Guild Wars 2

I will admit, that I have been doing decent since I joined a while ago, however, now that I am in the upper levels (66 and counting), I want to start exploring other aspects of the game, such as PvP and WvW. I primarily use a drake/longbow combo, and then dance around with a sword and dagger when things start to get a little rocky… But that has all been in PvE and events like Teq.
Are there any skills and traits that I need to equip that would better compliment this? Or do I need an entirely new build?

I will admit, I hate greatsword. It’s too slow for my taste despite the big damage.

Thanks!

I think every weapon has a place and purpose. Stay in PvE until you get to 80 and try them all out. Practice staying alive with swords only, bows only, conditions only, max damage only, etc. then you’ll have an advantage. Human intelligence is much more formidable than the AI. Many of the weapons and skills that seem useless against underwhelming PVE opponents may be life savers against other players. A few of the skills are completely useless, as well. I am sure you’ll find those…ahem. Search And Rescue…

Joining WvW as a <80 will be unpleasant, but you can hop in to PvP right now. I recommend a tanky condi build at least to start with, since condi is mostly about fighting in a very small space (on the cap point.) Berserker longbow is a bit of a gimmick for conquest, and paints a giant target on your butt.

This is what I’m currently using. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQRAsf3YjEqUxaLL+rQ1aADhqdLEsVNrAwdN8CXdBraA-TZhHwAAOCAjfAABOJAg2fwYZAA

Not much else to say, hop in and see how it goes.

Beserker LB/Power Ranger in SPvP

seems to work for a lot of folks.

Of course if you want to be different than the probable 70-80% of Rangers nowadays, a tanky condi build would be good. Other than that just get in there and try and play and find your way to play which makes you more comfortable.

If you want to catch up on builds use metabattle

You can find viable builds for every content type, especially PvP.