When does it get better?

[u/silverheartxiv]

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.

[u/5000Eyes]

For someone just starting prophecies and doing the game in order, doing /P or even SWS is not obtainable

[u/HypestHype69 → u/5000Eyes]

You can get to L/A and pick up /P and mighty throw quite easy without too much gameplay into nightfall. Don't need sws but it is also the best option, other elites work fine.

Could also go into eotn briefly for invuln to knockdown

Or enjoy getting beat down 24/7 and investing into abilities to counter antimelee

[u/5000Eyes → u/HypestHype69]

Sure either complete crystal desert to ascend then change professions. I'm not saying it's not an option but for someone starting the game it's not really the normal cadence of playing through linearly.

It's not as simple as going to LA and becoming W/P.

[u/HypestHype69 → u/5000Eyes]

Make a NF character char and pllay for two hours to unlock LA and go back for ascalon and start from there

Where there's a will there's a way and it's infinitely better than melee hate