Guild Wars 2

I got my first character (warrior) to lv 80 a week or so ago and still havent really gotten a feel for the game but after reading the forum and seeing the common advice to get a P/V/T set I found that I could afford 4 pieces of the Armageddon set so I went ahead and purchased it.

I play in a guild with friends who arent nearly as active (we migrated from TERA together) and the closest friend is still hovering around lvl 50 so I’ve been more playing around with gear, reading forums and doing open world stuff but have been wanting to atleast understand more group enviroment stuff.

I was hoping for advice on how to set up my S/V/T gear, I would at some point like to atleast understand the basics for tanking in this game as it seems different then other games I’ve played so rune suggestions would be appreciated.

Also I’m curious how defensive minded I should be if I decide to tank, should I be looking to max Vitality and Toughness or does it hit a point where it doesn’t scale as well or a different stat needs to be focused on like power or healing.

I am working on getting my weaponsmithing to 500 so I’ve thought about making myself a mace/shield with the knight stat (P/P/T) but if someone has a recommendation on a better craftable stat set I’d be happy to hear it.

Also if there is some place where tanking is discussed I would love to be directed to it, I searched the warrior forum and didn’t really find much information.

There is no tanking in this game.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Aggro

Are you planning on PvE or WvW? A lot depends on what you will spend most of your time doing, and whether you run around solo or in groups. It looks like you want to be tanky, so you will probably want to focus on a support/utility role. This is much better suited to groups, just to let you know. You mention doing open world stuff, which can still involve groups of people (whether they are grouped with you or not). I run a tank build and love it. I mostly run in WvW with groups of people.

A little more detail would help us to answer your questions better.