Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I’m one of apparently many returnees, inspired by news of the upcoming xpac. I haven’t played in well over 1.5 years, and feel incredibly lost. I had a new 80 Guardian when I left, and I’m enjoying exploring Dry Top and Prospect Valley now.

However, I’m lost just how I should progress and acquire better weapons and armor. I have blue/green trash, with only a piece or two of “Soldiers” oj armor. And I can’t recall how I acquired that Soldiers armor.

How can I go about slowly acquiring new pieces? I was told to go get Berzerker armor, too, but I’ve NO clue how/where to do that. I don’t craft, I don’t dungeon crawl, I just enjoy solo PvE exploring and eventing and karma farming, etc.

Thanks for any tips how I can proceed!

Best,
Oy.

Do dungeons.

Zerk = Citadel of Flame or Arah.

If you finish a dungeon, you get corresponding tokens. Get enough tokens and exchange them to the npc in LA for the gear.

Read carefully the gear stats before exchanging tokens.

OR

Buy them from TP (Exotics)

If you don’t have the money to just buy the gear off the trading post then I recommend farming some karma (you might even have a lot of karma from when you played before) and go to Orr. The temples in Orr all have sets of armor, including Berzerker (which is at the Balthazar or Grenth temple I forget which one).

Or do dungeons like the above poster said. But if you dislike dungeons then just get karma gear. Or save up money and buy from the tp.

edit: It’s Grenth according to the wiki.

Well, the simplest thing to do if you don’t want to craft it yourself and you don’t want to run dungeons to earn it is to buy it. Go to the trading post and search for level 80 exotic gear with Power/Precision/Ferocity stats. You’ll be able to buy equipment that other people have crafted to sell, as well as equivalent statted gear that has dropped for other people that they want to sell.

Berserker equipment, the most desirable equipment, is going to be more expensive than less popular sets. That said, you should be able to outfit yourself with weapons and armour for under 50 gold. For accessories, consider spending your laurels instead for the necklace and rings.

And remember, Berserker gear is going to make you quite fragile. There’s going to be a learning curve to adjust to the low defenses you’ll have, but once you’re better able to dodge and use your many active defenses (Blind/Aegis/invulnerability as a guardian) you’ll be enjoying the sheer damage output you bring to the table.

Thanks, all, for the very helpful responses!