Guild Wars 2

I’ve just started playing again after an absence of about a year.

One of my few exotics was Delusion, a staff that used to come with a Magic Find boost, so I get to pick its stats now, and I’m torn.

Berserker gear is almost always the most expensive, so it seems almost foolish to choose anything else, and til now my Mesmer has been mostly a glass cannon. But for a staff build I want to start learning to play a little more defensively.

Does it makes sense at all to have a Staff that tilts toward defensive stats, a GS that tilts toward offensive stats, and armor that sits somewhere in the middle?

I had thought of this setup:

Rabid Armor: Condition with Precision and Toughness
Rampager Greatsword: Precision with Power and Condition
Dire Staff: Condition with Toughness and Vitality

Is this totally dumb? I use my Mesmer mostly for WvW.

Sounds like you’re looking at build something like PU – condi-based with high toughness. PU, itself, will be taking a hit in this next big patch. If you’d like to practice with staff feel free to pm me in game, that way you can get a feel for what kind of build you’d like to go with. That will be the deciding factor in the armor/weapon stats you will want settle on.

gs is not really a good weapon for condi builds