Guild Wars 2

Title is the bulk of my question. I usually just run around with the same build as I’d use in fractals (I don’t raid), but it kinda bums me that I lose out on 2 of my utility skills for banners that I’ll rarely use unless I run into a big mob or event (which can also be made useless if it’s an event that moves). So I’m curious what everyone runs for their daily open world shenanigans. Usually I’m running GS+Sword/WH with a longbow I usually swap out too, or a mace/shield when an event/mob needs CC.

Personally, it depends on what I’m doing at the time. Note: you need HoT for my more DPS-oriented build.
Gathering Build
Weps: GS/ sword-WH
Armor: doesn’t matter
Traits: Nothing really matters, other than Warrior’s Sprint. Some stuff that might be helpful are Dogged March, and Death From Above.
Ut. Skills: Frenzy, Bull’s Charge, and Balanced Stance.
El. Skill: Signet of Rage.
DPS Condi build (note: I think it’s originally Nike’s, but I’ve changed some stuff)
Weps: GS or LB/ sword-torch. I don’t use too many dps-oriented sigils, but Air, Accuracy, and Force are always really nice
Armor: Viper’s with Balth or Strength runes.
Traits:
Arms: Berserker’s Fury, Blademaster, and Furious.
Tactics: doesn’t matter but I usually use Empowered, Burning Arrows, and PS.
Berserker: Last Blaze, all of the Master ones are nice but I usually use Dead or Alive for a bit more health in solo stuff, and King of Fires.

Alright, let the mockery begin….

Armor: Ascended celestial
Runes: Divinity
Weapons: Ascended celestial Sw/mace + Sw/sw (or Rifle when I need ranged)
Sigils: Purity + Water ..or.. Generosity + Blood (I can’t remember)
Trinkets: You guessed it, ascended celestial. :P
Trait lines: Arms/Defense/Discipline
Healing: Healing Signet
Utility: Shake It Off / Banner of Tactics / Signet of Might
Elite: Signet of Rage

/flameshieldon

~EW

edit: I’m a jack-of-all-trades and master of none, I can switch out to any weapons/traits/skills as I see fit for whatever challenge I must face…. I don’t do as much damage as glass-cannon builds, but I have way more survivability than they do… I can solidly handle nearly anything the open-world can throw at me. Celestial rocks.

I usually run the same build as in instanced content because I’m too lazy to switch out traits. Usually there are some other people around that will benefit from phalanx. However if I’m solo and feeling selfish I’ll sometimes switch out tactics for discipline or defense. Discipline gives you fast hands which is great for breaking with mace/shield and then switching back to gs. Defense gives you automatic endure pain and balanced stance which let’s you pay less attention.

I will switch out the banners though. If in HoT, I’ll use endure pain and shake it off or outrage. Outrage functions as a stunbreak that will work as you’re flying around bloodstone fen. In vanilla zones I’ll usually run fgj for fury and balanced stance for swiftness/stunbreak.

I usually run the full (nearly) signet build with GS/Rifle for in-between events then switch to PS w/ Banners for the Meta’s. I swap out rifle and use mace/shield for breaking too.