Guild Wars 2

I play very casually (I’m a noob) and was wondering if someone could explain to me what gear I should be shooting for now that I am lvl 80. I plan on using shortbow/longbow but am currently using shortbow/greatsword. I have read about the legendary weapons (the dreamer) but don’t know how I should approach the rest of my gear.
Thanks in advance!

Right now I am running CoF exotic berzerker’s (pwr, prec & crit damage). You can get the same in rare or regular exotic. Very high dps. Unfortunately, very low survivability if it’s not played right. I also use long/short bow most of the time.

I have also been experimenting with short bow & sword/axe, the sword/axe deals more damage than the bows for the most part. The down side is that you are right up in the fight. You will have to do your damage and then get out quick.

I run CoF and AC multiple times every night with the same group of guildies and I have very little issues with surviving.

Also, all my jewelry is berzerker’s as well (Ruby). My armor runes are all superior rune of the scholar for added precision and crit damage.

For right now the legendary’s have the same stats as exotic’s, but Anet will be buffing them to make them “Legendary”. No one knows to what extent yet.

How do I acquire these items? Are they all crafted?

yes you need to create the insignia (6) and +casing and lining
if you don’t have armorsmithing you can buy Box of ’s Draconic Armor that contains all the 6 exotic pieces , it cost around 20g i think

I had this same question, Thank you for the response!

Leather working, not armorsmithing

The CoF exotic armor is purchased from the dungeon vendor’s in LA. You will get the dungeon tokens from completing paths within the dungeon. There are several dungeons and they each offer unique looks and stats. Preview each dungeon set find the stats you want and run that dungeon.

As for the non dungeon armor, you will need a 400 leather worker and you can craft them yourself. The exotics will require ecto and t6 mats (very expensive right now), gossamer and hard leather.

If you have the time to wait, I would opt for the dungeon armor. It costs you nothing but a little time each day running dungeons.

Here is a guide you should take a look at:
http://dulfy.net/2012/10/03/gw2-endgame-gearing-guide/

As for armour specific for a ranger, this depends on what you plan to do now that you reached lvl 80, your play-style, build, and the rest of your kit. You can use armour/runes to further boost your favorite build stats, or to fill gaps where you think something is missing.

Also, many players have more than one type of armour set for their lvl 80’s. For example, my ranger has 3 different sets I use for different activities.