Guild Wars 2

Trick question, of course I am. Just coming back to the game after a very long hiatus (like since just after launch). Working on leveling a Necro and am wondering about weapon choice. All the guides I’ve seen say MH dagger is the best option. I just find I’m not a huge fan of the spells associated with dagger. I much prefer the staff spells (i.e. ranged attacks). My questions is can just using the staff be viable for leveling and the odd group? How dramatically is it going to effect/slow my leveling?

For leveling do anything you want, try as many things as possible, use all the weaps and the minions and the deathshroud:)
Edge of the Mist event farm, Exploring Maps and doing events in pve will give you primarily exp, not the rate you kill stuff. You get exp and credit for an event if you hit a mob couple of times, and even if you do very bad damage, there are always people around to help you complete the event

Yeah for leveling staff is fine. It’s more of a support hybrid weapon though. Might I suggest giving axe focus a try. You still get a good amount of range (600) and the damage and other skills are much better in a group situation.

Unless you don’t run dungeons with LFG pug groups, it will be okay and nobody is gonna say you do things wrong, so don’t worry.

Quoting Sinatra ; “……and I did it myyyy waaayyyyyy”

Thanks for the feedback!