Guild Wars 2

New player looking for information on armor. I am online now and can’t find any solid information on armor. Stats etc. Other games like EQ or Daoc had sites like allakazam had a list of every piece + stats usable by your class. It also told you where or how to acquire.

I am trying to figure out what is available for my Ranger. In game I can go to the market to see what is for sale…and what the stats are.

Is there a place that lists and compares all armors ? ..or is game too new ?

Thanks

http://www.guildhead.com/
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Main_Page

Unlike a lot of other games you may have played, item stats aren’t really randomized. There is only a small number of stat combinations, all of which have set stat distributions. One exotic chest with “Berserker” stats, for example, will be mechanically the same as any other exotic Berserker chest. Only the skins differ. You can read how the item nomenclature works here on the wiki and find a handy table of where to acquire various armor types here.

You might also want to check out Dulfy’s endgame gearing guide and ZAM’s GW2 site, Guildhead. If you’re only looking at cosmetics, http://www.gw2armorgallery.com/ is a good place to start.

Thank you. This is a great start.

…and not interested at all in cosmetics. Trying to figure out the best stat combo I can get.

If you’re looking for more hardcore theorycrafting, well, not a lot exists yet. Part of it is the fact that the game is new. Part of it is that Anet has left a lot of mechanics really opaque. The in-game combat log is very bare bones, and the target dummies don’t even work with a lot of mechanics, making controlled testing difficult. There’s only so much players can do without being told specific formulae (which get thrown at us by the devs only sporadically.)

Not really worried about hardcore theorycrafting either….just want to know the choices I have while I am not ingame.