Guild Wars 2

At first, and to a degree I still do, love the power that comes from the generic signets with Deep Strike build that makes Hundred Blades mow down anything and everything. However, at around lvl26 it’s become rather stale. I’ve had Axe/Warhorn as my swap set for movement speed and a bit of variety. I just don’t feel like I’m learning the class well at all with just passive utilities and one ability I’m meant to maim every enemy with.

Would any of you happen to use or know of a different way I could level and have more utility options available? I’m not fixated on blowing through the content, so killing things at the speed of light isn’t needed. I had tried going Mace/Shield and Hammer but the third AA on Mace felt too slow and going into the Toughness/HealingPower trait line took away a bit too much of my kill potential, I think.

Aside from Signets, you’re left with just Banners, Shouts, Stances and Physicals. I would recommend you try out shouts. FGJ is super popular; as well as SiO and OMM. Additionally, Fear Me is a fantastic “oh crap” button.

As far as weapon choice, it’s so personal that it’s difficult to say. If you want to play with condis, you can try Sword/X and Longbow; those also work well in power builds.

Maybe revisit the Hammer but don’t go so deep into the Defense tree.

If you decide to go with shouts, 30 points into Tactics can get you healing shouts, but you can also take Empowered/Empower Allies/Desperate Power in your Adept and Master slots so your damage isn’t terribly handicapped. Also, Inspiring Shouts in the Discipline tree can help you generate some extra Adrenaline for managing our mechanic.