Guild Wars 2

All exotic gear is perfectly fine. You do not need ascended to be effective.

style.6173:

All exotic gear is perfectly fine. You do not need ascended to be effective.

Ascended/Legendary gear DO make a difference (and a pretty stiff one in WvW/lvl80 Dungeons) but it’s not a requirement, and it’s not the explanation of why he dies so fast either.

Btw to the op, get a look at the gearing guides from dulfy, it points out most of the sources of easy/“cheap” gear to get at 80 for a quick start.

style.6173:

All exotic gear is perfectly fine. You do not need ascended to be effective.

Skill does beat stats but when fighting nearly equal skill those stat differences are massive. Beating me when I have full stacks, ascended everything generally requires a very skilled player AND a rock to my scissors build if they aren’t equally equipped. The difference is a solid 20 percent or more. This is particularly true when facing bunker builds.

Straegen.2938:

style.6173:

All exotic gear is perfectly fine. You do not need ascended to be effective.

Skill does beat stats but when fighting nearly equal skill those stat differences are massive. Beating me when I have full stacks, ascended everything generally requires a very skilled player AND a rock to my scissors build if they aren’t equally equipped. The difference is a solid 20 percent or more. This is particularly true when facing bunker builds.

Exactly.

It’s like Applied Fortitude/Strenght. Before i got the first i kept dying when my ennemies were low life.
When i got Fortitude, i died less, and even managed to run, or died when they were downed too more often.

Since i got both, i kill people more often.

It’s all “small” buffs compared to the level of gear before (or not having them) but in the end it makes quite huge difference.