Guild Wars 2

Gear is split into three categories (light, medium, and heavy). You will want to find light armor and just equip the best upgrades as you go along. Stats aren’t a huge deal early on in terms of finding specific ones to focus on. Traits will help you in that area a bit more once you hit level 11 and buy the manual.

As the poster above me indicated you can start PVP basically as soon as you finish the tutorial (level 2). Structured PVP is a great way to get a feel for each profession at level 80 to see which playstyle you like.

Skill points unlock your utility abilities. They are in tier format and you unlock the next tier by unlocking a set amount of abilities in the current tier. This will make sense when you are in game. Basically you pick which abilities sound most appealing to you and unlock them. By the time you reach 80 I believe you will have enough points to unlock them all so don’t worry about missing out on one.

In sPVP all of them are available so you can fiddle with each to see how they work in combat. A few are must haves (Feedback comes to mind). Granted I am only level 17 on my Mesmer so he is still a work in progress.

Simply put you should invest in at least a few pieces of gear with toughness and vitality. Once you hit level 11 you can begin traiting for toughness as well which helps immensely. I have toyed around with quite a few classes and nothing comes close to the survivability of my warrior (level 35 currently). Granted my guardian is only level 8.

Your warrior seems to be built as a glass cannon so expect to take some damage if you roll with only power/precision gear and those weapon choices (GS & Axe/Axe). I personally roll with Hammer and Rifle and love the control Hammer offers.