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Hexom is asking what to use while levelling guys.
I’d recommend staying away from GS at low levels. Even with power prec gear hundred blades and the autoattack simply does not do enough dps and you often get overwhelmed by enemy mobs and the occasional veteran mobs which hit like a truck.
I’d recommend axe/mace and longbow, and full power precision crit gear. Slot signet of fury, fgj and endure pain for oh crap moments. Start fights with full adrenaline by activating the signet if you’re low. Combustive shot -> arcing arrow, then hack away with your axe if there’s anything still left alive. Combustive shot + arcing arrow is just so powerful for clearing trash mobs, they literally melt away from that simple combo. The AoE is powerful and very large so it’s great for tagging mobs for loot and exp too.
If you have trouble with stronger/numerous mobs, stay in longbow a while longer and kite inside your combustive shot fire field until they have lower health/fewer numbers.
Carry a GS around though if you want to jump in a dungeon or two to swap out with your longbow. Also, get healing signet asap.
Thank you! Just stumbled upon this and this is great advice.
I’m a noob (highest level char is a lvl 18 warrior), so my response might not carry much weight. BUT, I started out with greatsword/longbow and just last night played around with axe/axe and axe/mace and have been enjoying both combinations. As my secondary weapon I was switching between greatsword and longbow based on the situation.
Axe/axe is pretty much straight dps as I understand it, axe/mace will give you a little more control.
Thanks for the info though.