Guild Wars 2

Hi, yesterday I have leveled my first char to level 80 and I am looking for some ground marks what to aim for now. My letherworking is cca. 200 (other proffessions are 1 or huntsman 50). I have done CoF and TA story modes and I like sword+axe/shortbow with 20/20/0/0/30

I would like to get some groundmarks on which traits, gear combos, farming tips, what to aim at early after hitting 80 … what utility combos work fine with the upper build and any useful tips in general concerning the ranger class.
Thank you all for your time.

(P.S. is a 30/10/0/0/30 signet build with damage focused on pet for PvE, madness?)

Hiho Crnicelad.5924,
since I leveled to 80 about 2 weeks ago and got some nice infos from my guild I want to share them with you.
First what to aim for : nice looking armor / weapons … or in other words exotic / legendary shinys. What exactly you should seek for you can choose yourself… when you like close combat more focus on thoughness / vitality .. and so on. What exact armor /weapon you should try to get is your personal choice since where would be the fun if you dont figure things out yourself. XD

Second, farm money.. an easy way I found for myself farm alpine minotaurs or do the Orr-events. Alpine Minotaur often drops vials of blood you can sell for a good price. And Orr-events to get rare items to mystic forge them.

Third , focus on your own nice build. I have a build similar to yours (20/20/0/0/30) just with sb / ax/horn … and works perfectly in PVE especialy since I change weapons pretty often. For your skills try to get every skill as soon as possible and try them out all… with time you find your personal preference for your specific playstyle. And for your traits.. since a skill reset isnt that expensive just try out different builds. My hint for that… choose 1 Mastertrait and build around that. So you may discover even new builds no one has ever seen. (got 2 pretty cool builds this way myself no one uses )

As tips for your build… healing spring + combo finisher / sb + QZ.
And while you are in close combat fight try out a ranged pet… you drive every boss crazy with it XD

For PvE madness… focus on AOE skills, or get piercing arrows and use sb + spirits.
So good luck and have fun.

greetings from Kayn.

For PvE “madness” you need good AOE. Pets are very limited.

You can try Greatsword/Longbow with power/toughness/healing to endure close combat.

Cats, even with 0 beastmastery, deal a lot of single targeted damage already.