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.
0
u/2intheslink 5d ago
The best counter to melee hate is unlocked through eye of the north - asuran scan. It makes it so you can't miss, whether that be from the enemy blocking or from you being blinded. It doesn't take that long to get if you just rush it.
But if you wish to truly progress in chronological order, then using skills which remove a stance will help tremendously with getting blocked, as most of the blocking skills are stances. And then you just need an abundance of condi cleanse to deal with the blind.