Any exotic condi armor?
Viper’s if you have HoT, sinister if you don’t.
Unless you mean for WvW, then there are other options.
Do not make exotic viper its a pain and a waste, although if you have HoT and also have x6 lv 80 character then do HoT story on all of them to get x6 pcs of exotic viper.
For PvE either sinister or rampager work, rampager are cheaper.
(edited by Eros.6801)
Agreed with Eros, Viper’s expensive because of a core product in the Viper’s Insignia.
As a result, there’s very little cost difference between exotic and ascended, so if you go for Viper, you’re better of going straight for the ascended quality
I’ve had it maxed for so long this is just a guess, but if he’s at 400 leatherworking, going to 500 with the price of leather is probably pretty extreme. I can’t stand crafting though, there might be some tricks to get up there at a reasonable price.
Regardless, there are plenty of ‘choose your own stats’ for armor where you’d absolutely want to pick exotic viper.
If you’re core and don’t want sinister, I would assume rabid does more damage than rampager on a thief. Rabid is the better set on ranger. The good thing about rabid is that it’s “free” from dungeon tokens if you have any of those lying around.
I wouldn’t call 5 times the price “very little cost difference”.
Exotic medium coat: just over 19g
Ascended medium coat: just over 99g.
(Both of these according to gw2efficiency)
And that’s disregarding cost to get to 500.