventory and ready to be swapped to at any point. If you feel like roaming, equip the roaming build. If you feel like zerging, equip the zerging build.

The way gw2 deals with a builds allows for such setup. There is NO COST to retraiting your specialization and you can carry the extra gear in your bags. That’s the way I’ve been doing it for the past year and it’s been working very well. It allows me to make specialized builds that I’m ready to swap to whenever needed. Burn guard, medi guard, zerg guard, healing guard, .. etc

This is true, and most players regardless of “most” classes will carry lots of different gear and accessories to include food when in WvW. As you said, it is free.

However, the UI and system doesn’t really promote that play with build 1, 2, 3, or armor racks to match. So while yes, it is free it is very cumbersome and/or time consuming. I mean if we get left behind or asked / tasked to do something else and get jump’d we can’t really tell the opponent to say – WAIT! I need a few minutes to re-accessorize

I know you didn’t imply that…just saying though.