Guild Wars 2

i have a question about expansion gear. will the stats for gear be changed? Im currently working on ascended armor for my characters and i dont want to make it now if it will be useless after expansion hits.

There is no way someone is going to be able to answer this.
Different aspects of the game have different gear that works best.
Zerk is generally most used for PvE yet is completly usless against Teq.
Condi builds work great for roaming in WvW but they aren’t that good in zerg situations.

This question is quite hard to answer now. For expansion its impossible.

We’ve already seen mobs that are structures and can’t be crit and the mobs that have to be burned down with condi’s.

I hope the expansion is full of variety.

Nephziel.6053:

Zerk is generally most used for PvE yet is completly usless against Teq.

Wrong. Its the best for Teq aswell. You still have power mainstat. And you do more damage during the defend phase or if you are on turret defence duty.

Assassin is slightly better for some classes in dungeons and regular open world though.

The best thing to do is just save up the materials for a full set now, once open beta hits there will be a lot more info on a possible new “meta”. For now I’m not expecting it to shift from zerker, even if i’m hopeful that it will.

Though I am making zerker for my mesmer, I am saving up for 2 heavy sets at the same time, just in the case the best gear becomes more situational =)

spoj.9672:

Nephziel.6053:

Zerk is generally most used for PvE yet is completly usless against Teq.

Wrong. Its the best for Teq aswell. You still have power mainstat. And you do more damage during the defend phase or if you are on turret defence duty.

Assassin is slightly better for some classes in dungeons and regular open world though.

If you really want to get down to it, Soldier + Zerker is best for Teq. Soldier for Teq phase, swap to Zerker for defense phase.

Larynx.2453:

spoj.9672:

Nephziel.6053:

Zerk is generally most used for PvE yet is completly usless against Teq.

Wrong. Its the best for Teq aswell. You still have power mainstat. And you do more damage during the defend phase or if you are on turret defence duty.

Assassin is slightly better for some classes in dungeons and regular open world though.

If you really want to get down to it, Soldier + Zerker is best for Teq. Soldier for Teq phase, swap to Zerker for defense phase.

I wish we had an addon for quick gear/trait swap ;(

I’d also like more keybinds for UI slots, so for example I could keybind my harpy feathers consumable ;x

I’m pretty sure the person is asking whether or not there will be a higher tier than Ascended.
Here’s your answer: ascended will still be the highest tier of armor/weapons. Anything you make now will still be max stats when HoT comes out. But which stat combos will be useful? Nobody really knows, although the folks in this thread are speculating.

Thanks i appreciate your help all. I got the answer i was looking for : )

spoj.9672:

Assassin is slightly better for some classes in dungeons and regular open world though.

Which ones?
(I’m not sarcastic or anything, I really like to know that)

Thanathos.2063:

spoj.9672:

Assassin is slightly better for some classes in dungeons and regular open world though.

Which ones?
(I’m not sarcastic or anything, I really like to know that)

Mesmer, engi and necro. I believe guardian in some situations or at least zerk/assassin mix. Although not sure about guardian so dont quote me on that.