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Hiya! I play EST weeknight evenings, looking for a fun team! I’m currently only rank 7, but I have competitive experience in several other games of varying genres including MMO. I currently play a Hammer / Staff control/support Guardian and am just starting into a confusion Mesmer and traps Ranger, but I’m open to trying any spec and any class a team needs – I learn quickly! Hit me up if you’re interested!
Hi! I’ve only been healing for a couple weeks, but I’ll give you my two cents on your build drawing from my limited experience. You’re correct that Writs of Exaltation and Merciful are pretty integral to Guardian healing with a mace, but I’m also a very big fan of going 30 points into honor for Writ of Persistence. We really have most of our heals from symbols. With regards to Altruistic Healing, I’ve found that I’m usually not the one most in need of healing, as I a) have my shield and b) spend the most time within my symbols. I’ll respec to AH tomorrow night to see how it feels out of curiosity. I would also replace Stand Your Ground with Hold the Line as you get healing out of it, unless you’re doing a fight with a lot of knock-downs you need to avoid.
The one issue that I’ve had is that in fights that involve a lot of mobility or less healing, more dps, I’ve felt pretty useless. I just made a new build last night that I’ve only tested once, but it attempts to leverage a bit more dps using a hammer / staff instead of the standard mace&shield / staff on fights where I need the dps boost (the last boss of AC p2 comes to mind). I’ve linked it below, very open to thoughts and critiques. As for gear, I’m still working on it but going to run 3 monks 3 water.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNApeWlcgyDnFyMEmIFRuArCAsmR8mH2DN6xPC
I’m planning to switch between Blind Exposure and Signet Mastery depending on whether the fight calls for more dps or self-heals (I would use Signet of Resolve instead of Healing Breeze when using Signet Mastery). My first skill slot is fight-dependent. Sanctuary is pretty useless if everyone’s constantly moving, so I’d replace it with Wall of Reflection for a projectile fight or Merciful Intervention for anything else.
Who knows, the points in Zeal may not be worth the survivability loss from no points in Valor.