Guild Wars 2

I just hit level 80 with my guardian and my ranger. I never did any dungeons for drops, just maybe a casual run. My equipment up to this point comes from mission rewards, drops, and occasionally buying some cheap stuff from the trading post.

Now that I hit level 80, I want to start doing dungeon runs, to get better equipment, but I figured maybe I need to first buy a decent set of armor for my characters or I may have difficulty in there with my current equipment, because leveling up and doing events is one thing, and dungeons is another.

So I wanted to ask, are the weapons/armor offered by the various orders any good? The vigil armor set looks good for my guardian, but I don’t know how does it compare to other level 80 armor. Maybe if its not that good, I can wait for drops instead spending almost 10g to buy. And what about the weapons? I noticed that they are not max damage versions, but how lower are they damage wise and stat wise from a good drop in a dungeon, or something similar priced in trading post?

TL;DR: I want to know if it is worth spending almost 10-20g on the Orders honor armor and weapons, or should I wait for a drop from a dungeon/buy from trading post, because these armors are a waste of money for their stats.

Thank you, I hope I get some answers.

I’d recommend getting a full rare set from the tp with desired stats. Very cheap and definetly enough to do dungeon runs and farm tokens.

The order weapons and armor are just for looks. They are rare quality and cost too much to be used as a stepping stone to exotics. The weapons especially. 5g+ for a rare 2-hand weapon when a crafted exotic is 3g-4g.

That being said, most of my characters are using order equipment (mostly Priory weapons) that have been transmuted on top of exotic equipment.

They are mostly used for appearance, not their stats. At lvl 80 you really want to move on up from Rare quality(yellow) to Exotic quality(orange) in gear.

A good place to start when you’ve just hit lvl 80 for the first time is to farm Ascalonian Catacombs for a set of armour and a weapon or two.

The orders weapons and armor are simply for the skins as you will want exotics eventually and the exotics with the stats to optimize your build. So, the question is do you like the skins more than than the level 80 exotics available. Yes, the vigil heavy armor looks good in my opinion. But, as I say, it’s really just the skins with the orders gear. You certainly wouldn’t spend the gold for the stats.

Order armor/weapons are mainly desirable for the looks, and really aren’t worth getting for the stats alone. However, they’re perfectly fine stat-wise if you’re cool with using a rare weapon for a while and are in love with the looks, because they’re as powerful as any other level 80 rare weapon.

Thank you for your answers. That’s basically what I already assumed, but its good to let me know for sure. So basically I am better of at the trading post, and after that farming dungeons for better gear right?

Only if you can afford it. As I mentioned, AC armour and weapons are a good first step. The weapons are some of the cooler weapons in the game, to boot.

But wont my gear be a problem for doing lvl 80 runs in AC? I know I will scale back to level 40, but are the drops in there good enough so after a few runs I will have some upgrades to my mostly blue/green armor?

Hagaspar.3870:

But wont my gear be a problem for doing lvl 80 runs in AC? I know I will scale back to level 40, but are the drops in there good enough so after a few runs I will have some upgrades to my mostly blue/green armor?

You get the tokens, Ascalonian Tears, which you exchange at Fort Mariner in Lion’s Arch for the gear. You don’t use the dropped items, that’s mostly just gold in item form (vendor trash).

Also, drops scale with your level; you will find lvl 80 gear in AC if you run it at lvl 80. Especially in the chests.

Oh ok thanks! Didn’t know about the tokens. So I better go for some runs then. Thanks all for your answers! You have helped me very much

You should go check all the dungeon vendors out. They’re all there in Fort Mariner, bunched together. Preview and drool over the armour sets you’ll eventually want

Hagaspar.3870:

But wont my gear be a problem for doing lvl 80 runs in AC? I know I will scale back to level 40, but are the drops in there good enough so after a few runs I will have some upgrades to my mostly blue/green armor?

My guardian has been running AC in masterwork gear. I facetank bosses, rarely use my dodge roll, AoE bomb trash mobs, and almost never go down.

That’s the beauty of AC: it is a low level dungeon, easily doable at lvl80 with some practice. Yet it still gives you lvl 80 rewards for the tokens.

Great for when you’ve just hit 80 for the first time.