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Posted by: Lachanche.6859

Lachanche.6859

Hello everyone I am trying to get into dungeoning but I am not quite sure what armor i should bring with me.
I have 4 different level 80 characters , it would be much appreciated if you could tell me how to properly gear them to run dungeons, they are thief (my main), warrior, guardian and elementalist.
My idea was to use knight armor + berserker jewels + valkirye weapons on all of them but maybe there are more optimal solutions.
Any idea ?

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

The most optimal is full berserker with the meta builds on each of those classes (apart from a couple classes who sprinkle in assassin’s gear, this is typically the case).

If you need more cushion for sort of “training wheels” (meaning that in the best possible way) knights and valkyries armor with berserker trinkets is a good way to go, I’d say.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

Due feedback I may clarify. For dungeons you will be advise to use Zerk. Zerk minded players have a tendency to call “Play How I Want” the players are not in the Zerk realm. Its either you are a “Zerk Player” or a “Play How I Want” player. Is this constructive now?

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

How constructive. Come on Mesket, a little faith.

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Posted by: No Pulse.2967

No Pulse.2967

You should definitely use T3 cultural armor.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

How constructive. Come on Mesket, a little faith.

hey why can’t I use a chance like this to use a “inb4”! not like they are too many… but my constructiveness (?) is that he won’t find many advises besides zerk.

At this point I would suggest the same thing unless he wants to change gear later or ANet surprises us with new content.

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Miku Lawrence.6329

Miku Lawrence.6329

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

Can you avoid spreading a bad image of what is considered standart and optimal, just because you don’t like it personnaly? This isn’t a thread to voice your opinion, but rather help the OP to pick what armor set he should use in dungeons (and in pve in general).

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Posted by: Mac.3872

Mac.3872

Go naked or go home!

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

Can you avoid spreading a bad image of what is considered standart and optimal, just because you don’t like it personnaly? This isn’t a thread to voice your opinion, but rather help the OP to pick what armor set he should use in dungeons (and in pve in general).

Ha! double standards everywhere!

I like it personally, all my chars all full zerk. I don’t like it objectively. Learn the difference.

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

How constructive. Come on Mesket, a little faith.

hey why can’t I use a chance like this to use a “inb4”! not like they are too many… but my constructiveness (?) is that he won’t find many advises besides zerk.

At this point I would suggest the same thing unless he wants to change gear later or ANet surprises us with new content.

Personally I feel like my response was not saying berserker all the way and was being constructive and helpful. I know you’re capable of being helpful (I’ve seen it!) But the snark should be posted once the discussion has run its course, rather than derailing the thread right off the bat. Does that make sense? I just feel like if we are expected to be a little more nice and welcoming so should everyone

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Posted by: maha.7902

maha.7902

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Yes. Because knights/valkyrie is considered a more survivable alternative that is good for people learning the dungeon mechanics.

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Posted by: Ranael.6423

Ranael.6423

If you want to be perfectly optimal go for full berserker.

Nevertheless it may be hard to start with this setup since there is little space for errors. If you really want to be as fast as possible then train with this setup but be aware that full berserker training is easier with full berserker group. If you plan on pugging without looking for gear requirements then the setup you suggested will ease your life because most encounters will be longer than expected (don’t be afraid not 4 times longer !).

Now if you play with friends, do the team build together. Either you will run a full berserker team to kill things as fast as possible or you can also choose setup with one member dedicated to support/heal, conditions are fine also as long as only one party member runs such a build so that he can apply all of them.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Yes. Because knights/valkyrie is considered a more survivable alternative that is good for people learning the dungeon mechanics.

So let me get this right… Valkyrie/Knight is not PHIW?

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Lindbur.2537

Hey, hey, I’m popping in to play peacemaker. Break it up, you two.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Yes. Because knights/valkyrie is considered a more survivable alternative that is good for people learning the dungeon mechanics.

So let me get this right… Valkyrie/Knight is not PHIW?

Nope its “play how you need to until you learn enough to not be a burden on your team”

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Posted by: maha.7902

maha.7902

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

My or anyone else’s posting history have nothing to do with this thread – the point is, you’re being unconstructive and provoking emotional responses by making comments which you know full well will annoy people.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Yes. Because knights/valkyrie is considered a more survivable alternative that is good for people learning the dungeon mechanics.

So let me get this right… Valkyrie/Knight is not PHIW?

