Relatively new captain question

[MandoMigz]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the captain so far!

Take a look through this forum at some of the threads with skill rotations and trait builds. There are some variations you can look at and decide which you like best.

For virtues, right now I use Zeal, Discipline, Fidelity, Innocence, and Honour. I have seen other captains use Valour, Justice, Loyalty, and a few mitigation-based virtues that I can't recall offhand. Virtues are not essential for leveling and which ones you have tiered up so far will play a significant role. 1 rank of Zeal, for example, won't do you much good against another virtue at rank 11.

When solo questing I trait in the red line. As our DPS line it's obviously the fastest of the 3 for clearing mobs. Other players prefer Blue for its healing abilities or Yellow for its tanking, both of which obviously offer a different kind of survivability.

I use my standard of war and have 5 traits invested in it. I like it. As far as whether to aggro 1 mob or 10, take what you can survive. I don't go out of my way to pull every mob in the room as a captain, but even in red I rarely need to be careful about where I step. It's perfectly fine to pull more than one mob and still take them one at a time.

What stats (finesse, tactical mastery, etc) are important will depend on the kind of captain you plan to play. You can't max out everything, especially when you're not at the level cap. For main stats your might and vitality are most important, and fate is helpful for boosting critical rating. Critical Rating, Physical Mastery, and Finesse are good for pure DPS captains. Mitigations and Critical Defense are most useful for tank captains, but are useful stats for any capped player to max out since they mean you will take less damage (and therefore be able to spend more time hitting and less time healing/dying).

For your weapon LI, max DPS as quickly as you can, then work on the legacies that will be most useful to you. I prefer Telling Mark Damage, Melee Skill Crit Magnitude, and Captain AoE Healing for my weapon and all healing legacies for my emblems (though Words of Courage pulses won't be much use to you if you're soloing).

There are many ways to play a captain - best of luck!

Thank you for your responses. I will keep them in mind, and also take a look around the forums as well.