How to be a frontline warrior in WvW
1) Absorb hits (you stay stacked and tight for a reason, mitigation)
2) Dish out hits (concentrated DPS generates downs)
3) Follow your commanders calls, mostly when he shouts for you to dump your CC
4) Don’t go down
5) Be on comms
I’ve not been in WvW for a long time. Find yourself a good WvW guild and ask your commander what he wants you to do.