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Posted by: Connor.7896

Connor.7896

Hi all,

I was just wondering on other peoples opionion/expereince.

I’m a level 78 Human Warrior so I thought it was time to beef up my class by spending a bit of gold. Great Sword is the strongest from what I can see and I quite like using the weapon, but I am stuck between two I have found on the store.

First:
964-1065 Damage
+172 Power
+123 Precision
+9% Crit damage
w/ Superior Sigil of Perception
= 2G 3S 88C

Second:
964-1065 Damage
+123 Power
+123 Vitality
+172 Condition damage
w/ Superiour Vigil of Accuracy
= 3G 75S 81C

Both are level 78. Sorry if it’s a bit of a noob question but I haven’t got much expereince with MMO’s. If there are other you may recommend or another way of gaining better weapons then please let me know

Thank you!

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Posted by: Tachenon.5270

Tachenon.5270

I’d hold off until I was level 80 and then get a level 80 weapon. Unless I was rich beyond the dreams of avarice, in which case I’d buy both.

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Posted by: Plunder.8195

Plunder.8195

First of all, I would wait with getting new sword until you are level 80, and get a level 80 sword. Since level 80 is the highest level, lvl 80 sword is also the best sword you can get. So spening your money on a lvl 78 sword is a bit of a waste =(

You want to have a golden sword (not yellow), beside the TP you can get it from dungeon tokens. You get a bunch of them (dungeon specific) after completing an explorable path of a dungeon. Or you can craft one yourself. For that you need to be lvl 400 in weaponsmithing, and you can buy the relevant receipts(sic?) from a merchant nearby for karma.

When you craft, is does not have a sigil in it. The ones you can buy from dungeon tokens do have a sigil, but that one is not too useful, so feel free to replace it.

Considering the stats, that all depends on your build. As a rule of the thumb I would suggest to go with the stats that you also invested in with your traits.

I hope this somewhat answers your questions/concerns

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Posted by: Beldin.5498

Beldin.5498

Yeah .. wait till 80 .. else statwise i would go for the first since you barely do any condition damage beside maybe a little bleed from a trait.

EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.

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Posted by: ProxyDamage.9826

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Wait till lvl 80. You’re a warrior, the easiest profession to level with by far, and leveling isn’t exactly hard in this game.

Just have A greatsword. At lvl buy a lvl 80 exotic (only, don’t waste money on items bellow lvl 80 and bellow exotic rarity) when you can. Your first buy should probably be with Berserker’s stats – Power/Precision/Critical Damage, but that depends on your gear.

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Posted by: Nightarch.2943

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Oh look, another greatsword user. What’s that? He’s using a two handed sword? He must be cool! That or compensating. Save up until you’re level 80 and go full zerker like everyone else does if you so desire.

Guild Wars 2 is not a sequel to the original Guild Wars but merely an alternative story setting.

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Posted by: Kichwas.7152

Kichwas.7152

Get a level 80 exotic when you hit level 80. If you’re 78, you’re probably about 2 hours of play away from 80 – those last few levels seem to to go absurdly fast.

As for stats – buy the one complimenting your build most.

My warrior has never used greatsword after about level 5 (I unlocked the skills and then vendored it) – so I’m fuzzy on whether or not there is much condition damage in there for a warrior, but I don’t think so. That condition one is likely meant for rangers and mesmers.

If you’re doing a lot of condition attacks, you want condition damage.
If you’re going for burst damage direct attacks, you want total ‘power’ score to be at 2000, and then stack crit chance (precision) and crit damage from there.

If you find you’re taking too much damage – I suggest boosting toughness or vitality, but usually in the armor with the weapons more straight DPS. However whichever is easier to replace works… Armor score above 2700 suffers an accelerating DR, but is still useful for gaining threat over others (armor and DPS both count for threat, but armor counts more).
- ‘zerkers’ on the other hand, go for minimum armor and try to get somebody else to be the one who suffers hits.

Vitality is a good way to shoot for more survival but with lower threat – but comes at the cost of needing more healing to bring yourself back to full. On the other hand, condition damage ignore armor, so vitality is good if facing off against a lot condition attacks (if this was WvW and you wanted to build a character that was a ‘bunker buster’ vitality would help survive against bunker-rangers, I -think-. I lack enough WvW experience to be sure).

Stacking -both- vitality and toughness starts to be wasting your damage output if overdone, but some of it is handy – soldier’s armor. Note how soldier’s armor gives Power first, and has the toughness and vitality as secondary to keep it from being -too much- of a DPS hit.

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Posted by: Connor.7896

Connor.7896

Another great sword user? I think it’s a good weapon. Admittedly a lot of people do use it but that’s probably because they have high damage and can get really nice skins for them. What would you recommend?

