Guild Wars 2

For some reason I’m having a heck of a time deciding on trait lines for my necro.

At first I was Soul Reaping, with Blood as my secondary. I figured necros can’t take much of a beating, so maybe I’d focus on buffing my survivability.

However, then I read that Blood sucks as far as healing, and it didn’t seem like it was doing much in practice.

So next I went with conditions: Spite and Curses. However, I’m wondering if these are really a good fit for my preferred weapons: dagger and staff? Or does it matter?

I’d consider Death for Minions, but I know from past MMOs that my minions will die in seconds in any PVP or dungeon… and with each minion death, I get weaker… typically not a good idea to bank large amounts of your power in minions, I’ve found.

So I don’t know; either I’m all over the place, or these trait lines are.

Does anyone have any “conventional wisdom” to impart here? Anything that is know to work really well, and anything to avoid at all costs? I’d love a guide that breaks it out in kitten and Jane-level terms; “If you want to do XX, use X trait line and X weapon” kind of thing. A baseline for me to start from at least…