Guild Wars 2

So I haven’t done Fractals in a while, my personal reward level is at 30, I haven’t done them since they changed it from you having to do three and than the final one, to now only having to do one. I’m in mostly full ascended, my backpiece/offhand and underwater weapons are not ascended, and only one of my rings is (infused).

My original plan was to craft +5 vita/agony infusions for my defensive slots, and +5 condi/agony for my offensive slots, but that would only net me around 85 AR, the reason I planned on going with these types of infusions is for squeezing just a bit more stats out of my gear. (I’m a Condi-Reaper.)

I have all the Fractal masteries unlocked, so I can get to the NPC that sells the +7’s ect. my question is, are the stats worth it enough to shoot myself in the foot and prevent myself from doing fractals above level 69 (1% HP loss from Agony) or should I just go full out on the +Agony resist only infusions and max out my AR?

I also do, WvW with my guild, and that was one of the contributing factors for the +5 Vita/Condi DMG infusions.

I also do WvW and like to maintain a balance on my infusion stats (bonuses against WvW guards). What I ended up doing was restricting my AR to just my backpack and rings. Infused + attuned slots allows you up to 5 free slots for AR that won’t impact any of your existing WvW infusions. I have +12 AR infusions for each slot to give me 60 AR, which is sufficient for up to levels 50-60. I’m not sure about spending more to bump the +12 AR infusions, but right now I enjoy this nice balance.

Short Answer: The +5 “stat” infusions aren’t worth it.

Long Answer: The +5 stat/AR infusions are rather expensive, and if you were to use those in all 14 slots (2 weapon, 6 armor, 6 trinket) you’d come out with a grand total of only 70 attribute points to distribute. On top of that you lose out on the ability to purchase +7’s which means you would either have to settle for not being able to do higher level fractals, or you would have to compensate for the missing 28 AR by buying/crafting higher grade +x Agony Infusions.

So it really boils down to how much you want to spend and what your goals are. Techinically you could keep your +5 stat/AR and get to 150 AR, but you’re looking at quite the gold sink.