Guild Wars 2

My warrior is my first character to level 80. I am in full exotic Knight’s armor with the Mystic Claymore and after exploring every PvE area to 100% I realized, to my horror, that I needed to explore the WvW areas as well. I’m a PvE player (on this character anyway) first and foremost so I have very little PvP experience. I went in there last night in spite of myself and died almost instantly to people who actually knew what the kitten they were doing. I know I’m a noob so you don’t need to remind me.

My question to you is this:

What build options do I have to survive long enough to roam/explore as well as get in on some battles? I don’t want to change my gear because it works very well in farming and dungeons but I am interested in utilizing my secondary weapon: the Rifle.

Thanks.

First you need to tell us what gear you are using. If you are a glass cannon build and you are refusing to change youre gear, theres nothing we can do to help you

“I am in full exotic Knight’s armor with the Mystic Claymore”

I know it would be daft to run into a WvW zerg without toughness and I think Knight’s works well in all situations so that shouldn’t be an issue.

Doing a little more research this build looks like what I’m going for:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Guide-to-Run-and-Gun-Build-for-WvW

Thoughts?

Sure give it a try and see if you like it. That build is run and gun, so you will need to change your playstyle somewhat to be successful with it. That build is mostly for zerging with other players. For 1v1 I think it would be good against rangers and some ranged professions and very very bad vs some others like thief’s guardians and other warriors because that build is all about shooting from safety and when things get though leaping away with a sword or blowing your horn and running.

If i could suggest something to you. Axe/shield and switch between GS and rifle and longbow when you need to.

The key for me is the “run” part. With the warhorn/sword combo I could pick the fights I want to (or don’t want to) be in. If I decide to fight it’d most likely be in a group setting. I’m looking for mobility while using a rifle to keep my distance. I’m just looking to get 100% map completion while getting a feel for WvW at the same time.