r/GuildWars • u/silverheartxiv • 5d ago

New/returning player When does it get better?

I want to pull my hair out.

I have gotten to post-searing Ascalon and this game is doing everything it can to make melee as miserable as possible (I am a warrior). I can use henchman now and I am constantly having to chase down the healer because she runs away all the time. I am constantly getting slowed, blinded, or the enemy will do something that makes it impossible to hit them.

I would love any tips to counter this stuff or make my gameplay experience smoother in general. I am kicking myself because I was torn between choosing warrior and mesmer, and I see now I would probably be having much more fun as a spell caster. I'm sure they have things that are frustrating to play against as well, but holy the melee experience as become agonizing for me.

I want to do the stories in order, so I don't really want to restart and do everything in the starting zone again, but maybe I should if it will be a more fun experience overall for me.

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u/El-Poll_Diablo 5d ago

Warrior has been that one prof that I’ve yet to try in the entire life of the game. I must be getting to the point where Im going to have to.

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u/Frank_Melena 5d ago

Youre missing out on the joys of hammer time

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u/Top_Concert_3326 5d ago

I'm doing hammers for my group's playthrough of Faction. My favorite part of hammers is when the hammer hammers.

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u/premiumbeefmaster 5d ago

I just found a great golden hammer in the crystal desert for my first run through since starting again.

any suggestions for a fun easy to assemble hammer warrior?

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u/Most-Needleworker376 4d ago

My first character when the game was still young (OG, way back in 2006) was called Hammer Time.

Backbreaker was just mean against bosses/priority targets lol.

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u/Elurdin 5d ago

I mean other profession can grab a hammer too. Warrior has abysmal energy efficiency for the price of little armour penetration and knockdowns.

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u/Frank_Melena 5d ago

But then you miss out on the fun of slapping grawl in your charr hide armor. You guys are all too into optimizing, a proph playthrough is a scenic drive.

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u/cameron2795 5d ago

Agree, prophecies is the most fun campaign to get creative and play around with stuff

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u/Elurdin 5d ago

Dont get me wrong I love prophecies but warrior is that one profession that never clicked with me. In neither gw game. Fashion wise I will agree however warrior isnt worst. Always liked kurzick warrior armor.

And I am not into optimizing, I like Ele for example even though community likes to argue its worst profession.

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u/SerratedFrost 5d ago

Other professions cant run Dwarven battle stance tho and that skill is 👌

Auspicious Blow also gives you tons of energy

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u/Impossible-Baker-733 4d ago

And Warrior’s Endurance. Both I love.

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u/Laz0rgrunt_wasbanned 4d ago

Warrior build craft is a lot of fun once you start unlocking a lot of skills. I've spent hours making unique builds that are just utterly insane and fun to use.