Guild Wars 2

I suggest visiting some of the build sites around the web. A simple Google Search will suffice. It kind of bothers me though that people are asking for builds when the game is only a few weeks old. Your build is going to change as you level up anyway. I started out heavy with BM and Signets which helped me solo things faster, but I’ve moved on to traps which are more helpful when mobs start to have higher health and toughness.

Preferred Pets:
Bear and Moa. Bear for standard PvE play and Moa for dungeons and group play.

Preferred Weapons:
Short bow for pure DPS and the research/numbers I’ve seen shows that the Longbow doesn’t even come close to matching. Longbow needs some numbers worked around or needs to include an inherent vulnerability stacking, but that’s a different discussion all together.

Also I take Axe Warhorn. Movement buff is essential for moving around and the Axe AoE bounce for World Events is a life saver. With all the bleed stacking that goes on, the boss is usually maxed out on bleed stacks so having an alternative to stacking bleed is important, IMO.

Preferred Stats
No ranger can go without Power or Precision for 5 points into Wilderness Survival for increased Endurance Regeneration. Also, if people are taking short bow, you have to include some +Condition Damage into your stats.

I use a combination of Bear and Moa. Bear is mostly for when I run dungeons or find myself facing 3+ mobs. I run Moa for dungeons and group play.

For WvWvW, I run Devourer and Spider since they are ranged pets.