Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,
is sinister condi still a good option until I get all the viper pieces? The reason I’m asking is that full six viper armor is pretty expensive and it will take a while before I can get all pieces but I need to craft some armor now to get my AR up.

It’s the best alternative but vipers is just better and worth getting when you can. Trapper/Nightmare combo with sinister along with a Malice sigil will put you at 99% duration.

the thing is, it’s not really lower budget any more. rabid is the good low budget alternative at an exotic level since you can acquire it without crafting. but once you say “I need ar” and you mean ascended, nothing is cheap or cheaper because mystic forge stat conversion makes all the prices about the same.

insanemaniac.2456:

the thing is, it’s not really lower budget any more. rabid is the good low budget alternative at an exotic level since you can acquire it without crafting. but once you say “I need ar” and you mean ascended, nothing is cheap or cheaper because mystic forge stat conversion makes all the prices about the same.

Good point, and even if crafting Rabid is cheaper thanks to the leather situation.

With Sinister needing charged quartz I’d imagine it’s about the same price as Vipers. Last I looked rabid is still a kitteneaper to make for ascended, then like 10-20g to convert it as soon as you can, or using reward boxes… trying to think of a reason you’d have sinister instead of vipers and I can’t other than if you had made it back before HoT.

Rabid has defensive stats right? Nothing wrong with defensive stats, you’ll fine you might have more agro than normal with some enemies like the etin

insanemaniac.2456:

the thing is, it’s not really lower budget any more. rabid is the good low budget alternative at an exotic level since you can acquire it without crafting. but once you say “I need ar” and you mean ascended, nothing is cheap or cheaper because mystic forge stat conversion makes all the prices about the same.

I just checked again and it seems the only difference between crafting viper and “regular” ascended armor from scratch is the 75 fulgurite per piece.

Not too bad because I’m sitting on 600k karma and plenty of leftover airship parts, bandit crests etc.