There's not really an "open world meta," things are so low stakes and low difficulty that any build should be obliterating through it, unless you're playing like a pure defensive set-up--BUT EVEN THEN--if that's what you enjoy playing, then it's meta for you because the entire goal of open world content is just to have fun I guess, so what's most-effective-at achieving that goal varies from person to person. If you just want a fine-tuned Rev build to crush open world though, straight Zerker/Scholar Power Herald (sword/sword/staff/hammer to swap for bosses/bounties with Phase Shifted) is the way to go. You can make an argument for Power Renegade or Power Core, but they all generally underperform Herald in a solo play (bring your own boons) environment--especially in the new zone where you can generate your own Quickness with the new mastery. Generally as a Revenant, unless you're really married to the idea of playing one, you want to avoid condi builds in open world... Not to say that they're bad, but condi Rev builds have a really long dps ramp up time and poor burst vs non-huge hitbox, so things will die before you've even peaked your dps--and that is further compounded by the more people that are around. Not accurate.I kill as fast or sometimes with less effort on my condi rev than my zerker rev. The condi burst happens faster than most think, I also use this build to kill players on wvw when they go lame, I go condi lame as well. Weaver/tempests/FB just melt, won a 1 vs 5 on marshal stats due healing sustain and applying mass torment and burns due movement nature of pvp combats was constantly ticking 2k 4K at max. Renegade/Deamon (While using both legend elites u will gain heal per sec (steadfast rejuvenation) plus torment runes will heal u and renegade elite is a vampiric aoe, while can still use other heals :P while aplying mass torment, heals skill from legends will give dome every 20sec) .http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PmwAUlflhQLsIajJRaMIKjBSjMBygDzi/zE-zRJYvRNfJ49A-e The OP's talking open world, not WvW... The mobs in open world have almost no toughness compared to your random wvw player, where power is less effective due to player mitigation weight. You literally can't compare the two game modes and I don't even know why you'd bring it up. That'd be like if somebody was asking about what the best graphic card on the market is and you told them that your Roku TV is great for streaming. And I'm sorry, no matter how well you coordinate your condi burst, it's still slower then just 1-shotting a trash mob with PT+PS. There's a reason Condi Rev is probably the worst dps choice in the fractal meta, and that same principle carries over doubly into open world where the mobs have EVEN LESS hp and there's even MORE people potentially spamming damage on them. I'm not saying people shouldn't play condi in open world, people can play whatever they want--it's the entire point of the game mode. But to say that your condi roaming build kills things faster in open world than a zerker/scholar setup is just misleading for the sake of being Misleading. My hammer was hitting 20k hits....power...but it’s a squishy build, lag or miss calculated dodge can be the player death. It’s a melt target gimmick.When you say hammer hits 20k.. We talking the 2handed one or the spinning hammers ? Cause I'm no where near those numbers! For the moment I'm running Jalis/Malyx Jalis for the heals/hammers Malyx for the ® and AoE.sword/sword (because dual lightsabers) /flex and when I'm done grinding my griffon I'll look into mace/axe variants and see if I like those betterStaff -or- bow depending on my mood. Zerker gear - leading towards Marauder for more life.I believe I'm using Strength runes, but doubt just struck me., and Bloodlust. Invo - mid/bot/midDeva - mid/mid/botRene - top/bot/midHaven't been able to find the mighty +5's yet ( I might just be mildly senile here?) This said, Malyx might not be the best option, and although having fun, I find myself down a lot more than my mesmer mate (I know these masters of illusion are in a league of their own) But yeah to sum up to the post again, it's purely PvE :)I'm thankful for the inputs, I just haven't had the time to reply till today.
