Guild Wars 2

As I type this I’m kicking myself in the pants. I’ve been having issues connecting for the past few hours and just now thought to restart the game to see if a patch came through. One did, my game client however didn’t let me know for the hours I was uselessly mashing my login button xD. Try restarting the launcher, see if that works

Maybe I’m missing something here. Are people confused as to what your traits do? They aren’t “I speced into fire so I’m a fire ele, end of story!” No matter your traits or weapons, an elementalist is supposed to make the most out of ALL their attunements, not just the one you put 30 points into

Let me see if I can break this down:
Fire: Adds power (raw damage numbers) and condition duration per point spent
Air: Adds precision (crit chance) and crit damage
Earth: Adds toughness (armor) and condition damage
Water: Adds vitality (health) and healing power
Arcane: Adds Boon duration and Attunement Recharge Rate

If you’re going to trait for the most damage, putting 30 into both fire and lightning will give you the biggest bang for your buck, regardless of what attunement you want to use your skills in.