Guild Wars 2

I’m just now discovering the trading post and man is it helpful.I figured out how to buy and sell items using the trading post but I’m having a little trouble figuring out how to purchase full sets of different types of armor.

So far all I’ve been able to pull up,as far as full armor sets go,is the chainmail armor,so I’m probably wording the different armor classes wrong.

What is the best wording for pulling up different armor sets using the trading post ?
For example,if I’m able to buy scale mail armor from the trading post,would I type “Scale mail armor” in the search box ? and if I did this would it show an entire scale mail set for sale ?

Also,is Karma bought armor available at the trading post ? I did a search for the pit fighter armor but didn’t come up with anything.If Karma bought armor is available,once again,I’m probably wording it wrong or simply to low of a level at the present moment.

Thanks in advance for those who decide to answer my complete noob question and apologies for those who find this thread a waste of time lol.

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

For example,if I’m able to buy scale mail armor from the trading post,would I type “Scale mail armor” in the search box ? and if I did this would it show an entire scale mail set for sale ?

Your search terms are ORed together, with some sort of priority algorithm for exact matches. So if you type “scale mail armor”, you will get a list of everything with scale, mail, or armor in the name. Anywhere in the name. A search for “ore” will bring up oregano and all sorts of explorer’s stuff. I’m pretty sure I tried quotes around the word and it doesn’t work.

The best strategy I’ve figured out is to use the filters to narrow it down to armor and the level range I want, and search for the one word which is most specific to what you’re looking for. In this case it’d be scale (or scalemail, dunno what the game calls it).

Also,is Karma bought armor available at the trading post ? I did a search for the pit fighter armor but didn’t come up with anything.If Karma bought armor is available,once again,I’m probably wording it wrong or simply to low of a level at the present moment.

Nearly all karma items are soulbound on acquire. So you won’t find it in TP.

It’s best to use the search filters instead of just using a blanket search of the entire TP.

So if you wanted to see scale mail armor, go to “show filters” to the right of the search button.

Then you can use a level range and can choose armor from the category drop down menu.

Then you can put “scale” into the search box and click submit.

This will show you all armor with the word “scale” in it in the level range you chose.

Look carefully, because it will show you light, medium and heavy armor. As long as the armor contains the word scale, it will show.

Once you find an armor with stats you like, say it’s “honed scale boots” or hearty scale boots" or “strong scale boots” then you can put the preceding word in the search box, leaving everything else the same, and it will show you all the armor that starts with that pre-fix.

So if you like honed scale boots put “honed” instead of ‘scale’ in the search, with level range and armor selected from drop down menu, and it will narrow it down for you.

Also, if you do buy something, at the very bottom on the left is a “go back to search results”. I didn’t find this for a while and was always doing my searches over, this button will take you right back to where you were before your purchase.

Appreciate the information and thank you.