Guild Wars 2

So I have 2 Builds I’ve been debating between for some time, purely for PvE purposes.

The first build is a Shortbow/Longbow Signet Build.

Markmanship: 30 – Signet Mastery, Eagle Eye, Signet of the Beastmaster
Skrimishing: 20 – Sharpened Edges, Quick Draw
Nature Magic: 20 – Strength of Spirit, Nature’s Protection

Utility: Signet of the Hunt, Signet of the Wild, Signet of Stone
Elite: Rampage As One

Pets: Eagle & Polar Bear. The Eagle keeps a constant stack of Vulnerability and Bleeds. Polar Bear is for tanking large groups or hard hitting mobs.

Gear – I’ve been debating between Berserker pieces, or Valkyrie. I’ve been leaning towards Berserker’s but I’ve been wondering if the Vitality from Valkyrie would give enough of a Power boost from Strength of Spirit to be worth it.

Runes/Sigils – Superior Agony on the SB, Superior Battle on the LB. Superior Rune of the Scholar on Armor.

The other is the Condition Build using SB & Sword/Torch

Markmanship: 20 – Steady Focus, Malicious Training
Skrimishing: 20 – Sharpened Edges, Quick Draw
Wilderness Survival: 30 – Expertise Training, Wildrness Knowledge, Off-Hand Training

Utility: Sharpening Stone, Quickening Zephyr, Lightning Reflexes
Elite: Rampage As One

Pets: Eagle & Murellow. Same reason for the Eagle, Murellow for his Poison AoE while tanking.

Gear – Rampager’s Gear.

Haven’t decided on what Runes/Sigils to use.

So what’s your opinions?

The dynamic event “Defend Severed Breach from the Flame Legion!” has been stuck at 3/9 waves killed for several days now, and no further Flame Legion have spawned since that point. The NPC’s are mulling around doing their usual non-event stuff, but the event is keeping the Waypoint stuck in (Contested) status.

Land – Lynx and Polar Bear.
Water – Shark and Armored Fish

I don’t like PvP so I don’t much care what pets I use when I go exploring in it.

Just wondering, is there a version of this map outside of WvW? I abhor PvP for the most part and am only interested in exploration of the zones. Trying to explore them during WvW is a nightmare between the lag and getting smashed into the ground by 10+ guys around every corner.

My characters names were almost all taken by the time I got the game, which was 2 days after release. And yes, they had been reserved.

Time spent resurrecting a dead pet in combat is time better spent dealing damage to mobs while the timer to swap to the other pet comes off cooldown. It takes too long to rez someone while in combat and it takes longer to get out of combat and rez then it does to stay in combat and just swap.

Why is there no Rare Crafting Materials tab in the Collections section of the Bank? Why must I use normal bank slots for any Rare Crafting Materials I acquire?

I mean, there’s one for regular materials, fine materials, gemstones, cooking ingredients, & pets. How do rare materials not get their own tab!?

Since the maintenance on September 6th, I have been constantly dropping target on mobs. I have to re-target the mobs each time, and some mobs several times. This happens anytime I’m moving or the mob causes knockback of some kind and forces me or even my pet to move.