Guild Wars 2

so i have been poking around on the internet but have not found the answers i am looking for.

i have found at least for legendary stuff that you pretty much have to complete EVERYTHING in the game. i will never accomplish this so not too worried about it.

what i am wondering about is exotic armor and weapons. it is the top stuff for end game beneath legendaries right? so what i am wondering is what are all the different ways to obtain exotics.

1. we can get them with karma points right? so this is done by running dynamic events again and again?

2. can we buy exotics with the dungeon tokens? (i have not even run one dungeon yet)

3. can we buy exotics with pvp tokens?

4. can we buy exotics from a vendor ingame with gold?

5. i am guessing we can buy exotics off of the auction house from other players who have crafted it?

6. so that means we can craft exotics?

and then the crazy question, are all these exotics from these various sources the same power and strength?

thanks for any info

Legendaries are not more powerful than exotics, they just look cooler

1) Yes, you can get exotics from karma vendors. I suggest checking the karma vendor outside Arah. Although there are multiple karma vendors in the level 80 areas to find what you need. You do not have to complete the dungeon to buy the armor.

2) I don’t run dungeons either but have read that you can get gear that way as well.
3) Yes! You can buy exotics with badges from wvw. It is QUITE spendy though. Like 390 badges per items (ish). I used my badges to get my weapons and my karma to get my gear outside of Arah. Spvp gear is only used for spvp so does not apply here.
4) Not sure. I thought the racial armor was buyable with gold but not sure of the prerequisites and think they are spendy.
5) Yes, you can buy exotics from the trade post. You want to focus on getting your 6 piece set bonus though. So 6 pieces with the same runes. Or you could buy the runes separately and replace them in other armor you have.
6) Yes, you can craft exotics and that was my original choice. However, after the matt nerf a while back I find that option the least appealing. I have already acquired the karma exotics and have yet to craft my first piece of armor due to material constraints. The good thing about the crafted armor is that you can craft what you want. IE a full crit build etc. But again, I feel at this time it is too difficult to achieve compared to getting karma. I got/get my karma strictly from wvw.