People seem to play their classes in 2 ways. Either playing to be as efficient as possible or playing the way they see most fun regardless the efficiency.
I fall into the latter category. From the beginning I found D/D being the most fun because, well, you cant have too much daggers, ever. Later I found I really need a ranged weapon and chose P/P because Unload is fun skill(I always run around spamming 3 x).
I sometimes get yelled that my choice of weapons suck and some “builds” would be more efficient. But why would I play something I dont find equally fun?
I dont even know kitten about traits or gear stats. All Ascended gear I use is because I find the name of the item important( for example Gwen’s Necklace).
So how do you play?