Guild Wars 2

Hi guys!

Bought the game about 3 weeks ago, currently having 1-2 hours playtime per day, in the evening.

I see a lot of lvl 80’s around, and my warrior is still only lvl 25, but I’m having a good time. I used to play Dark Age of Camelot for 11 years, and getting a character fully geared up to become ready for RVR, could take a looooooong time (helps a lot with newest patches though).

Anyway, back on topic: What is it like here in Guild Wars 2, to get some of these fancy weapons or armor I see around on the forums (Exoctics? “Knights”, “Zerker”?) ? Can I expect to grind for months in (dungeons?) or how does it work?

Should I save all my money (also see people mention Karma-points) for endgame gear, perhaps for crafting, or is it better to buy my stuff at the Auction House?

I know I still have like 55 levels to go lol, and I expect to pvp a lot (should I just buy this PVP gear from a merchant, which I saw in a Youtube movie?), but it would be nice to get some player-feedback instead of Wiki-info, so I know what to expect when/if I ever hit lvl 80

Thanks!

There are several ways to obtain end game gear(80 lv exotics). First of all you can craft them or buy them from trading post. Now it depends on how many mats and gold have you gathered at this point and how much patience you have in gathering mats. You can gather nodes every day and farm mobs or gather gold and buy it from trading post.

Second way is via dungeons. Each dungeon has 3 exploration paths (Arah has 4). Each one gives you 20 tokens and a bonus 40 tokens as a daily bonus if you run a path for your first time in that day. So if you run all 3 paths you take 180 tokens but if you really like the dungeon you chose and there are available parties you can continue running it more than once every path and just taking those 20 tokens from each path completion.Here you can see how many tokens is required for each piece but I think you will need about a week for a complete set. Each dungeon has its own sets so you can choose the one you prefer and start doing runs. I have to mention that you don’t have to run the story mode to do exploration mode. Only the guy who will put you into the dungeon must have to already done the story mode of the specific dungeon.

Third way is via Karma vendors. For the 80 lv exotic armor pieces you will need 42k karma per piece. Here you can see the location of each karma vendor and what stats have the pieces they selling. It may sound like a huge amount of karma but you will gather it easuly especially if you do every dynamic event you see in your way. Also daily and monthly achievements give you karma bottles (4.5k each bottle but it can be boosted with karma boosters, guild buffs and banners). Dungeons also reward karma each time you complete a path.

Forth way is via WvW. The thing is that that armor set only has Power/Toughness/Vitality stats and it requires a lot of WvW badges so it’s not easy to buy them. These vendors though have trinkets that you can buy if you like these stats as there are only 1 amulet and 1 ring available with these stats. The Emerald Pendant and the Nightmare Coil whose recipe is a rare drop so both of them are quite expensive.

As for PvP you don’t have to worry at all. The moment you go in the Heart of the Mists (the sPvP area) there you will be 80 lv with everything unlocked and all the gear free so you can create the character just the way you want and start PvPing immediately.

Gearing up at 80 is easy. Soulblazer wrote it up perfectly.

The minute you turn 80, if you have enough gold (not sure how much since the huge price increase lately) you can have the best gear in the game (except for rings and back pieces).

Wow thank you very much both of you, for taking your time helping me out!

I really appreciate it!

-Cheers!

If you can’t afford exotics when you hit 80, just get rares then go play the FotM lottery (you’ll be doing this anyway if you want to actually be fully geared).

You’ll probably get enough drops to fund all the exotics you need by the time you get your ascended bits.

Here is a guide that can help:
http://dulfy.net/2012/10/03/gw2-endgame-gearing-guide/