Guild Wars 2

This seems like a straightforward sort of question, though a bit lengthy to ask in Lion’s Arch:

I have two recently created lowbies, a guardian and a revenant, and xp scrolls and Tomes of Knowledge and an HoT Level 80 Boost to get them both to level 80 quickly.

According to the GW2 wiki, the Level 80 Boost, once permanent, will provide a character with a Level-80 Equipment Package, which “Contains a full set of exotic weapons, armor, and trinkets” and states that these two classes will “receive a set of Soldier’s gear.”

So my question is:

“At level 80, would either of these two classes benefit more than the other with a set (or just some pieces) of exotic Soldier’s gear for PvE and WvW?”

(I’m planning on crafting exotic armor/weapons/trinkets for both characters, but if I can save a few gold pieces by actually using some of that Soldier’s gear that would be nice!)

From what I could find on these forums, the answer seems to “some Soldier’s pieces might be useful for a revenant — maybe — but probably would not be as useful for a guardian” — but I wanted to ask here before I stuck one of those characters with gear they’ll never end up using.

Thanks in advance!

If I had to choose for general “running around” pve(for organized pve, soldier’s is a no-go), I’d choose rev I guess, mainly because you get a lot of innate precision from traits and permafury. Although, you will be forced to completely discard the soldier’s gearset sooner or later for more offensive options, so I wouldn’t factor pve heavily in my decision, if I were you.

Guardian soldier frontline has had a solid spot in wvw for a very long time and has been proven irreplacable. While gear setups may vary, soldiers still works in wvw for either class, but I lean a bit more on the guardian side, firstly because guardians benefit more from the vitality stat on soldier’s (other frontline classes like warriors and revs, usually spec a bit more offensively since they don’t need vitality that badly) and secondly because guardians can provide more and are generally a lot more sought-after.

tl;dr
Soldier’s is generally bad for pve purposes, for either class. Consequently, If i were to factor only wvw as criteria, I would personally choose guardian.

I agree with Nor w/ WvW and Guardian except, PvE is not all the same. In Open World, levelling, even dungeons, Soldiers IS great I use it on my Guardian. PTV is nice during WBs/etc. HOWEVER – NOT a FULL SET aka weaps, armor, accessories. That’s way overkill, even for WvW. I generally have Soldiers on armor, maybe a trinket or amulet, but weaps/accessories are zerker or other depending on mode.

If u plan to do Raids/Fractals right away you definitely don’t want Soldiers as the toughness after a point will detract from the tank, and in fractals you won’t have the DPS at higher tiers.

death knight is the best class.

Awesome information — thank you very much, Nordom and EriskRedLemur!

It sounds like I had my information backwards, so I’m glad I asked here first.

If I’ll be able to use some of those “free” pieces on my guardian — occasionally mixing in a few Soldier’s armor parts or accessories with more pieces from other, more offensive sets — I’ll use the Level 80 boost on him and then use Tomes for the revenant!