Guild Wars 2

I’m about to hit lvl 80 and I will (eventually) have lvl 400 tailoring and jewelcrafting. I know we can make standard armor/jewelry out of gossamer and orachalcum but I was wondering if there anything “better” we could make after that.

Or is the only way to get better gear by doing PvE dungeons and/or karma vendors?

All gear of the same level and rarity have the same total stats, be it crafted, dropped, purchased, or earned via dungeon runs. Even at lv80, all exotics have the same stats regardless of how they’re earned. So to answer your question: No.

Okay, so the people that are lvl 80 who are out there grinding karma in large zergs are just going it to get gear for looks?

What about the legendary weapons I’ve heard about?

Gear Parity is important to the PvP endgame in this game.

Cosmetics are important to people.

Legendary weapons are -very- slightly superior in exotics in base attack strength, but that’s it. Once you hit lv80 and you get exotic weapons and armor, you can either say “I’m done” and run around in that armor forever, or you can say “I want to look cool as hell”, and do the farming required to get the cool looking armor/weapon skins. Once you have lv80 exotics you’ve hit the top of the gear mountain.

Don’t hate on the system. This stops it so you have the option mindlessly farm for months or just to be happy with your current armour. A lot of games like the unmentionable make armours with high stats ridiculously hard to get just to keep you on the sub.

Corky.9743:

Okay, so the people that are lvl 80 who are out there grinding karma in large zergs are just going it to get gear for looks?

Well, not necessarily. While stats’ sum is the same, there’re at least 5 non-craftable stat combinations – if you want one of those, you’re for a nasty ride

brickforlife.1364:

Don’t hate on the system. This stops it so you have the option mindlessly farm for months or just to be happy with your current armour. A lot of games like the unmentionable make armours with high stats ridiculously hard to get just to keep you on the sub.

This was an error shown up in a few places but isn’t true. The stats are the same confirmed by everyone who has posted a legendary thus far.

As for crafting, you can buy exotic insignia recipes from the tailor vendor, and craft I believe 6 different insignias, that create different stat exotic armour.

Painking.4703:

Legendary weapons are -very- slightly superior in exotics in base attack strength, but that’s it. Once you hit lv80 and you get exotic weapons and armor, you can either say “I’m done” and run around in that armor forever, or you can say “I want to look cool as hell”, and do the farming required to get the cool looking armor/weapon skins. Once you have lv80 exotics you’ve hit the top of the gear mountain.

There is not stat difference between exotics and legendary’s at all. The websites saying there is are wrong. Sunrise was discovered today and its stats are no different.