Small Group Warden AA's

[Sigy]

Hi, Brand new player to the game, playing in a small group with one semi-experienced player and another new player. Our group is a Berserker, a Swashbuckler and myself as a Warden. I've tried reading around on AAs and while there seem to be a lot of guides on what to do when you have 30 or 50 or even 100 I can't find anything that advises on how to spend them as you're levelling. So, with the size and makeup of our group in mind, what would be the best way to go about it? I'm thinking i'll be wanting to have some crowd control (?), definitely good healing and still be able to dish out the DPS as there are only three of us. Any advice on how to spend my AAs as I get them eagerly accepted.

[Dragonreal]

If I were you, I would start in the eof warden tree (melee skills).. get fire strike and cold strike, then pick up sow enhancement and work your way down (skip the cold slice AA though.. you're better off using the spell version of that since it's our main debuff and the only one that really even counts imo) til you get the 75% melee crits (if you just wanna get through it fast, just do the mins for each ability til you get through the whole tree). Once you have those crits, work down the druid str line (4488 at the very least), and after that it's pretty much free reign depending on what you wanna do.. pick one of the two heal support lines in the druid tree (sta or agi.. my preference was always agi, but most feel sta is a neccessity so that one's up to you; I think the agi line is slightly more small-group friendly). And in the eof tree, finish maxing out the melee stuff if you haven't already, then just pick whichever other tree suits you the best (my preference would be the renewal tree because the cures were nerfed to pointlessness imo and the movement tree is a bit contradictory to the whole meleeing thing, though you might like having 1s cast roots with high resistability if you're worried about your CC). One of the best things about wardens is that you can have good healing without sacrificing a dps-spec, especially if you go melee-spec because then you'll still have 2-3 AA lines (dependant on your second AA tree choice in eof) that offer some healing support plus strong healing is just inherent to the warden class. Now, if you just don't like the idea of the melee-spec (I would recommend giving it a fair try before judging it though), my AA suggestions would be to start with the movement line in the eof tree until you get up to 45% sow, then start working on your druid int line til you get maxed crits, and after that, my recommendations are pretty much the same as before.