Guild Wars 2

I have a pretty simple question. I’ve been enjoying WvW for awhile now as a Warrior but I find that they aren’t the best for roaming. I want to be useful by myself as well as in zergs. I want a class that can roam pretty effectively by themselves or in small groups. So far I’m deciding between either a Thief or a Elementalist. Any thoughts? Thanks in advanced!

Thanks for your really detailed response. I appreciate all the explanation. I will definitely will have to try these suggestions out. Again appreciate the detailed and speedy response, this was exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

Explain to me how you exactly set up your own combo field. I’ve always realize that there was potential in doing so but never really got around to mastering it.

And is the condition damage really worth it? I heard a lot of negative opinions about condition damage. I for one use to “stance dance” a lot but when I started observing other Elementalists and reading forum posts I started doing it less and less.

By the way I absolutely love Arcane Wave.

I’ve been using staffs since I’ve hit 80 with my character. I thought it was the best choice for trying to do the most amount of damage while still being useful to a group. I mostly PvE and with a tad bit of WvW but I do prefer PvE over and sort of PvP.

My gear is mostly PPC with my accessories focusing on PVT. I’m currently specced at 30/30/5/5/0 which I recently just switch to after using 30/10/10/10/10. I found that survivability isn’t really an issue because I balance between offensive and defensive spells. My problem is the lack of damage I’m able to produce. I usually focus staying in Fire because it’s pretty much the biggest source of damage with generally short cool downs. I’ve notice that Fireball seems to have a rather large casting time and that really gets in the way of the true burst like DPS the staff should be able to bring.

My ultimate question is should I stay staff or should I switch? And if I stay staff is it not viable to mainly focus Fire and only use the other attunements when absolutely necessary. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond, I look forward to getting feedback!