It's best used as a midrange / close range weapon. If you play wvw its very good as area denial weapon and to hit stealthed targets. Engineer is a very fun class to play, but they're 50% control and 50% damage, compared to staff ele which is 75% damage and 25% control (imho) No you shouldn't.
Specter functions best as a hybrid class because it has a decent amount of power and condition damage. The condi damage itself doesn't really shine without condi duration/expertise, but you are losing a significant portion of your damage by not dipping into power/crits. It also provides many conditions and buffs.
Ranger has decent mobility on daggers, but offhand dagger is quite bad everywhere. Class is strong in pvp, pve and roaming in wvw, but only pve soulbeast uses (mainhand) dagger effectively. Necro has no mobility on daggers (low mobility in general as well) and I dont remember the last time necro had good build with at least one of those.

So you want a PvE class with good sustain, ranged damage from a single weapon and easy to control. Ok, some examples: Long bow Ranger based on physical damage (condition can work with short bow but you'll have less range). Condition Mesmer with staff (is more complex to handle). Condition (or power) Renegade with shortbow.

Longbow tho is alright feels meeeh, not a big fan, sword is ok but like you i rarely use num 2. Sword/Axe is ok, could be so much better but ok. For now i think sword/axe, longbow and maybe greatsword is the best for power. Condition well shortbow, i love the shortbow but i am not a fan of conditions, still one of my fav weapons as ranger (i

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