Guild Wars 2

I’m more of a WvW person, but lately i have been looking to branch out and play other parts of the game like Fractals. I Switched my main recently to my Ele and have been really loving it; however, the only set of ascended armor I have is for my ranger. How necessary would it be for me to have ascended armor for my Ele if i wanted to play Fractals with him? of course if any devs wanted to work some magic…..;)

Given you don’t want to maximize your stats it’s not really necessary. You can run up to 49 with only accessories, technically 50 too, but that would get really expensive (to the point where you’re better off just crafting armor)
You get 30 AR just by having all ascended accessories and then you need to add a total of 25 AR via infused slots (2x +8, 1x +9 infusions) If you want to run 50, you can just farm everything up to 49 and wait until you get armor/weapons chests, given you don’t want to spend any further money.

TL;DR armor isn’t necessary if you’re running up to 49 and are willing to spend a bit money, for 50 you’d want it though.

It is not necessary, you can get a lot of agony protection without ascended armor. But it is extremely pricey, ascended armor is a lot cheaper . You need 65/70 AR for Fractals 50