Guild Wars 2

I was wondering if anyone had insight as to what runes to upgrade my lvl 80 Beserker Armor (Rare Crafted) set with for PVE. I am specced 30 fire/30 air/10 arcane and primarily use scepter/dagger.

I am really wondering if having full berserker set gives me the sufficient power/crit/precision enabling me to focus on another stat with runes like toughness to be less squishy.

At what point do I reach diminishing returns?

Any info is appreciated!

The best rune for direct damage is definitely divinity. Why? It gives 10% crit damage bonus, which is equal to crit damage runes. On top of that is also gives 60 power, prec and condition damage. (compare that to a normal rune set,which only gives +50 in one secondary stat).
If you want to see the actual % difference, you’ll have to crunch numbers. When I did a long time ago,I found it slightly more direct damage than a power/prec rune set. Plus divinity gives nice bonuses everywhere else too
Downside? 24g

Personally, I found it easier to make my armor focused to just one thing (Aka, Full Berserker with Ruby Orbs in mob slots) and then just use more defensive Jewelry. Emerald is a good jewelry set since it gives more Precision than Ruby while giving good Toughness and a minor in Power (Toughness is main on Jewelry, but the mod has Precision main. Weird atm).

At level 80 it is around 21 Precision for 1% crit chance. IMO, when you get it around 30-40%, it doesn’t need to be higher unless you’re going all out DPS. If you want to go more defensive with upgrades, I’d suggest Crest of the Soldier. It is Power main, with Toughness and Vitality minors.

Note: In case you’re wondering why I suggest Orbs and Crests over Runes, it is because I think they are better. The only real advantage I see in Runes is the 6th ability, which is usually not worth it in most I’ve seen. A set of Runes give 165 to primary attribute and 50 to secondary attribute. Orb/Crests on the other hand give 120 to primary attribute and 84 to two secondary attributes. So Crests give more total attributes while still being more focused than Runes of Divinity, and far cheaper (Crest of Soldier at 17 Silver is most costly of all Orbs/Crest last I saw)! However, if you really wanted to focus on one Attribute, Runes would be better since it gives 165 and not 120. Also, instead of a 6th rune, you could use a Crest or Orb to get primary attribute to 185.

I am running Beryl Orbs 20 pow , 2% crit damage , 14 vit. You can mix other orbs in to suit.. You can also mix a few pieces of Valk gear in there if you are in need of more hp while keeping crit damage.

Any reason to use Beryl Orbs instead of Exquisite Beryl Jewels? Just the price?

Havana.8625:

Any reason to use Beryl Orbs instead of Exquisite Beryl Jewels? Just the price?

Can’t use jewels in armor , only the raw orbs

Ah, that is a good reason. I’m glad I didn’t buy some to try it. So they don’t work in anything that has an upgrade slot? Jewels are for which items then?