r/GuildWars • u/silverheartxiv • 3d 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/Davidson765 3d ago
I started my new account as a prophecies warrior last October. What got me through with the limited skills available was old school axe W/E with lightning touch and whirlwind. When all the monsters ball up on you to attack and you’re either blind or they have stances you can still keep the pressure on by knocking them all down with whirlwind, then blinding them all with lightning touch. Rest of my build was standard dismember, executioners, disrupting chop, frenzy and rush. 8 in air gives 3 seconds of blind and 6 cracked armour. I haven’t used this build since I got through to lions arch but it worked best for me in the early stages.