Guild Wars 2

Yes, I’ve sometimes wondered why I didn’t simply roll a Guardian instead, but since I’ve currently only got this character, I may as well see what more I can do with it.

The shouts weren’t so much to make up for lack of support as to add additional utility and redundancy to guild parties that already had some measures. That said, I’ve rarely managed to get into position to get lots of people in shout range, so I may as well go back to a more selfish build.

The last couple of nights, I gave 20/30/20/0/0 a go in Cursed Shore, with Healing Surge and a few Signets for the passive boosts. It’s not particularly sophisticated and doesn’t do anything to help others, but the added Toughness, Adrenal Health, Dogged March and Cleansing Ire were not bad for staying alive.

I presume some of the damage builds use Cavalier gear for Toughness boosts instead of spending trait points?

I’ve been using something similar to an old Sonic Boon greatsword build, but have noticed a lack of DPS since the recent class updates, even if the extra heals and conditional removal is nice at times, especially when in groups. Before that, I went with a dodgy GS Signet build, but was persuaded by my guild to switch to something that could contribute more to dungeon runs.

I’m looking to get my damage output back up again without going glass cannon again.

My current build is as follows:

Strength 20 – Great Fortitude, Slashing Power
Arms 20 – Rending Strikes, Forceful Greatsword
Tactics 30 – Stronger Bowstrings, Lung Capacity, Vigorous Shouts

Berserker’s Greatsword of Force
Berserker’s Longbow of Force (Also have Berserker’s Rifle, but longbow AOE’s are easier to use in WVW)

Knight’s armour set
Superior Runes of the Soldier
Mark of the Tethyos Houses
Ring of Red Death
Berzerker’s Ring and Earrings
Cavalier’s Spineguard

I’ve held back on getting more Ascended accessories until I can figure out what to do with my build.

I’ve also got a couple of Berserker’s Axes and a Berserker’s Shield on hand, and am open to try other weapons, although my current gear favours critical damage.

To make things easy, PVP need not be considered, and I only played enough WVW to get the exploration achievement. Thief is probably a better class to use in WVW anyway, given the number of times I’ve been brought down by solo ones.