Guild Wars 2

Rouven, does Monk’s focus actually heal you completely or is it just a percentage? Looking over your build has me thinking that I may make a few changes.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I changed out my traits. Now running 0/30/30/17/0 and am having a great time. I switch between GS, Hammer and Mace+shield depending on the situation and have found that I’m lasting much longer and can still dish out a decent amount of damage. Figuring out when to dodge while 4 other players are lighting up a boss is a bit tough (when all I can see are basically a bunch of flashes going off and things are nuts it’s tough to visually see the next attack coming) but that’s getting better as well.

Storm that’s great advice. Thanks. And to be honest I’m not anywhere near as practiced at dodging as I should be. I’ve really only been aware that I wasn’t doing it since level 60 and have been trying to remember to do it ever since. Still needs work though.

Ynna, Relentliss and Horheristo, I appreciate the input. Horheristo, while I understand the importance of figuring things out for yourself, a lot can be said for the advice of others. I have 2 kids, the oldest of which doesn’t go to bed until 8:30 so I only have about 2 hours to play before I need to go to bed myself. That being said, I don’t have as much time to experiment as I would like so hearing other peoples opinions lets me speed things up a bit and just dive right in. As far as I’m concerned this is just a game and I’m really only looking to have a good time a few hours a night (when my wife doesn’t mind me playing) so anything that helps me do that is a plus. And by the way, if I start playing PvP or WvW I’ll probably take your advice as well

Thanks for the advice. I know a shield is going to be the best way to stay alive but would your recommendation still compliment a greatsword? I just really love swinging that thing around.

Thanks Ynna. The only reason I have so much in Zeal is to get Fiery Wrath, Shatetred Aegis and Greatsword Power. It compliments the Fire build but I’m assuming (as you mentioned) that there are better places to spend my point? I guess my question (which you kind of answered) is, are the above 3 traits really worth using Zeal? Is it not worth the 300 power and increased boon duration? (not debating, just asking for clarification).

Just to add. This is my current build minus 1 point in radiance (only goes in increments of 5).
http://www.gw2builds.org/create/bwe_1/guardian#0.0.3.0-3.9.5.12.2-30.30.0.0.0-3.9.5.2.10.0

I’m about to hit lvl 70 and have started to doubt my build a bit. I built it based on this link.

http://guildwars2grandmaster.com/builds/guardian-conditions-greatsword/

So right now I’m 30/29/0/0/0 (based on his section under traits Breakdown). I love the quick damage I can dish out (and levelling has been pretty quick) but I have to admit that I’m starting to become more aware of how often I’m healing myself. In fact I almost always use Tome of Courage for a lot of the Veteran fights. My last dungeon (SE) was a slaughter. I spent as much time running back from the waypoint point as I did actually fighting.

I first started playing as a mace and shield and didn’t realize how slow I was killing things until I read the Conditions/Greatsword link and jumped from lvl 20 to 69 in what seemed like a pretty short amount of time. At 70+, if I go back to Mace and shield, switching my traits to what I see as the common 0/0/30/30/10 (or something close to that), will I just be a guy chopping away at something for a few minutes before they go down? I’m afraid that making such a big change in gameplay could just leave me frustrated.

Has anyone else ever made this kind of switch?