Guild Wars 2

Paul.2745:

Well, I just got 80 yesterday and all my gear is green quality level 80 gear. I play a guardian and I am specced 20/30/0/0/20.

I was fighting one person for about 5 seconds , until a second person came in and finished me off and this didn’t matter because I was almost dead anyway. I don’t have any higher tier of gear (exotic, I think? Nor do I know where to get it), so I didn’t expect to dominate or be super powerful right off the bat, but I thought I would at least have a fighting chance.

I only compared it to WoW PvP in the sense that it seems to be very gear dependent.

There have been a lot of good suggestions already here. I play a guardian as my main as well and I have a similar build as you.

You’re not too bad off, but there is a relative disadvantage in your gear. Most players in WvW are going to be running Exotic gear. (Especially in the Eternal Battlegrounds.) In a fair fight that little boost from the better gear will usually be enough to hand your opponent the win. I would recommend running some dungeons so that you can get tokens. You can then purchase Exotic gear from vendors in Lion’s Arch. A little time-consuming yes, but nothing too difficult.

As someone else mentioned, your build is something of a glass cannon. Good for causing damage, not for taking it. I would definitely recommend you find friends or a zerg to join. Unless you change your traits for a more “Tanky” build your greatest strength is going to be in causing damage with others to back you up in defense.

Don’t give up just cause your first experience wasn’t optimal. Every good player has to figure out what their strengths and weaknesses are and that takes time.