Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone! I’m coming back from a pretty long hiatus. Since I returned I tried to try out some other classes but I always end up coming back to my D/D elementalist. It has been what I’ve been maining since release and I can’t seem to find anything else I enjoy as much.

After being gone for a long time I’m a bit lost as to if there is anything I need to upgrade. Here is my current gear status. I currently have all exotic soldier(PVT) armor and ascended soldier accessories/rings and such. I remember going soldier gear because I’m big into WvWvW and being on Jade Quarry puts me into big zerg battles. I don’t enjoy using a staff so I have a lot of fun being pretty beefy in the middle of zerg battles with my daggers.

I’m assuming a lot has changed since I last played. I keep seeing the term celestial being mentioned. Is that a certain set of stats on gear? If so how do you get this gear? Why is celestial being mentioned so much? Is it really good? I specifically see people mention a celestial amulet. Why is this?

I’m just looking to see what I may need to change about my gear if it does need to change. If I’m looking to be a beefy D/D ele would it be best to stick to my soldier gear? Is there another set of stats out there now that actually would make me more beefy?

Thanks for all help!

Celestial is a set that has every stat.

Current D/D Ele Roaming meta:
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/D_Roamer
Celestial armor:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Celestial_Intricate_Gossamer_Insignia

The amulet is referring to a sPvP amulet, and has little bearing on your PvE/WvW gear.

This all being said, you can probably do just fine in the gear you have.

BarnabeJonez.6023:

Celestial is a set that has every stat.

Current D/D Ele Roaming meta:
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/D_Roamer
Celestial armor:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Celestial_Intricate_Gossamer_Insignia

The amulet is referring to a sPvP amulet, and has little bearing on your PvE/WvW gear.

This all being said, you can probably do just fine in the gear you have.

Ah ok good to know! I saw that roaming build but I wasn’t sure how good those stats would be as a D/D in big zergs. I understand that staff is suggested for zerg fights in WvW but I just can’t give up the D/D game play. It’s too much fun for me. Glad to hear I can just keep my current stats to do what I like to do.

My biggest suggestion is try out the build in sPvP and see how you like it. It’s not the greatest way to tell if it’ll be good in a zerg, but you can get a decent comparison without investing all the time/money into making a new gear set.

BarnabeJonez.6023:

My biggest suggestion is try out the build in sPvP and see how you like it. It’s not the greatest way to tell if it’ll be good in a zerg, but you can get a decent comparison without investing all the time/money into making a new gear set.

Getting celestial gear is that big an investment/time sink?

Kinda yea, unless you want to go around farming Quartz crystals and you get lucky, it’ll take you 30 days to make a set, since you need to turn 25 Quartz Crystals into Charged quartz crystals at a rate of one per day. That, and the Charged Quartz is account bound for some reason.