Guild Wars 2

So I’m running a PS power warrior with a Greatsword as my main weapon, on swap I run mace/shield, but I was recently told that I’m using the wrong kind of weapons.

What should I have on swap instead of mace/shield
For fractals?
For open world?
For raiding?
For Dungeons?

I am not a Pver, but i think axe/mace is what PS power warrior runs.
for Open world u can run whatever u want. i go GS/hammer, because hammer is so much fun. and sometimes i change to duel axes because the damage is so nice, if u have to be ranged rifle is surprisingly good.

you shoud run cps for fractals
open world it doesnt rly matter,for meta events normal ps build,other than that,you can run whatever you like.
raiding is cps mostly
dungeons gs/sword warhorn usualy to get things rooling,with traited Quick Breathing it rly helps in most of the dungs.
and for the weapon swaping,if you are power ps,you basicly never wana swap from gs.

The most common would be:

Fractals
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield or Axe/Mace against trash

Dungeons
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield or Axe/Mace against trash
-Sword/Warhorn during skips, to blast stealth, etc.

Raids
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar

Open World
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield to cleave
-Sword/Warhorn for moblity
-Rifle to deal okeyish but safe damage

My best advise is to play and see for yourself. There are uses for about any weapon even if the ones above are the most efficient choices. Look at what you are fighting, look at your own party. I am not sure who told you to stop using Mace/Shield or if the situation called for it, since you didn’t mention that. However, it is certainly the most useful second weapon set for any Power PS.
In addition, get used to swapping weapons frequently outside of combat. Sword for the mobility, warhorn to buff and for the blast (might, stealth, etc.), torch for your own fire fields, etc.

Henry.5713:

The most common would be:

Fractals
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield or Axe/Mace against trash

Dungeons
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield or Axe/Mace against trash
-Sword/Warhorn during skips, to blast stealth, etc.

Raids
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar

Open World
-Mace/Shield against anything with a breakbar
-Axe/Shield to cleave
-Sword/Warhorn for moblity
-Rifle to deal okeyish but safe damage

My best advise is to play and see for yourself. There are uses for about any weapon even if the ones above are the most efficient choices. Look at what you are fighting, look at your own party. I am not sure who told you to stop using Mace/Shield or if the situation called for it, since you didn’t mention that. However, it is certainly the most useful second weapon set for any Power PS.
In addition, get used to swapping weapons frequently outside of combat. Sword for the mobility, warhorn to buff and for the blast (might, stealth, etc.), torch for your own fire fields, etc.

God bless you!
This is exactly what I was looking for.

Spadudios.1436:

So I’m running a PS power warrior with a Greatsword as my main weapon, on swap I run mace/shield, but I was recently told that I’m using the wrong kind of weapons.

What should I have on swap instead of mace/shield
For fractals?
For open world?
For raiding?
For Dungeons?

When playing in party composition power PS shouldn’t swap out of greatsword to maintain might stacks and optimal DPS, since you are traited to stacking might on critical hits with greatsword. That and the cooldowns are so low you would actually be losing DPS by swapping weapons.

You would only open with shield 4 to break bar, after that you just maintain dps rotation on greatsword. In a proper composition in fractals in which everybody knows what they are doing there is not one situation where swapping out of GS is beneficial.

In solo play I swap tactics for defence as I don’t have a party to provide might and need more sustain, and I take mace/shield for survivability and cc if needed.

The only time you would use different weapons in party composition would be when playing condition PS which is a completely different build.