Guild Wars 2

Hey guys.

So I recently started playing again; human guardian. The question is, should I invest a lot of gold (25+) into a heavy armour skin that can look sick with the right dyes? Since the best gear can be karma-obtained, this doesn’t seem like much of an issue.

Also, when do shields start looking better? I’m going for an awesome looking blue shield to match the colours my sets will have (blue/silver or blue/white) and the dull look of brown, round shields I’ve had for the past 60 levels is getting boring.

Thanks for all the answers!

Weapons don’t get diversely awesome looking until 80. At which point the variety is wide enough that most people can find one they really like, though much of the popular find they like things that take a lot of time/money to get.

Armor is kinda the same way but there is more variety at lower levels than weapons. Also the cultural armor have tier 1 and 2 fairly early, as well as the cash shop skins.

I would not suggest buying the cash shop skins for armor lower than level 80 because you will eventually out level the gear and be spend more gems in transmutation crystals/stones to keep the look.

Corrupted Shield is pretty sweet. It looks like a dragon head and is ice themed.

I don’t think it’s called corrupted “shield” though. Corrupted something…

You can see the shields available here:

http://dulfy.net/2013/01/11/gw2-shield-skins-gallery/

gaspara.4079:

Weapons don’t get diversely awesome looking until 80. At which point the variety is wide enough that most people can find one they really like, though much of the popular find they like things that take a lot of time/money to get.

Armor is kinda the same way but there is more variety at lower levels than weapons. Also the cultural armor have tier 1 and 2 fairly early, as well as the cash shop skins.

I would not suggest buying the cash shop skins for armor lower than level 80 because you will eventually out level the gear and be spend more gems in transmutation crystals/stones to keep the look.

Ah, forgot to mention; I’d buy the skin and keep it until I buy the top gear (exotics) with karma, which shouldn’t be too hard to do, as far as I’ve read.

That shield is quite sick looking and looks like it can be crafted, which is perfect for my weaponsmithing. Thanks for the link as well!