Guild Wars 2

Hello everybody,

I have reached 80 with my elementalist a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t sure what kind of gear I wanted since I wasn’t sure what type of play attracted me the most.

After consideration, I am mostly interested in group play, especially dungeons. I want to be able to survive and take a couple of hits without dying, I also want to play more of a support role. Having played with the different weapons combinations, I have come to realize that I just enjoy the staff more and, while I learn the game better, it is the staff that I’ll be using a lot more for that reason… Right now, I have a very sorry looking green/yellow armor/jewelry, but I have enough karma for a full set, plus enough AC tears for two parts of armor. The only decent thing I have right now is the (exotic) staff with :
-179 power
- 128 precision
+ 9% crit damage

I was thinking of getting armor with mostly Power/Toughness/Vitality, more specifically :

- Mantle of Dwayna
- Gloves of Dwayna
- Garb of Balthazar
- Shoes of Balthazar
- Leggings of Melandru
- Helm of infiltration

This combination would give in all :
- 24 cond. Dam
- 67 healing
- 248 power
- 48 precision
- 176 toughness
- 224 vitality
Plus the following bonuses with the built-in runes :
+25 healing
+20% regeneration duration
+25 power
+25 Toughness
+15% burning duration
+2% damage below 50%

Can anyone tell me if I am on the right track and, if so, what type of jewelry / traits I should go for… Should I change the runes ? I am also open to any alternatives considering my playing type. In addition to the kama, I have about 35 globs and around 10 gold, plus guildmates proficient in all crafting disciplines

Any help will be very welcome !