Guild Wars 2

I should mention first that I’ve been testing every class in the game to come up with a “fun” alt to play even though I FREAKING HATE leveling characters. I currently have an 80 Mesmer as my main (power, not that shatter stuff) and a D/D Ele which I no longer play (too darn many of them). I leveled up a Guardian to 33 and pretty much hate being only good for support in WvW. So, with that, I’ve been trying to level up a Warrior into a WvW sniper but crap if it sure isn’t boring as hell. Can you all please help figure this out some?

I’m using GS/Rifle as my weapon sets and it just feels really slow going. I had a fury Warrior from WoW that a blast to play because of the constant speed of the style. I LOVED played that character. So far, this hasn’t been all that exciting.

As I don’t know much about the other weapon sets or really how to level/play this class, I was hoping you all might be able to point me in the right direction? I’ve seen video’s of warriors on YouTube and they look like a ton of fun but I know I’m missing something.

Thanks for the help and I apologize if this thread doesn’t make much sense. 4-hours of sleep and a lack of caffeine will do that to you.

Well, from my experience, Leveling warrior isn’t going to be particularly exciting. Just equip Greatsord, Healing Signet, Dolyak Signet, Signet of Fury, Signet of Might, and Signet of Rage, Take the adept trait in Arms (I think) that gives you +40 prec per unused signet (you’re basically never going to use any of the signets except maybe SoR because swiftness) and at least 15 down Defense tree for “Adrenal health” minor trait, with this you can basically just walk around auto attacking things and pressing 2 even with high level mobs. Please do note unless the patch on the 30th changes a lot of things, the signet master warrior loses effectiveness around 60-80 because the bonus precision isnt worth your utilities, so switch it up around there.

Thanks Chai! This really helps.

So just brainstorming here: what are the big strengths of the pvp warrior right now?

1) Burst damage (GS, Rifle)
2) CC (hammer, mace, shield, LB)
3) Mobility (GS, sword, WH)
4) Offensive support (shouts, WH, banners, LB fire combos)

So rifle is a valid wvw burst damage option, although I feel you miss out in many situations due to lack of aoe. Also, as a leveling warrior with lower than average stats, your burst capability is probably low. That’s probably what’s holding you back.

I’d consider either switching to a cc role like hammer (just make sure you keep some mobility with either GS or sword as your off-set weapon), or maybe more of a support dps role. Both of those are going to be effective in a group only though.

Try Axe/Greatsword and leave rifle for tough bosses, it’s faster and more dynamic. You could also use a longbow which is pretty fun against large pack of mobs.

Double axe and longbow for DE farming or events is really good with adrenaline gain traits. Doesn’t get much easier than that for lvling.

Double axe, LB, and duel swords! Looks like I’m going to have a ton of fun finding what I like to play. I saw a video today of a Warrior using duel swords + GS combined with a high crit build in WvW and it was really fun to watch him take down even a well geared D/D ele. Goes to show, knowledge of one’s own class beats out all the time.