Guild Wars 2

So, for viper gear i need AB meta event… And for sinister?

And once again, thank you a lot for this detailed answer…
Regarding the viper gear, i really dont need the “best” build… I need one good wnough to be in lfg but the one that is fun to play for me… And since i like condition damage, ill go an try to make viper gear…
Also, ill have to make berserker ascended gear so thats there also…
Ill definitely look you up in game but we have a bit of a time difference im +7 from you.
One more question, is there “the best” or “the fastest” way to get ascended armor and weapon?

First of all thank you for a detailed response…
I already have full berserker exotic gear with some ascended parts (whatever i could buy with laurels/karma)…
So i need some carrot in front of me, and thats ascended gear…
I have fractal mastery maxed so thats not a problem…
Its just i feel like im “stuck”… I did all fractals up until level 32 (cant go higher casue AR and i dont like being carried by others), i need some luck to find an organised HoT map, dont have knowledge or time to get rich so im a bit confused where to go next….

So…
Since i returned to GW2 I am an avid reader of this forum… Unfortunately, a lot of topics are just out of my reach since they are HC PvP topics. Im afraid to write anything there cause of L2P and gitgud answers…
So i decided ill just ask my questions in my own topic…
Since i have 2 year old twins and 8am to 8pm job i dont have a lot of time to play… But i reserve at least one hour when everybody goes to sleep to get into Tyria, albeit very casually… I dont have a specific goal (although i just play PvE, either meta events on HoT maps or FOTM – my favourite), i just enjoy playing and communicating with my guildies (although im in not so communicative guild ).
I play warrior, berserker spec and enjoying it (DPS FTW)
I have some questions that maybe people here could answer:

1. Im using something like phalanx strength build (still gearing up)… Is that still meta for PvE? Not that i care to have a cookie cutter build but sometimes LFG insists on strict builds for FOTM
2. I would also like to have Viper gear (enjoy condition damage builds)… Cause of the effort, should i even start collecting recipes (i dont even know where to start)?
3. Only way to add AR is to have ascended gear?
4. Is there any good gearing guides (how to get recipes, where to buy what…)?

So, once again, sorry im not interested in PvP

Thank you, good forum people