I’m kind of new at the whole PvP thing, I played GW2 a bit around launch but didn’t stick to it, and just recently came back. So I went to the heart of the mists and tried “practicing” against the class practice mobs there. And I generally got owned very quickly. Only a couple of clean wins, lots of both me and the mob fighting from downed, but mostly just dying in a matter of a few seconds.
I couldn’t figure out exactly how things were killing me until I went up against the Elementalist. In the combat log, my vapor blade hit him for 185. His hit me for 1780-ish. I’m getting the same with other attacks like lightning whip. I’m hitting for the same amount I do when I’m in level-appropriate PvE. But my health is scaled to 17k.
I can’t figure out why the big discrepancy. I’m level 47, D/D Ele. PvP build: Celestial amulet, rune of strength, sigil of renewal, sigil of battle. Is there some gearing or something I’m missing? I thought weapons and armor were normalized.