thank you all for your insights. I really like that GW2 is a game made so you can go around solo, not being forced to group. thats the big draw to GW2.I do not have a single friend thats got GW2, so I am doing this alone. The thing with my druid is that I don't know anything about what I am suppose to do, where I am suppose to be, I get my butt handed to meregularly and I can't seem to get into the groove, thats why I was looking into going at it from scratch, so I get into each skill and know what/when/howto use it instead of just speculating. I been sneaking a peek at engineer, the hammer/shield specc seems solid defence and decent survivability....