Guild Wars 2

I’m returning to GW after a long absence. I played last just as Fractals was released. Evidently I’d only gotten up to level 6 when I stopped playing. I’m trying to find a build: when I played last I was running pools, staff (for marks), and scepter+dagger. My gear is all Exotic Rampagers (with Baelfire runes), except my trinkets which are all of the Knights. The few builds that I’ve looked up are requesting Bezerkers, should I change any new gear that I acquire to Bezerkers instead of Rampagers? I suppose I’m asking is the +Ferocity that much better than +condition damage?

Also what’s the next step in gear progression? Is it still Fractals?

Thanks for any and all help in my relearning how to play.

Berserker is usually better in group content because conditions are hard capped, so yup, taking berserker gear is much better. There’s a sticky just upper on this subforum with a guide for pve necro. Keep in mind necros aren’t in a great state for now, and they rely on teammates to deliver their dps. They are imo more suited for fractals because of the weakness spam and the overall tankiness with life force, but you may encounter people kicking you because of your class. The next gear progression is ascended, those require a good amount of farming and are more of a rich player thing. Sadly, you won’t get ascended drops in fractals even though it’s where it is useful. Well, you may have a drop, but the rewards are underwhelming and you will end up with something non optimal for your build, like a cleric helm.