Guild Wars 2

Hi there! I just got enough laurels to buy a piece of ascended gear, and considering I’m a human ranger focused on doing damage, I bought the Call of the Wild. But then I got to thinking – I’d have 4 more power/precision/whatever with the offensive version. This poses problems for my next item as well, as I’m an archer I want to get the arrowhead earring (Power, Precision, Toughness) as it just seems to fit my toon well, but I’d be sacrificing stats a little to get it.

So what do you guys think? Is it a big deal losing out on 4 power for an item that fits your toon well? Is it ok to buy gear that may not give ideal stats, but still compliments you and fits your character? I’d love to know your thoughts, since I’m kind of torn on this :/

Stats. Item name is just way too minor to even be noticeable most of the time. The only time you are really going to notice it…is when you go to buy it.

Honestly the +4 power isn’t anything. Sure if you mixed all the stats and just had random gear instead of stacking in a few areas, you wouldn’t be that effective. However, +4 toughness instead to get an item you prefer is fine if that’s what you enjoy. Some people love to min/max stats but it’s honestly not a big deal in this game, especially over such a minor change. My answer is short: do what you enjoy either stats if you like the biggest numbers possible or get a bit of protection and a more interesting item to you.

I like to look at my gear
The +4 power I lost getting the Call of the Wild doesn’t bother me – might be good to get some vitality anyway. But by getting the arrowhead, I’ll still get power and precision, but I’ll get toughness instead of crit damage (my crit damage is already somewhere around 70% if I remember correctly, and I have no investment in defence). What do you guys think?

Sounds good. Never hurts to have at least a little defense. I was pure power/precision/crit but last week got rid of a little bit of the critical for toughness (I was originally under 1000 on my ranger). Its nice and didn’t even notice a change in dps.