Guild Wars 2

So i hit 80 with my first character. Now I don’t really know what my next steps are… I have my armorsmith at 425 (worked on it while leveling). Should i craft an exotic set? What stats? I was thinking Marauder because it seems to have more vitality according to the wiki.

Also Is there any way to get an ascended bow and greatsword? Thats the build i’m going with now because i don’t know what i’ll focus on.

Get Exotic gear… that is mandatory…as a guardian anyting non exotic or ascended ur dead weight to any team.

About build it beats me, others that play gimmick builds, are best to awswer, since i only played WvW with a weapon combination that does not work.
for the ascended weapons, u need to craft the weapons wich are expensive, very very expensive and boring to craft…
U might search a guide to lvl craftmanship faster and spending less gold, but still itis a ton of gold to guetit at lvl 500.

depends on the game play you’re playing.

guardian in wvw, roaming with groups less than 15, go marauder is a pretty good, with 15 or more, go for wanderers or pvt.

if roaming with small groups, meditation, going 2,2,2 in valor and call it a good day.

if with large groups, make sure you have altruistic healing, 2,2,1 in valor only thing that makes the guardian sustainable in wvw. without it, you might as well stop playing.

Gilan.1307:

So i hit 80 with my first character. Now I don’t really know what my next steps are… I have my armorsmith at 425 (worked on it while leveling). Should i craft an exotic set? What stats? I was thinking Marauder because it seems to have more vitality according to the wiki.

Also Is there any way to get an ascended bow and greatsword? Thats the build i’m going with now because i don’t know what i’ll focus on.

• You can get an ascended greatsword doing the DH collection in achievements, albeit is less cost effective than just crafting directly, and anyway you will need the proper weaponsmith (hunting?) at 500.

• You should rise armorsmith (heavy) and the weaponsmiths to 500 asap, not only to be able to craft ascended gear but also to change random ascended gear stats at will.

• Don’t waste a dime in jewelry; instead get you amulets and rings from laurels and WvW badges; they are super cheap. Accesories are more expensive, but can also be buyed with mission clan tokens.

• You should invest some time getting gold; the best way I found to do it was gathering iron ore in rich veins and collecting wood from tukawas and firs in high density areas. This is the gathering track i used to do in January:

I do change the locationss and stuff I gather based on the market, but essentially the mechanic is the same. If you only have a 80’s toon then you should try to focus in gathering wood (Dredgehaunt Cliffs and Blazeridge Steppes are the best choices based on the CURRENT prices).

• To start, you should get at least exotic gear for armor and weapons (for trinkets go forehand to ascended ones with laurels); for PvE usually the best is going berserker; you can get armor with those stats easily farming Citadel of Flame dungeon or just doing the PvP tracks of Citadel, Crucible of Eternity or Orr.

• For WvW the required stats changes a lot based in the role you asking for: duelling, roaming, small skirmishes and support, raids? For duelling/roaming my advice is to get valkyrie stats in weapons, due they offor a lot more stat points/piece than valkyrie armor, and there’s not pure valk trinkets, so the weapons are the best slot to get that extra HP you would need at roaming. Then for armor my advice is going either zerk (affordable) or marauder (more expensive) or a mix of them Trinkets aren’t a problem since can be cheaply afforded with laurels. For roaming also, Traveller Runes are almost mandatory.

• Take it easy with the time; you should be able to afford full exotic gear in less than a month, but gearing a single build in ascendel will take you a few months. Enjoy the parts of the game you like the most and don’t be obsessed with doing everything in a week.

Buran.3796:

• You can get an ascended greatsword doing the DH collection in achievements, albeit is less cost effective than just crafting directly, and anyway you will need the proper weaponsmith (hunting?) at 500.

It’s an ascended longbow, not a greatsword. Which is probably what you meant but an error occurred. Your other advice seems good.

Btw, worrying about ascended gear is stupid, you can even raid in exotics. Only place you really need ascended gear is high level fractals where you need to stack up on AR, and even then jewelry will be sufficient to about lvl 60 fractals.

• Do all dungeons
• Try wvw
• Join a guild
• Get ascended weapons and trinkets
• Do raids
• Do world completion
• Go pvp