Guild Wars 2

New to warrior, with a few questions.
1) Browsing the post your build thread, 90% use rifles rather then bows. Is there a reason for this?

2) I didn’t see anyone post an axe/axe build. Any suggestions for a good one (pve, mostly solo). Using mostly shouts/signets.

Thanks.

Alot of people use rifles over bows because of the #3 the big number looks cool to them and thats all they care about.
as for damage most warriors are direct damage not condition rifles attacks are adjusted for bleeds so in reality in a direct damage build you will get more damage out of the bow. the bows #3 can still do some massive crits and it’s AoE.

Most people don’t post axe/axe because they are belittled by the amount of people that use GS, gs is one of my favorites but it just doesnt do as much damage as the main hand axe. Again gs auto attack is adjusted for the vulnerability it causes,and for running around gs might be great, lots of movement the #2 spam etc, but the axe still attacks twice as fast and hits a little harder :/
As for axe off hand the #4 is a bust unless you have like 50% or more boon duration because 2 seconds of fury isnt alot even on the axe. the #5 is great for killing abjects and tagging alot of mobs though, how ever because of its cast time and relitivly low damage you can get more damage by just auto attacking.

hope that all helps

1) Rifles are better at single target damage. Bows are good for groups. PvP players will lean towards rifle due to increased projectile speed and better dps. Bow requires players to stand in the middle of the AoE to do good damage. That’s not going to happen.

2) Offhand axe is terrible. You could do better by adding anything else in that slot.

I believe his question leaned on the side of PvE, Making rifle well, lackluster, and Mobs will stand where I want them to XD.

1. Rifle is better single target damage. The longbow is 100% better at everything else though. I would only use the rifle if I was rolling a dedicated ranged warrior.

2. Axe Off hand is pretty terrible. Flashy, but still terrible.