Nope its “play how you need to until you learn enough to not be a burden on your team”

Let me redefine my categories:

Cool players:
-Zerk
-PHYNTUYLETNBABOYT (valk/knight)

Disgraced who should advertise in LFG like if they carry some kind of disease players:
-PHIW (the other zillion sets)

(disclaimer, have some humor while reading, ok? it goes both ways)

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Hi everyone,

Please stay on topic and avoid inflammatory or non-constructive comments.

Thank you!

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

My or anyone else’s posting history have nothing to do with this thread – the point is, you’re being unconstructive and provoking emotional responses by making comments which you know full well will annoy people.

I’m not being unconstructive. I just redacted my post in a way you didn’t like which is different, nonetheless; I did take your feedback into consideration and edited my post. Now, don’t be so sensitive about it. Many players got their emotions hurt too when you tell them they are “not optimal” or they need to “l2p”.

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

Hey, hey, I’m popping in to play peacemaker. Break it up, you two.

^
I blame the new TVH gear for having peacemakers <3

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

inb4 zerk gear, zerk jewels, zerk weapon, zerk build or be called a phiw

inb4 posts, and being unconstructive is against the rules on the forum.

How many many maaaany times have you posted the very same way? at least I named what he was going to be advised on. Don’t be such a double standard. You do the same things on the forums and its not un-constructive. I’m actually saying, use zerk or you will be called PHIW. I’m I lying?

Yes. Because knights/valkyrie is considered a more survivable alternative that is good for people learning the dungeon mechanics.

So let me get this right… Valkyrie/Knight is not PHIW?

Nope its “play how you need to until you learn enough to not be a burden on your team”

Let me redefine my categories:

Cool players:
-Zerk
-PHYNTUYLETNBABOYT (valk/knight)

Disgraced who should advertise in LFG like if they carry some kind of disease players:
-PHIW (the other zillion sets)

(disclaimer, have some humor while reading, ok? it goes both ways)

There’s just gotta be a distinction between someone using a gear to learn the encounter and a person refusing to learn the encounter by using gear that makes his mistakes not matter. I’d take a noob in Valk gear any day so long as they are using it to learn the encounters in an active manner. So they see they missed a dodge and learn from that mistake without going down and harming the team.

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DonQuack.9025

phyntuyletnbaboyt’er!

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Posted by: Lachanche.6859

Lachanche.6859

Thank you guys for your insight on the matter, so correct me if I’m wrong valkyrie/knight is the right set to learn a dungeon, berserker is the right set after you mastered it and/or if you are doing dungeons in an organized berserker group.
Is there much difference between the two sets in terms of damage ? I don’t want to end up slowing down my team but starting with berserker right off the bat is a bit intimidating lol.

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Posted by: Miku Lawrence.6329

Miku Lawrence.6329

Thank you guys for your insight on the matter, so correct me if I’m wrong valkyrie/knight is the right set to learn a dungeon, berserker is the right set after you mastered it and/or if you are doing dungeons in an organized berserker group.
Is there much difference between the two sets in terms of damage ? I don’t want to end up slowing down my team but starting with berserker right off the bat is a bit intimidating lol.

Yes that’s right.

Knight > Valkyrie and deals I think about 20% less damage than Berserker. But to be honest, most dungeons are quiet easy in Berserker, so don’t feel intimidated.

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Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

I would personally recommend going straight for berserker/assassins. You will learn the hard way but you will learn a lot faster and wont pick up any bad face tanking habits.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

Thank you guys for your insight on the matter, so correct me if I’m wrong valkyrie/knight is the right set to learn a dungeon, berserker is the right set after you mastered it and/or if you are doing dungeons in an organized berserker group.
Is there much difference between the two sets in terms of damage ? I don’t want to end up slowing down my team but starting with berserker right off the bat is a bit intimidating lol.

My advise, go full zerk from the start. Valk and Knight gear have their trade off besides damage.

IMHO, Valk will not increase survivality unless you are playing a class that gets high benefits from vitality (warrior, necro, ranger) and Knight will only “increase your aggro” (considering high toughness is one of the aggro gens in this game, like proximity or wearing a shield) if the rest is low on toughness meaning you will be hit more by autoattacks. Its relative to the class, play style, build… I think you will save gold and time if you learn to use zerk the hard way (its not that different in terms of survivality with valk or knight)

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: Iris Ng.9845

Iris Ng.9845

My advice, learn the content with a warrior, in full zerks. Then slowly do it with the rest of your level 80 toons. Warrior → Guard, Mesmer → Thief, Ranger → Ele, Engi.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

Thank you guys for your insight on the matter, so correct me if I’m wrong valkyrie/knight is the right set to learn a dungeon, berserker is the right set after you mastered it and/or if you are doing dungeons in an organized berserker group.
Is there much difference between the two sets in terms of damage ? I don’t want to end up slowing down my team but starting with berserker right off the bat is a bit intimidating lol.

