Hello. You’re new, and you have 1,001 things to learn already, so here’s a build that reduces your learning load to weapon skills, dodges and burst skills.
Core: Sword/Warhorn.
Sword 1 will work adequately with any damage stat you throw at it, so less worries about what armor you pick up. It hits multiple enemies and bleeds them.
Sword 2 is a great intro to gap-closers and using them for map travel.
Sword 3 is a cripple, reserve this to use just before swapping to a kiting weapon
Horn 4 gives you 10s swift on a 20s cd, letting you roam the world or get out of a bad situation.
Horn 5 is 6 seconds of AoE weakness, which is VERY nice when fighting lots of lowbie mobs. And the vigor gives you more dodges, which you need to learn.
Burst skill: An enormous amount of AoE bleeds over a very short time. You can use it at any adrenaline level and it will perform well.
Other weapon: Any. You’re learning, right? And the sword/warhorn setup can be used as your alternate/travel set while you learn the other weapons.
Equipment: This build is chosen to work with any stats. Condition damage is VERY nice for the sword, but not for most other weapons. Best to focus on power.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQBES6y9BPjfAAVoqTBoUFsD;TwAg0ynEOJdS9kyJqsMZJyymlLLZWA
Go for Deep cuts first, learn when to use signets and when to let them be. You could go for signet mastery next or embrace the pain. After you outgrow this strategy, discard it for another one that’s more appropriate now that you know the game well enough.
Recommended crafting: Jeweler (armor drops often at low levels, rings/etc do not), Armorsmith(making your own bags is important early). Keep your sword/warhorn current by upgrading from karma vendors if drops are too rare, your alternate weapon should be whatever you have that’s most powerful, except keep a rifle or bow in your inventory at all times.
Hope this helps, and remember… it gets better =)
