Guild Wars 2

I only really have one toon and it’s a warrior. This is my first MMO that I have really ever played so I am not really good at knowing what traits/skills/armor/so on, to equip and run to make a really good build. I only play pve/dungeons, no wvw or pvp. My current build is a build that has evolved slowly over time just changing stuff on my own and messing around. I know it isn’t a real great or optimal build, just the skills and weapons I like to use personally.

So, the build is Knight’s armor (PPT), Longbow/Axe+sword and 20/30/20/0/0. Most of my sigil’s are just random stuff that I found along the way. I know it may be considered “noob” to run the skills I use, but meh I don’t know any better and that’s why I am asking here in part. I run, Signet of stamina, Signet of Might and Banner of defense (mostly so I can use it to run faster). And for my elite I run the offensive golem or I will possibly switch to battle standard in dungeons.

So, several questions:

1. I want to better equip my build for what I do (pve). I don’t really want to change from knight’s armor in large part because of the cost of new armor unless it really would make the build that much better (I know zerker is the most popular)?

2. I could use some real help improving my sigil’s on both my armor and weapons. I want to change them all considering they are a hodge podge of uselessness atm.

3. I chose the weapons I run because I like the skills, but I don’t think I have never heard anyone say they run axe+sword. Is that considered “wrong”? I guess I could go Longbow/GS like everyone else?

4. What skills should I be running to be most effective?

The biggest thing for me is the lack of experience in MMO’s and understanding what I should be running to make a better build. I can only go so far by changing things on my own and I feel like I am at that point, so here I am to ask you guys/gals.

Thanks

1. imo knights is the best gear for solo pve, zerker shines in dungeons and groups
2. blood, fire, bloodlust, force and accuracy are normally used for pve warrs
3. mainhand axe is a good weapon for pve; offhand sword doesnt synergise well with it though (on the flip side MH sword and offhand axe synergise brilliantly), longbow is good due to its aoe ranged capabilities (and the ranged trait projectile finisher is underrated in field heavy dungeon comps)
4. for dungeons; the favoured banner is discipline (+prec +critdamg), for great justice and shake it off are almost always solid choices, signet of stamina is nice for when you have to dodge often (but shake it off is better otherwise), endure pain and balanced stance also have their place in certain encounters… others are more build orientated imo… (but dont go 5sig warr in dungeons), as a general rule its always best to keep a cleanse and stunbreaker on your bar (luckily shake it off functions as both)

-though im not pro so; salt and stuff

Check out the gw2 guru warrior pve thread. They have lots of builds and research done there about pve.

Warrior and PvE is already easy mode , no matter what build you go for.

i suggest full magic find gear + GS Might build

this what i run for PvE
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|1.1l.h7|7.1l.9e.7.1l.9e|1l.71n.1l.71n.1l.71n.1l.71n.1l.71n.1l.71m|410.d1g.210.0.310.0.210.0.310.0.1q.65|k59.k5a.k68.0.a6|1.7|5y.69.6e.6b.6m|e

you still hit like a truck + better drops.

Yeah I know warrior is easy mode in pve, but I still want to improve my build. It’s the only high level toon I have!

So, I like the idea of keeping my knight armor and adding magic find ruins to improve drops. I see the Superior ruin of the pirate and the Superior ruin of the traveler does almost the same thing. The pirate sigil’s cost 40 some silver and the traveler is around 1.5 gold but it gives you +5% movement speed with the 6th one. Would that make a noticeable difference? The only thing I don’t like about the warrior is the slow move speed, but not sure 5% is worth that much extra money?

Knights + 5 pirate + 1 traveler. Slow move speed? Ditch the longbow and get a zerker GS, the axe is fine get another axe for the off hand so you can spin to tag more mobs for farming events.

You only need to do 25 in arms really. just for the 10% damage to bleeding mobs.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|a5.p3a.f2.0.k36|0.0|0.0.0.0.0|e