My advise, go full zerk from the start. Valk and Knight gear have their trade off besides damage.

IMHO, Valk will not increase survivality unless you are playing a class that gets high benefits from vitality (warrior, necro, ranger) and Knight will only “increase your aggro” (considering high toughness is one of the aggro gens in this game, like proximity or wearing a shield) if the rest is low on toughness meaning you will be hit more by autoattacks. Its relative to the class, play style, build… I think you will save gold and time if you learn to use zerk the hard way (its not that different in terms of survivality with valk or knight)

Hey look! Constructive! I knew it

Anyway like others have mentioned jumping in full berserker is fine too! I was not able to do it on my ele when I first began dungeon running, however this was my first game really and I didn’t have all that much experience with the combat. It just depends on where you’re at and what you feel comfortable in. I think with the amount of experience you have with the game (4 80s) you’re probably fine to jump in as a berserker. But the option of knights and valkyrie is fine to start off with if you feel it’s a better start (also if you have the gear already you aren’t wasting anything by using it). If you were thinking about buying the Knights and valk gear in order to try it, I’d say just get berserkers rather than wasting gold on training wheel gear.

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Posted by: Thaddeus.4891

Thaddeus.4891

Thank you guys for your insight on the matter, so correct me if I’m wrong valkyrie/knight is the right set to learn a dungeon, berserker is the right set after you mastered it and/or if you are doing dungeons in an organized berserker group.
Is there much difference between the two sets in terms of damage ? I don’t want to end up slowing down my team but starting with berserker right off the bat is a bit intimidating lol.

Well, there is no ‘’right way’’ to go if you want to learn dungeon. Maybe there is a optimal setup, but nobody did the math on that I thing and anyway there is too much variable. It depend a lot of the player itself.
- Some ppl will prefer to use Zerker right away and learn the hard way moping the floor a couple times.
- Some ppl will prefer using some pieces of defensive armor like knight, etc. Because they go for ascended trinket and don’t want to waste laurel or guild commendation of stuff that won’t last them forever.
- Other ppl prefer to use defensive exotic trinket because they don’t want to waste some transmutation charge on their gear when they go from defensive armor to zerker armor in the future.
- Some ppl like to get their gear full zerker and use some more defensive trait since that’s faster and free to change at any moment, which is not the case with gear.

For zerker, ya. Its the best gear for dungeon. Your mix of knight/zerker/valkyrie will decrease your DPS, but you won’t be a burden on your team. There is a lot of stuff that boost your DPS. Food, nourishment, runes, sigils, team buff (EA, Banners, Fury, Might, Frost Spirit, Spotter, etc.). And group support is also important with protection, blind, reflect, aegis, weakness, vigor, etc.

Your mix of gear is not a issue at all, but if you don’t use good runes since you don’t have your final gear, you don’t use the right sigil, never use food, don’t use good trait, don’t do your profession job, and don’t have much experience in some dungeon, then ya at this point your have a really low dps and won’t help much your team. There is a lot of factor for your DPS and the help you can provide to your team. You can drop some of them for more survivability while you learn, but its easy to scrap a bunch of them since they all have only little impact on their own. But put together, they change everything.

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Posted by: NovaanVerdiano.6174

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My advice, learn the content with a warrior, in full zerks. Then slowly do it with the rest of your level 80 toons. Warrior -> Guard, Mesmer -> Thief, Ranger -> Ele, Engi.

Nec? :’(

Anyway, I’m surprised no one advised Nomad’s just to troll him.

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Posted by: Iris Ng.9845

Iris Ng.9845

I have never played Nec so I can’t give him any advice personally.

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Posted by: Mac.3872

Mac.3872

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

The OP asked for optimal… so it’s that they wish to be optimal.

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Posted by: maha.7902

maha.7902

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

The other people in the dungeon might start to care when the run takes twice as long.

-Grandmaster Mind Brain.

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Posted by: Lindbur.2537

Lindbur.2537

If you want to play how you want, that’s fine. Just don’t be a kitten and join groups that request specific gear/whatever if you don’t fit the bill.

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Posted by: Ranael.6423

Ranael.6423

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

The other people in the dungeon might start to care when the run takes twice as long.

-Grandmaster Mind Brain.

