Along the lines of valluns guide. Celestial stats open up the full potential of renegades self buffing capabilities and add a little cushion for mistakes. But a focus on condi also works well for shortbow, which is a very comfy weapon. Power builds are usually played with swords in melee range.
Elite specializations are new ways to play your class, they unlock a new weapon, new traits and a new mechanic, that's aprt of the horizontal progression of the game. Instead unlocking more and more levels, lvl 80 is the max always and you only unlock different ways to play, but with ~similar power.
Also because its the traitline at the bottom it can get overlooked as it doesnt look distinguished enough that that is the only place where you can select a elite specialisation. Also from the "training skill/traits" window there could be a redirect to where you can actually equip them.
You’re free to experience Tyria through the eyes and weapons of the new elite specializations in current open world content, instanced content, Player vs. Player, World vs. World, and the Maiden’s Whisper tavern. Other Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons content won’t be available for play during the beta events.
I'm not saying an elite spec build is superior in every aspect of the game, but the traitlines themselves ARE better than the core lines. generally better synergies and very strong traits, make them an upgrade for at least some types of content. chronomancer for example is great for shatter builds as well as phantasm builds, the wells are useful in open or instanced pve as well as wvw (not
#GuildWars2 #djdragon Someone asked me how to unlock Elite Spec so I had to do this vid to explain in depth how to do it the right way. About the Hero point,The specialization focuses on improving Axes, Greatsword, Command skills, and your pet attacks and attributes, which synergizes particularly well with . Soulbeast elite specialization. Resounding Timbre , Two-Handed Training , and Zephyr's Speed ( 322 ) create very good synergy in PvP builds in combination with Soulbeast . RZ1Ra.