Been away for a bit and even when I came back a bit ago I was going other stuff on the account character wise. Looked over and figured it would be fun to look at Warden again but I have not touched it in over a year. Wanted to get an honest opinion about whether or not to play the character and just get used to it again, or with the advent of the massive changes in Update 6 to the classes, do you think it better to redo the warden from ground zero and do it at level 1 again to get used to everything. Just looked like it was a bit overwhelming to take a higher level warden and try to get back into the swing of things with it. Wanted some thoughts is all.
No point in completely restarting, it wont take you nearly that long to re-acclimate yourself to Wardening. Just visit your trainer, get caught up on all your skills, and run some Skirmishes at -7/8 levels in Determination stance. That'll be the closest thing to the Warden you remember, and you can branch out from there to Recklessness, get a feel for how Battle Memory and Battle Prep work, and then try out Assailment if you want (most Wardens dont use it that often, if at all). The stance changes, plus BP and BM, are really the only major differences you'll have to learn. Oh, and retweak your LIs, of course.
The skirmish idea is awesome. Just ran one and it is awesome to be able to get back into the swing of things in a stress free environment. Thanks for the tip.