Guild Wars 2

Looking around I see several builds that recommend using GS for leveling / farming (http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Warrior_-_The_Gatherer, http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Warrior_-_PvE_Chuck_Norris) , but I have also found several guides that recommend Axe / Mace (http://intothemists.com/guides/1441-simple_warrior_leveling_guide, http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Warrior_-_Dual-Axe/GS_Farmer), are either of these weapons equally useful for leveling a new character, or is there an aspect of using one or the other that I am missing 9especially for lower levels)?

If lower levels means too low for Warrior’s Sprint (Discipline Trait III) then Axe / Warhorn for swiftness.

Anything but rifle should be good enough. Whatever you enjoy most will be best. I liked Axe5 so I played GS + axe/axe for instance. Sometimes I swapped axes for longbow when i wanted to pew pew. But GS should pretty much be fixed.

Op original question, the answer is yes.

I use almost always use sword/warhorn and gs just because of the swiftness and e kinda spamable leaps.

sometimes i switch gs for axe/shield

just go sword/warhorn + gs so you can have tons of swiftness, an extra leap and the gs mobility

when you fight just use gs when you run around switch between the two so you can move around quicker

Wonderful advice! Thanks All!