Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I’m relatively new to the game and am a fresh level 80. I want to get my “best-in-slot” gear and am unsure of the best option.

Which is faster/easier/cheaper/ or more efficient when it comes to getting that weapon? My crafting is at zero and I really don’t want to spend the majority of my game time farming… Might it be simpler to just auction all my mats and save up gold for a legendary purchase? I don’t want to farm for hours while I still need exotic armor and Ascended trinkets. However, if I’m being lazy and stupid, I need to know! I could care less about the weapon appearance – I just want stats.

I’d appreciate some opinions on this. Thanks in advance!

TL;DR: New guy needs advice on whether to buy Legendary or craft Ascended.

A ascended weapon is cheaper. Legendary weapons will always be the best in slot. Since A-net made legendaries omni-stat the prices of them have increased. http://gw2legendary.com/ They cost 800-1800g to craft and sell for 1200-2500 on TP. A legendary will take months to make. A ascended weapon cost around 200g to level crafting to 500 and ~100g to make the weapon. Takes around 2 weeks of casual play to get the timed mats for one.

Check how fast you are collecting dragonite and elysium. You are going to need 500 of each for every ascended weapon. For many players this will be a limiting factor.

You should certainly get your exotics and jewelry before the ascended weapon. They will probably come while you are grinding out elysium in dungeons/fractals though.

I would say legendary… Ascended is soon to become the new exotic. It will be hard to find a level 80 without it. But hey… Legendaries are like that aswell so…

But legendary

In terms of stats, having 1 Legendary Greatsword is equivalent to having 17 different stats of Ascended Greatsword.

2 weeks of casual play=ascended.
2 weeks of hardcore farming=legendary.

your choice.

Legendary’s don’t show anything,you can buy them off the TP,you have to put the time in if you want Ascended weapons.

But both of them will be played out,well Legendary’s are already played out.

Get a legendary if you never want to worry about getting a weapon of that type ever again (will always be BiS and you can change the stat combination whenever you want) plus you have a fancy skin.

Thanks, I appreciate all of the feedback!

I didn’t realize that Legendary gear updated along with each new tier, or that you could change the stats on it at will. Not to discredit anyone, but are there any credible links for such information?

Again, thanks!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/release-notes-for-super-adventure-box-back-to-school/

Changes to Legendary Weapons

- Legendary weapons now have increased stats to keep them in line with the new ascended weapons as “best in slot” items.
- Legendary weapons now have functionality to allow their inherent stat combo to be changed to any other stat combo when out of combat.

Banjal.7328:

Legendary’s don’t show anything,you can buy them off the TP,you have to put the time in if you want Ascended weapons.

But both of them will be played out,well Legendary’s are already played out.

Yeah, if you have ~1500g laying around, sure, you can buy legendaries straight up.

I have all exotics atm, I cant see the point in crafting ascended if I was aiming for a legendary, it would just be a unnecessary deviation in my progression, especially seeing as crafting precursors are supposed to be introduced this year. It would be a set of gear that ended up stored under the bed with the thigh master and ab swing

kuora.5402:

2 weeks of casual play=ascended.
2 weeks of hardcore farming=legendary.

The above numbers are VERY misleading. More reasonable time frames would depend greatly on what you do. If you do things I consider fun (like sPvP & dungeons), you earn maybe 5g a day. If you like extremely tedious things that take almost no skill, just the ability to withstand boredom, you earn roughly 10~15g a day (boss zerging). If you work the TP, you can earn a great deal depending on your current bankroll (60g a day with fairly minimal initial bank).

Basically, the rate you earn gold in GW2 is inversely proportional to the level of game challenge you seek out, with zero game-challenge (TP) actually yielding phenomenally better results than challenging efforts (high level FOTM).

Here are what I consider more realistic numbers for likely time if you’re playing 4H a day and working on earning gold maybe 25~50% of that time.

Ascended Weapon: 2~4 months
Legendary Weapon: 9~12 months

If you’re having fun all the time, you are unlikely to ever earn enough to for either weapon type … unless you are extremely diligent at saving gold: no nice skins or dyes, all gear from tokens, etc..

If you are a person with time restrictions then it would be ascended cause farming legendaries takes ridiculous amount of time unless if you are filthy rich and can afford buying it from the tp

Use legendary, more coool.
Here you can find a human guardian in full ascended armor and legendary greatsword
http://youtu.be/i7jj-u3ilrg

kuora.5402:

2 weeks of casual play=ascended.
2 weeks of hardcore farming=legendary.

your choice.

you genius…for legendary you need 3+ month of hardcore playing aka #nolife. Better get Ascended first

Making a legendary requires full map completion. And that’s the easy bit. The hard bit for ascended is getting crafting up to 500. At this point you can buy all the required parts for less than a precursor and get it straight away, or you cold wait it out a week while you craft the time gated stuff and save yourself some money. Ascended is an order of magnitude easier.

The forum necro is strong in this one.

Flissy.4093:

The forum necro is strong in this one.

Gah, missed that. Thanks.

Okuza.5210:

kuora.5402:

2 weeks of casual play=ascended.
2 weeks of hardcore farming=legendary.

The above numbers are VERY misleading. More reasonable time frames would depend greatly on what you do. If you do things I consider fun (like sPvP & dungeons), you earn maybe 5g a day.

Sure if you’re doing only one or two dungeon paths a day.

The daily bonus on a dungeon path is 1g5s add in the loot drops and all the easy dungeons and you’re far closer to 15-25g a day just from doing AC1/3, TAU, CoF1/3, SoE1/3, HotW1 and CoE1

Protoavis.9107:

Okuza.5210:

kuora.5402:

2 weeks of casual play=ascended.
2 weeks of hardcore farming=legendary.

The above numbers are VERY misleading. More reasonable time frames would depend greatly on what you do. If you do things I consider fun (like sPvP & dungeons), you earn maybe 5g a day.

Sure if you’re doing only one or two dungeon paths a day.

The daily bonus on a dungeon path is 1g5s add in the loot drops and all the easy dungeons and you’re far closer to 15-25g a day just from doing AC1/3, TAU, CoF1/3, SoE1/3, HotW1 and CoE1

People who say they got their legendary in 2 weeks, are either lying, bought it with real money, or have no life.
Doing all those dungeons u just said, would take u atleast 2 hours, with pug groups 2-4 hours, if u count in the time u are looking for a group.
Casual players can get a legendary in like 2-4 months, maybe even more. But i dont see a hardcore gamer earning enough for a legendary in 2 weeks :P.

For the OP, i would make ascended weapons, it doesnt cost SO much, and u’ll probly earn most of the mats, by simply playing the game how u want.

I made a legendary in 2weeks it was during the bazaar last year. Prices were so messed up then, I was making 5x my normal ammount. When I normally make say around a hundred on a normal week. That was back when the cheapest legendaries were 500g.

Lisa.6102:

I have all exotics atm, I cant see the point in crafting ascended if I was aiming for a legendary, it would just be a unnecessary deviation in my progression, especially seeing as crafting precursors are supposed to be introduced this year. It would be a set of gear that ended up stored under the bed with the thigh master and ab swing

My ex had an ab swing lmao