Guild Wars 2

Hey guys.

I’ve just bought the game and started levelling a necromancer. Really enjoying the game and my class . Im level 20 right now and I would like to ask a question that I havent able to find a decent answer for it.

A lot of people are talking about getting power is better then condition damage, my two question following to this statements are ;

1)When does Condition damage becomes better then Power (Level-wise) (For condition necromancer)

2)For example at level 20, what changes if I change my whole gear from condition damage to power, will I get a huge DPS buff ?

Thanks for your help

Regards
Owea

At level 20, the most notable change in stats comes from the 10 trait points you spend. Armor and weapons do matter, but not as much (I always mix it up. It’s easy to do with crafting.) Most of all I just wouldn’t worry about maxing damage output just yet, you can do that at level 80. Buffing either condition damage or raw damage works fine, and there are nice traits you can pick to compliment whichever path you choose.

Just remember that nothing is permanent, and it’s really cheap to retrain your traits at the people that sell your trait manuals (pick the option “I’d like to retrain my traits”) so you can try a whole bunch of things.

I wouldn’t recommend using a condition necromancer until at least 60. At low levels, conditions tend to scale horribly, and it is much better to just go with power. At 60 is when you get all of the grandmaster traits, and it is also when you get gear that gives enough stats to make conditions truly matter.

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

I wouldn’t recommend using a condition necromancer until at least 60. At low levels, conditions tend to scale horribly, and it is much better to just go with power. At 60 is when you get all of the grandmaster traits, and it is also when you get gear that gives enough stats to make conditions truly matter.

Granted, condition damage might not scale as well as direct damage does (“horribly” is a strong word), but is there any content in the game where that truly matters? I wouldn’t wait until level 60 to try out a condition build, by then it’s not as cheap to change gear anymore. You are in no way useless as a condition necromancer at low level.

At low levels, the difference is pretty negligible. Run what you want, they’ll both work fine for leveling up. Or try them both and see which you like more!

Well thanks for fast replies guys .)

It has been my first week at GW2, beside then loving the game loved the community. I’ve already bought level 20 set with condition damage with all of my silvers. I’ll try Axe&Focus with power build in next set change.

I havent got time to read and learn about crafting, will check on that too.

Thank you so much guys .)

Regards
Owea

as far as crafting goes I would recommend having a look at that. You can get about 10 levels maxing out a crafting discipline. I took Artificer to craft my own staff’s/scepters. also you can craft tuning crystals which are condition dmg consumables. I took tailor as well to craft our light armor as I level. Fairly new to the game myself. As far as condition damage goes I am enjoying focusing on using that as I level up. good luck

I recommend a blend of basic stats so you are not too squishy. Don’t worry about critical hit, though, because you will not have enough precision to use it well until you approach L80. Power and condition damage (if you can find any at L20) are good stats along with healing toughness and vitality