Guild Wars 2

So my first action after reaching level 80 is to gear myself. While looking in the TP I noticed that there are usually two equips that have the same exact stats, but with one valued significantly higher. For example, as an Elementalist I’m looking at the Zhed’s set and the berserker’s exalted set which have the same stat, but the latter is valued higher in TP. Is this because the latter is craftable? And if so, what makes it worth that much more?

As a buyer, go for the cheaper set; they’re essentially the same. The crafted set is probably more expensive mostly because it has ‘berserker’ in the name and shows up when you search for the word.

If this is your first set though, consider whether you want to spend the money for a zerker set immediately. It might be a good idea to mix cheaper, tankier gear until you’re more confident. (However, as an ele player, equipping full glass and learning things the hard way forced me to rethink my keybinds and generally become a much more alert. This was not my first character though, and I died a lot before I really felt confident)

Also, have you looked into alternate methods of getting exotic armor? The usual suggestion is temple armor bought for karma in Orr (obligatory warning: can’t be salvaged so don’t put valuable upgrades in it), and I’ve geared up several characters with dungeon armor earned from PvP as well as playing the actual dungeons.

^Sorry if this is stuff you’ve already heard ^ Just trying to be helpful

Thanks a lot! That was very informative! I made most of my gold by selling crafting material so I ended up having more than enough to just purchase the cheaper set. I did consider the temple armor set, but the amount of Karma required would take too long for me to accumulate; especially since it’s my first character.

The exalted set is also part of an achievement thus making them more desirable.

Learn to use search tool on TP, some item might have unique name but the stat is alway the same.

In your case Zhed and Exalted the different here is Zhed already have runes but Exalted is not.

There are many other style of stats but some of them have the same stat here is why.
Power/Precision/Ferocity ( Power highest ) = Berserker Stat ( Zerker )
Power/Precision/Ferocity ( Precision highest ) = Assassin Stat
Use search tool on TP just choose the stat you want and search.

As for ele since youre fresh 80 i suggest go with some deffensive stat like Knight stat ( Power/Precision/Toughness ) your probably lose a lot of dps but will keep you alive, if you are good at your skill, control then go with zerker stat which is ele main build ( meta )

Also visit some sites for more infomation about builds etc…
http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki
http://gw2crafts.net/
http://dulfy.net/

For how to get gear just go as @Teaniel said or do some wvw get badges of honor and buy exotic gear via wvw vendor or just go with any gear cheap on TP and dont touch craft until you have more gold,