Guild Wars 2

Now i’ve read that the way ascended rings drop and the way pristine fractal relics drop are after level 10 in the FoTM… but its at level 10 that you start to need AR. So my question is how are you meant to be able to get a ascended piece of equipment (minus the new laurel way) with and infusion to stop the AR?

Im now fractals level 10 but i keep getting easily downed by Agony and I cant obviously get the pristine relics or the chance for the drops yet….

I’ve been doing 10 way before I had any AR, even in PuG groups that where successful from start to finish that had no AR either. It’s a matter of figuring out what attacks cause agony and how to avoid/counter it if able. Some can be negated by anti projectiles, some can be completely dodged, and some you are forced to take (jade maw), but with a cooperative team, you can recover quickly from being downed if you position yourself in a safe spot.

Rings aren’t the only way to get some AR, though. You could get the backpiece, too: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Prototype_Fractal_Capacitor Aside from the RNG chance for the vial, everything else is collected through fractal relics and you probably have enough skill points to get crystals/philosopher’s stones. After that, you can just get the simple infusion for 75 relics for +5 AR, which will reduce 10-19’s agony by half.