Guild Wars 2

Note: This entire post applies only to PvE gear.

I really like the system that GW2 has with naming gear. The fact that items with the same prefix will have the same general stat focus makes gear planning a lot easier. That said, I’ve noticed a few things odd about this system and wanted to put some questions out to the community.

The first batch of prefixes correspond to the seven types of fine crafting material. Everyone should pretty much be familiar with these prefixes and stat arrangements:

(I’m listing all of these stats as Primary and Secondary A/Secondary B to be consistent)

Berserker’s: Power and Precision/Crit Dmg
Carrion: Condition Dmg and Power/Vitality
Cleric’s: Heal Power and Power/Toughness
Explorer’s: Magic Find and Power/Precision
Knight’s: Toughness and Power/Precision
Rampager’s: Precision and Power/Condition Dmg
Valkyrie: Power and Vitality/Crit Dmg

There are two more prefixes that I’ve only found on dropped items:

Shaman’s: Vitality and Heal Power/Condition Dmg
Traveler’s: Magic Find and Power/Condition Dmg

What’s most interesting about Shaman’s and Traveler’s gear is that there is no lv80 exotic armor with either prefix (at least according to the trading post). However, there are lv80 exotic weapons and lv80 rare armors listed with these prefixes.

Finally, I’ve noticed three more stat combinations that I’ve only seen on dungeon token gear and stuff from renown heart karma vendors. To facilitate discussion, I’ve given them some names taken from Guild Wars 1 insignias:

Blighter’s: Condition Dmg and Precision/Toughness
Sentinel’s: Power and Toughness/Vitality
Disciple’s: Heal Power and Precision/Vitality

So, my questions:

1. Why is there no lv80 exotic Shaman’s/Traveler’s armor? Is it a bug or am I merely overlooking something?
2. Is there a way to craft gear with any prefix other than the basic seven (via discovery recipes)? If not, won’t that cause an odd gap between builds with readily craftable gear and builds that must farm dungeons or karma for theirs?
3. Are these the only stat combinations out there?

Really good questions!!

Personally i noticed that i cant craft all the different sets like for example blighter’s Sentinel’s and Disciples.

Edit: Like for jewelery as i would love disciples for my jewelery or sentinel’s.