Guild Wars 2

So since I’m borderline OCD with completing zones, I found myself accidentally leveling from 60’ish to 78 by completing two Norn zones while on my way to a level 62 mainstory quest (my Mesmer is a human).

…Which means I am nearing 80, and will have to start to seriously consider what kind of gear and runes I’ll be getting.

I’ve leveled with the Greatsword/staff shatter build until level 50’ish, at which point I went back to my prefered playstyle of Sword + Pistol / Staff. I run a 10/30/0/0/30 build. I’ve no clue if that’s something common, but it suits me and my own playstyle.

My build looks as follows:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcmmMc0MzManrmManrmax9Mxzmsazkq

I’m mostly just questing and exploring at the moment, running DE’s. I want to eventually get into WuW (not necessarily super competitive, as long as I don’t simply exist for the opponent to farm, I’m happy) and dungeons. Loving fractals so far, and would like to have a viable build for attempting even the higher level ones in time.

So I guess I’m saying I want to be able to do it all. Dungeons, PvP and solo-play.

Now, I’ve been using normal Zerker gear until now, but I’m not sure that the frailty will be forgiving as I enter Orr and PvP. As you can see, I have 3 utility skills which create ethereal fields (as well as Staff # 5, of course) so combo finishers and chaos armour’s a plenty. Can I rely on defensive and tactical staff play, as well as sword # 2 and # 3 to keep me alive? Or will level 80 areas, PvE and PvP be too unforgiving?

Should I go ahead and invest in Zerkergear as I inevitably aim for exotics? Or is there another suffix I should be aiming for, perhaps even mix it up a little bit?

Thankful for your comments and criticism. x)

Check out Osicat’s shatter cat guide. The build and weapons are similar if not exactly the same. I find it works well in any PvX encounters. Link below.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-WvWvW-Shatter-Cat-reworking

Why thank you.

I assume the first specc is the closest to what I’m using (though I only went 10 into Domination, going 30 into Duelling for Deceptive Evasion, and cooldown reductions on both pistol and sword. )

I went with 4/6 Zerker, 1/6 Valkyrie and 1/6 Knight – using the chestpiece for Knight as it’s better in terms of raw stats scaling.

Not sure whether it’s worth it to buy expensive runes for Masterwork gear, though. Not sure where to go in order to start grinding “real” gear…

Don’t put expensive runes on masterwork gear, save them for rare or exotic. There are plenty of guides out there but you have 4 choices for obtaining exotic gear: Orr Karma vendors (42k karma per piece), crafting (5 ectos plus t6 mats per piece), dungeon gear (180-330 tokens per piece), or just buying stuff from the TP. Find what pieces you want based on their stats and/or looks and start grinding!

Edit: Yes you can survive Orr with Beserker gear, Mesmer’s have stealth, blink, blur, etc. to completely avoid taking damage. It’s up to you though!

Today I ran Ascalonian Catacombs for the first time. Ran it three times in explorable mode; one for each path, and I can now purchase a piece of gear.

Seems like the most efficient way.

Make sure you use Omnomberry Bars for the increase in magic and gold find. You will walk out a lot richer, especially on AC runs.