Thanks for the tips, I’ll wait ’till 80 and invest in crafting

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Posted by: Morrigan.2809

Morrigan.2809

Oh look, another greatsword user. What’s that? He’s using a two handed sword? He must be cool! That or compensating. Save up until you’re level 80 and go full zerker like everyone else does if you so desire.

My very elegant condi mesmer says hello. ( female, staff main weapon) @ Op: do not pick GS because you think it is required, pick it only if you like it. Ultimately pick what you find most fun to play. As for the stats snd sigils you really have to decide how you want to build your character to see what would suit you best. As everyone has said, wait until you are 80- at this point you will just throw your money away. Have fun:)

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Posted by: Huck.1405

Huck.1405

I have a 80 Warrior and I mostly run with the Axe/Warhorn and Rifle though sometimes for variety I replace the Rifle with Axe/Shield or Axe/Mace. The GS is great but I find the mentioned to work extremely well too.

“You can teach ’em, but you cant learn ’em.”

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Posted by: Rhysati.4932

Rhysati.4932

Oh look, another greatsword user. What’s that? He’s using a two handed sword? He must be cool! That or compensating. Save up until you’re level 80 and go full zerker like everyone else does if you so desire.

Oh look, another holier-than-thou forum poster. What’s that? He’s trolling someone new to the game who is asking for advice? He must be cool! That or compensating.

Seriously man, get off your high horse. GS is one of the best options for a warrior right now. It isn’t his fault.

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Posted by: anzenketh.3759

anzenketh.3759

I would read up on the following:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Attribute

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Posted by: Mattargul.9235

Mattargul.9235

If you are not going for all zerker all the time, but are mixing in other gear, don’t get the zerker GS for crit dam. You are “paying” 123/9 ~ 13.66 attribute points per 1%. If you get the exotic zerker amulet you only “pay” 79/8 ~9 points per 1%. 55/6 and 63/6 for earring and ring, respectively.

If your current weapon is completely out of date, like a lvl60 weapon, just buy a green one from the TP. Get the cheapest, ignore stats pretty much, as you’ll buy a new one when you hit 80.

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Posted by: Dresden.1736

Dresden.1736

Another great sword user? I think it’s a good weapon. Admittedly a lot of people do use it but that’s probably because they have high damage and can get really nice skins for them. What would you recommend?

Thanks for the tips, I’ll wait ’till 80 and invest in crafting

Don’t invest in crafting. It’s a complete and utter waste. You only save a couple of silver by crafting a weapon over buying it straight off the TP, and you’ll spend 15-20g just getting to a high enough crafting level to make something. Since most people don’t change their Lv80 exotic weapons all that often, you will never, ever meet your return on your investment.

Go run all three paths of the AC Explorable dungeon and you’ll be at Lv80. Then just go buy your weapon off the TP.

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Posted by: Nightarch.2943

Nightarch.2943

Oh look, another greatsword user. What’s that? He’s using a two handed sword? He must be cool! That or compensating. Save up until you’re level 80 and go full zerker like everyone else does if you so desire.

My very elegant condi mesmer says hello. ( female, staff main weapon) @ Op: do not pick GS because you think it is required, pick it only if you like it. Ultimately pick what you find most fun to play. As for the stats snd sigils you really have to decide how you want to build your character to see what would suit you best. As everyone has said, wait until you are 80- at this point you will just throw your money away. Have fun:)

Aye op, what she said. I run a S/S warrior with a hybrid build of Knight’s/Soldier’s gear, I rip things apart and take very little damage, hell; I get jumped by rapid hordes of karka and still live to tell the tale.

Also, @Rhysat; I prefer the exact opposite. I’m tired of everyone conforming to the one “Holy build”, people should do what they like, not because it’s “the right way” but rather “because it’s fun”, but he likes wielding a two hander then good for him! As long as he’s having fun that’s all that matters, after all this is a game/story not a guide to fixing a car.

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Posted by: Mystic.5934

Mystic.5934

as to the stat combinations: get the stats that suit your build best. do you even deal conditions? (bleed, confusion, burn, poison) if not, don’t get any item with condition damage.

as to the previous people who recommend level 80: I’ve seen it suggested to use full level 78-79 gear to minimize cost, especially when transmuting (level 79 requires the easy-to-get transmutation stone, while level 80 requires the uber-rare transmutation crystal)
level 80 greatsword:
995-1100 Damage
179/128/128
level 79 greatsword:
980-1083 Damage
176/126/126
that’s only 32 damage and 7 stats difference. If that is that important to you, then you should also have the costly infusions in your ascended rings and accessories (the ones with +5 AR and +5 stat) instead of the cheap laurel +4 stat ones.