Guild Wars 2

I’ve got about 450k kharma burning a hole in my pocket and I’m not sure what to spend it on.

I’ve been 80 for a few weeks now. I had the good fortune of a guild mate being very gracious and making me a full set of Exotic Valkyrie armor and threw some precision runes in them. I’ve been using a 100nade build and really having fun and it’s been working quite well. I don’t have much gold right now… think I got about 7g. I spent most of my gold on a rifle, runes/sigils, and accessories/rings.

I’d really like to go with a P/P build eventually. I need the gear for it. I’ve been looking at the various websites that have kharma gear lists, and not really seeing a lot I could buy that would be ideal for a P/P build. I wonder if I’m just missing something.

I still feel like a newb when it comes to all the various sources of gear in the game. Ever since I hit 80 I have sort of lived in WvW.

What do you veterans do with 450k kharma? A guildmate suggest I buy 4 piece of kharma gear and then use the mystic forge to make something that I could sell on the TP and then use that gold buy the gear more suite for a P/P build. Is that the most ideal way?

Thanks in advance.

The vendors in Orr have exotic pre/tough/cond gear, which works quite well for condition pistol builds. You can supplement it with pieces off the auction if you want to tweak some stats around and such.

The Orr temples can supply you with Rabid attribute gear for a P/P gear. That’s the best place to spend karma if you want condi-dmg gear.

AC Dungeon runs can get you Rampager gear, and any Dungeon in general can get you other variants if you so desire them. Carrion can come in the crafted variety if you want to burn gold, but you mentioned you don’t have much of it.

This link can help with any other questions:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Equipment_acquisition_by_stats

In terms of stats in general the three I listed Rabid, Rampager, and Carrion will all work wonderfully in combination. If you are going to use Incendiary Powder or Earth Sigil in your build you should make sure you have at least 33% crit though. Rampager is maximum damage output, Carrion is damage diversification, and Rabid is pure condi-dmg. As I said though, if you just mix a bunch together it should be more then fine especially with a huge Rabid base from the Karma.

Thanks Ayestes. I think your link and another Lanny gave in a different thread GW2 Buildcraft will help me get this figured out. I need to figure out and understand the particular thresholds of certain builds. For example, the no less than 33% crit is actually more valuable to me than you might realize.

I understand that even thresholds will come down to play styles and personal preference, but it still helps. I look at videos like Mask’s and see he has a good amount of damage mitigation. I realize a good bit of that is due to having protection up a lot, but still there is probably a magic number of toughness and vitality he’s found that works for that build. In his and other peoples videos I can see how much hitpoints they have, but I’m still newb and don’t know the math behind it. For example how much Vitality is needed to get to 23k health? How much condition damage is needed to get poison and bleed ticks over 100? Etc, etc. Still sorting that out.

I’m still a newb in many ways. Still sporting two greens on me. I want to put something better in those slots, and I got close to 500k kharma now just sitting there. I know I could be doing something with it to better my character. Just not even sure where to begin. If I just know what ballpark figures of stats to shoot for then with the links you and Lanny have provided I hope to figure it out.

I kinda feel like that awkward person in the movies that has potential, but is in dire need of the shopping for clothes and new haircut montage. I’m just ignorant of all the stores and stats available out there that can be purchased for kharma.

Thanks again for taking the time to get in me a good direction. It’s appreciated.

1200 Condi-Dmg gets bleed damage over 100. I think Poison is double, but I’m not sure without looking. Vitality for the Engineer starts at around 15k health when it’s at our base which I think is 916, and then for every 1 point of Vitality after that you get 10 health. A lot of people say you should have about a 1 Armor to 10 Health ratio, but that’s pretty subjective. I like to have a little more Armor then that ratio suggests, just because Supply Kit, Regen, and the standard heal can make a lot of regen time. Not to mention when you know what to dodge, you last longer and the longer you last the better Armor is.

Generally though, until you get your own feel as long as you have that 33% crit and 1200 condi-dmg I think you should be fine. Even then, I only barely have 1200 condi-dmg and I’m riding on some Ascended gear, so I wouldn’t even consider that too important when you can run around with a Corruption Sigil, eating up some food, and have Might stacks.

All of this stuff can be found on the gw2 wiki which I linked, just search it. It has all the specific formulas and is a fantastic resource. It’s hosted by ANet so it’s not likely to vanish anytime soon.

Go to the Temple of [Insert God Name] and grab a back piece. 42k Karma.