Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone, this is my first forum post so I hope it won’t be stupid

I’m an engineer (asura) level 50 at the moment, and i collected some gold (around 20 gold). Now i want to buy some cheap armor because most of my armors are below level 30.

I have a flamethrower build, which i enjoy! So the question is, what stats on items should i be looking for? I simply can’t make up my mind. Thank you.

1. Don’t use your gold to buy gear upgrades. Save it for when you’re 80. Buy gear upgrades with karma from zone karma vendors.
2. Depends on your build. Flamethrower/dual pistol builds usually condition damage maybe power with FT.
3. Power for any builds with explosives.
4. Since stats don’t affect turret damage, turret specs you want to go tanky. Tank yourself up and let your turrets do the dps while you keep them/yourself alive.

Oh wow, thank you so much for input! I’ll take your advice! Cheers

No problem. Just keep in mind that the dps on the FT isn’t very high (which is why people don’t recommend it). I personally go to trying to get as many possible condition dots that can be applied by critting on a target, then using it in conjunction with my rifle. It’s autoattack fast attack and each one possibly critting multiple people and applying a condition.

Deified.7520:

1. Don’t use your gold to buy gear upgrades. Save it for when you’re 80. Buy gear upgrades with karma from zone karma vendors.

Weird, I would recommend the opposite. Buying an entire set of new gear every 10 levels (at levels that end in 5, starting at 15 and ending at 65) costs almost nothing. As long as you aren’t dumb and try to buy rare or exotic items, and just stick with green accessories, they can all cost under a silver each. It’s unlikely you’ll spend even a gold going all the way from 15-80 just buying stuff off the market. Hell, sometimes I buy extra higher level armor just for the looks because it’s virtually free.

Karma on the other hand I would prefer to save for high-level karma gear.

Dispari.3980:

Deified.7520:

1. Don’t use your gold to buy gear upgrades. Save it for when you’re 80. Buy gear upgrades with karma from zone karma vendors.

Weird, I would recommend the opposite. Buying an entire set of new gear every 10 levels (at levels that end in 5, starting at 15 and ending at 65) costs almost nothing. As long as you aren’t dumb and try to buy rare or exotic items, and just stick with green accessories, they can all cost under a silver each. It’s unlikely you’ll spend even a gold going all the way from 15-80 just buying stuff off the market. Hell, sometimes I buy extra higher level armor just for the looks because it’s virtually free.

Karma on the other hand I would prefer to save for high-level karma gear.

Agreed. Upgrading your gear every 10 levels via TP and gold is really cheap… Save your karma. It costs less than 6-8 silver usually to fully overhaul my gear every ten levels – even buying masterwork level items. Bout the same as waypointing a few times at 80.

There’s no reason to buy anything above Masterwork while upgrading leveling gear though… Heck, fine quality should do, unless you’re filthy rich and wanna min/max out the wazoo. The price difference between Masterwork and Rare is drastic.

Better yet, just make your gear as you level!