Vanchatron.2306

I've just returned to the game after a long break and will be running the following build - Snowcrows.com - Power Deadeye . This is pretty much the same build as on metabattle.com as well. My questions are... - It says to use a rifle as my secondary weapon, but I couldn't see any mention as to WHY. There's no rifle skills to use in the rotation, so I can't see when it's recommended to use it. I'm currently using shortbow as my secondary but will switch to rifle as this build suggests. I'm just curious as to why the rifle is recommended as a secondary though. - Having read through the guide there's absolutely no mention about using "Death Blossom" (3rd skill in the dual daggers setup). I'm guessing it's because it applies bleed so it's more of a condition based skill which this build isn't focused on. Does this mean that I'll never have to use it and should just totally ignore it even though it's on my skillbar? The guide doesn't even mention it at all in the rotation, so I'm just curious if it's even worth using at all.

I've just gotten back into the game after a year or so away, and have decided to work on getting my first ever legendary weapon. I play as a Thief, and had always loved the look of the Incinerator dagger. It seems I'd already put in some work towards Incinerator the last time I played, and currently have Gift of Incinerator and Gift of Mastery. I'm missing the precursor (Spark) and Gift of Fortune though. I'm curious whether to bother getting it now that Primordus's Claw is out, as I love the look of that as well. I guess I'd have to start completely from scratch if I wanted that though. Which would you guys suggest going for, and which would you say looks the best in game? I guess aesthetic value and how it looks to other players is important as well for me. The only problem with Incinerator compared to Primordus's Claw though is that it looks quite meh when it's stowed, whereas Primordus's Claw still looks awesome even when it's stowed. I know it's a personal choice really, but as I'm already halfway to Incinerator it seems a shame to NOT get it. Then again, the allure of it might not be so great anymore as loads of people probably have it, I don't know.

I was a GW2 since release day, and have a character with full ascended gear, plus all the expansions. I played a tiny bit of PoF when it first came out, but then quit, and I can't even remember why now. I'm thinking of getting back into the game to prepare myself for the next expansion, but I feel like I'm massively behind everyone else. I still have ALL of PoF to do, plus about 15 or so living story episodes, which aren't even unlocked so I'll have to buy them as well. I've got around 600g so I guess I could convert gold to gems and unlock some that way, but I don't know how far that 600g will stretch, and doubt I'd be able to unlock ALL the living story episodes with that. Do you think it's worth coming back now and trying to catch up to everyone else, considering I've got so much that I need to do? I know that there's no gear grind so it's not like I'm behind in terms of gear, but content wise I am. I'm also the kind of player that needs to have completed most, if not all of an expansion before I even set foot into a new one, so chances are I'll still be playing through PoF by the time the next expansion comes out.