If it is twice as long as some of your records it is still bearable

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Posted by: RSLongK.8961

RSLongK.8961

- Get Knight/Valkyre gear
- Do all story modes.
- Create your own LFG with (Px, learning to melee stuff, 80 all welcome)
- Repeat until your start noticing you have this huge hp pool that is never touched because now your dodge like a boss.
- Switch to Berzerker´s and Meta builds
- start melting bosses > getting rich.
- be welcomed in the special club of the “Elitist jerks” who run this joint (we receive cookies everyday in the mail.).
profit.

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Posted by: Cotser.7015

Cotser.7015

Question: what armor set should i use for dungeons?
Answer: The most optimal set is Berserker (power/precision/ferocity) with Scholar runes for organized groups or Strength runes for PuG or Soloing content.
You should use Berserker’s armour weapons and trinkets.
If, however you are struggling to deal with the squishyness of having no toughness/vitality then it’s best to use Knights (Toughness, Power, Ferocity) or Valkyrie (Power, Vitality Ferocity) until you learn how to dodge/block well.

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Posted by: Fror.2163

Fror.2163

I would not recomment using Valkyrie armor, but instead use Zealot. Zealot has the advantage to give better heals to compensate the missed dodges and gives the full amount of critical hits procs that a berserker has. If you want training wheels, take some that help you get the final impact of your future complete build. Zealot do that IMO. Valkyrie is like taking Soldier’s in regards to critical procs.

My full recommendation is the following:
- Berserker trinkets
- Berserker weapons
- Zealot’s armor
- Ruby orbs (cheap, given your armor is temporary) / Scholar runes (ideal)

Frór (yes, with the accent!)

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Posted by: Dalanor.5387

Dalanor.5387

Since OP is more interested in an optimal approach, go for full berserker. Sure, you will go down until you get used to it, but it would be just a time / money waste going for other sets, if you change it later anyway.

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Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

Anyway, I’m surprised no one advised Nomad’s just to troll him.

I was tempted.

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Posted by: Mac.3872

Mac.3872

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

The OP asked for optimal… so it’s that they wish to be optimal.

That of course would depend on what he wants to optimise.

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Posted by: Lilith Ajit.6173

Lilith Ajit.6173

My advice.

Wear whichever armour you want.

There is only a tiny part of the community who actually care about which armour the other guy is wearing in PvE.

The OP asked for optimal… so it’s that they wish to be optimal.

That of course would depend on what he wants to optimise.

mega facepalm

Please educate me. Please.

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Posted by: Slither Shade.4782

Slither Shade.4782

i am a carebear, anti stack, anti skip, play how i want and im telling you to just get berserker

you can always retrait for defense or put crest of soldier into berserker gear if you want but no matter what you do you will not be able to max damage other types of gear

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Posted by: aelfwe.4239

aelfwe.4239

Zerk or a mix of assassin\zerk (usually zerk trinkets and assassin weapons+armor) according to the class and build you are goin to use.

Avoid any other kind of gear who isnt assassin or zerk.

Anyway for starting istances properly a suggest to follow dnt meta build guide http://goo.gl/OMpFtH

It’s just a general intro to what you need for istance, it doesn’t cover all but following this will save you to waste 300+gold on some unusefull ptv asc set per pve xD

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Posted by: imbalancedhero.3968

imbalancedhero.3968

I’d just like to quickly say to the OP that craftable berserker armor is about 3x as expensive as other stat combinations due to its popularity. Assassins gear does slightly less damage but is still respectable on many classes.

My suggestion would be to start with berserker trinkets (they are similarly priced regardless of the stat combinations) and weapons if you can afford them. For armor, start with assassins gear on your two main pieces (chest and leggings) and valkyrie on the rest to give you some extra hp which will help while trying to learn dungeons. Run the citadel of flame (COF) dungeon daily as you can spend the dungeon tokens on berserker gear. If you do it daily for about 2 weeks you should be able to fully gear yourself in berserker without spending any gold.

As for runes, strength or scholar has the most dps at the moment but is very very pricey. There are some much cheaper runes that still give good damage. My personal favorites are runes of the ogre (power bonus, rock dog = bestfriend, and a 4% damage bonus on the sixth rune) as well as rune of the ranger (precision and ferocity bonus, the 7% damage bonus with companion can be activated using a minipet).

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Posted by: Morsus.5106

Morsus.5106

It depends on what you want to do in dungeons. Personally I have to say Berserker. I enjoy high DPS and it’s not like taking my Knight’s gear was letting me tank or anything.