Guild Wars 2

My toon is a level 57 human female ranger.

Up until now, I have used whatever armor I found in loot or was given as reward. I’ve been more concerned with stats than ‘looks’. This is a good thing, cos I find most of the human female medium armor to be some of the ugliest I have ever seen in a game, but that is for another post …

Recently I have sold mats and the like on the TP and have amassed over10 gold. If the wiki is correct, this is more than enough for a full set of Tier 2, once I hit level 60. This armor (Falconer) seems decent stats-wise, but again so ugly (wtf with the feather motif??)

Loot drops are difficult to predict, but for those of you further along in the game, is buying this at level 60 worthwhile, or can I expect to find loot with same stats or better by level 65?

Cheers!

If you don’t like the looks then no, it is not worth it. You are better off buying crafted level 60 armor or any other level 60 off the AH. Rares under level 70 are less than 20 silver each, FAR cheaper than cultural armor lol. So yeah, unless you want the look, don’t do it. The stats are the same as any other rare you can get.

If you want real armor, just buy a full set of 65th Yellow grade armor from the BLTC auction system. At that level, you’ll get a bunch of different Stat #1 / Stat #2 / Stat #3 armor and weapon pieces to choose from. (Technically 60th is when the triple stat gear starts to show up, but the BLTC doesn’t have all of the types until 65th.)

Please be warned that many of those sets are UGLY. Don’t be afraid to use Transmutation Stones to apply gear graphics which you like better. (If you don’t have any, you can always get x3 Transmutation Stones for getting a full Map Completion in any of the non-combat cities.)

The only reason to buy Racial armor pieces is for the style of their appearance (and using Transmutation Stones to apply it to your current gear set). If you personally hate the appearance of an armor set for your race, then just don’t buy it and save yourself a ton of money.

Cheers for the replies!

I suspected this was case, but wanted to check first …

I have loads of transmutation stones from exploration (47% world done).
Problem is I haven’t found any armor I like enough to transmute with! Lol!