Hi,
Just wondering if I could get some advice with regard to where I would be best served honing my skills. I’ve currently got 400ish hours on the game, but would still readily admit that I’m far from mega-capable in either single-player or team PvX. GW2 is, admittedly, not only my first MMO but my first real PC game; up to now I’ve been far more of a console hound. Even so, in spite of my hour count, I feel like I still need to work on my builds and talents so I can contribute more effectively to guild and team play.
Generally speaking, would it be PvE or PvP (WvW inclusive) that could be recommended as an appropriate sphere of practice?
PvE, I was thinking originally. But given that the AI is arguably less challenging than the players who can think, strategise and adapt on the fly (which was the reason it appealed to me as an arena of practice in the first place), I was thinking that the learning curve might be too slow, or that the practices I learned in the course of such practice might be too scenario-specific.
On the other hand, I’ve dabbled in PvP before, (and while it’s not really my thing, strictly speaking,) and my fear is that the players who completely outclass me will annihilate me too quickly to actually learn anything useful; i.e. that the learning curve will be too steep and alienating.
What’s the best way to proceed? If PvE, what zones / instances / instances are best used for practice? If PvP, how do I learn to adapt to the often steep competition inherent to the format?
Thanks for your time.
I’ll definitely give those a try, and hopefully (fingers-crossed) I’ll start seeing some progress.