Guild Wars 2

I’m rolling a new mesmer, and I did some research, but I figured I’d get some advice from the forums. Right now I was thinking of going human mesmer using staff+sword/pistol, going for a high crit illusion based build. I was also thinking of going jeweler/chef because those sounded a little different from normal.

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/mesmer#5|0|2647|4090|4091|4357|8987|0|0|0|0|20|2209|1759|0|20|2220|2214|0|0|0|0|0|30|1775|2223|2228|0|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Anyways, I was wondering what I should know, any tricks or pitfalls for leveling up, if my build, race, weapons, and professions are good choices, and to get any general advice you might have. Thanks in advanced for the help.

OMG this is the best thing ever. had some troubles with my mesmer but this is gold. Love it..