Guild Wars 2

Instead of “Soldier”?

Other stat sets are called by their name, except this one which is called by its stats.

Larynx.2453:

Instead of “Soldier”?

Other stat sets are called by their name, except this one which is called by its stats.

People are lazy.
PVT = Power, vitality, and toughness.

I think it originates from early days, where soldiers insignias and inscriptions havent been salvageable. The only ways to obtain pvt gear was through badges of honor, dungeon tokens and karma gear from temples.

As most of those items didnt have a soldier prefix but a individual name (armageddon Helm for example), most people used PVT as name.

Azhure.1857:

Larynx.2453:

Instead of “Soldier”?

Other stat sets are called by their name, except this one which is called by its stats.

People are lazy.
PVT = Power, vitality, and toughness.

Pretty much this, and no other sets are not called by their name, for example, berserker’s = zerk/zerker, which funny enough makes up for the 2 most popular builds xD Extreme damage or extreme survivability. Blows my mind!

ah in this Wanze has the spot on.
It was(is) obtainable through badges and was(is) recommended (well not only) for beginners in wvw “don’t be a rallybot go and get some pvt stuff!”
So it is used there and the name came from there.
It was first(is)? named “Invaders” when I remember rightly.

I do find it more clear to name the stuff by the stats.
I mean Magi? Clerics? Knights? Cavalier? really?
gnah, neeed the table!
→
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Item_nomenclature

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Wanze.8410:

I think it originates from early days, where soldiers insignias and inscriptions havent been salvageable. The only ways to obtain pvt gear was through badges of honor, dungeon tokens and karma gear from temples.

As most of those items didnt have a soldier prefix but a individual name (armageddon Helm for example), most people used PVT as name.

^this