Guild Wars 2

I’m saved up a bit of money, I’m looking to upgrade my runes and my accessories to their more exotic forms..

I’m Currently running complete berserker armor, weapons and jewellery, so my aim is obviously to deal damage -

My Weapon set up – Greatsword – Sword/Focus/Pistol

I’m currently running precision runes, Rata Sum, these were cheap at the time, but did a good job at increasing my crit rate, but i’m looking for something more efficient..

I’m a master Tailor so I can craft scholar and mesmer runes -

I guess my best options are:
Scholar
Mesmer
Lyssa
Eagle
Ranger

Is there a consensus best option here?

I am edging towards Scholar runes. If I were to choose them, what jewellery do I need to make up for the loss of precision without sacrificing power or crit damage?

it depends on that you are condition damage or interrupt duration or critical damage or normal damage.

No there is no “consensus”, but i simply use this rule. What “special” effects can a rune set(1-6) or multiple 1-2 rune sets give me. If i just want the stats, i just put crests in my armor+jewelery, since its 288 total stats vs 211 + a effect.

As tip all the duration % runes and “on crit” runes are nice, since its hard to get this via traits or other means.

As example, u can get +45% bleed duration via 3 different sets, which on a condition build will outperform any other thing u can put in.
The boon duration runes are also very strong, since it allows u to stack might boons faster.

So try find effects, which u normally have no access to or hard to get otherwise. For me runes are defined by there effects and not stats, thats where i would use crests over runes.

I also don’t like the often noted “+10 stat 2% crit” set, since i normally dont care about the 3 stats i don’t use and having +60 vitality in a PvE power/crit build does nothing.