Guild Wars 2

To join in the praise! Really good work Eveningstar.6940! Don’t worry about the length. It actually inspired me to stop at certain points and go experiment with things ingame. Beyond that it was a nice read during work hours.

I can’t agree more about switching weapons and trying new ways to discover your own playstyle. I was stuck for a while in Greatsword / Scepter + Shield but right before reading the guide I discovered how awesome Mace + Torch is. Not to mention that in dungeons having diverse weapon choices available is invaluable. Fight is messy. Poof take out a hammer and start controlling a mob or two to ease pressure on your team. One suggestion I have for encouraging exploring new weapon combos is while leveling always to try using for a little while the highest available weapons that drop for you even if they are not your usual set up not just for stat gains but also for forcing yourself into figuring out the playstyle of the weapons you haven’t used much.

I also approve of this idea. I think guardians can use a bit more ranged variety.

Actually Guardians have plenty of weapon choices. It makes sense in my opinion that warriors have most diversity in available weapons. Elementalists and Necromancers have even less weapon choices as they compensate for it with specific class mechanics giving additional skill variation.