User:Auron/UnlockFirst

List of skills (and weapon upgrades) that should be unlocked first, as they are the most effective at what they do. The point of this list is to not waste Balthazar Faction early on, when getting good skills (and upgrades) is most critical.

Skills

 * Warrior
 * Elementalist
 * Mesmer
 * Necromancer
 * Ranger
 * Monk
 * Assassin
 * Ritualist
 * Dervish
 * Paragon

Before blowing a bunch of faction on skills, consider unlocking some of them through minimal PvE play. A Nightfall character can be created and taken through a mere handful of quests to reach Secondary Training, which offers a bunch of core skill unlocks, many of which are on this list. Roaming around Pre-Searing and doing profession quests is slower than the Nightfall method, but it's still faster than grinding 1k balth faction for each skill. Factions is by far the slowest for this unlock method, as the skill trainers are spread out across three wide zones.

Weapon mods

 * Physical weapon mods (Sword, Axe, Hammer, Scythe, Daggers, Spear, Bow)
 * Caster weapon mods (wands, staves, martial weapons and shields)