Guild Wars 2

Hi,

Just got my Longbow Ranger to 80.

Which Karma Exotic gear is best for my Ranger? I was thinking of the Rubicon ones with the Superior Rune of Lyssa. Would those be the best?

BTW: I PVE, and don’t do WvW or sPvP.

Thanks.

If you’re limiting yourself to Karma gear then it’s the soldiers pieces. Power as the primary with toughness and vitality as the secondary. If you want to spend money, and your focus is purely PvE as you say, then berserker gear is your ultimate goal. You’ll swap out one or 2 pieces for assassin’s gear due to the way stats round. Last time I did the math it was all serker and an assassin head piece. I haven’t updated my calculator for the ferocity changes.

Can Soldier’s be purchased with Karma? I thought it was crafted.

Also, I’m not too up on the Temple Karma vendors, but it seems that all the stats on different pieces from the same vendor are all mixed around. Is the best idea to buy different pieces from different vendors with the stats you want, and ignore the Rune, and replace it with one you want?

I was thinking I should buy all from one vendor because of the rune benefits, but that will give me less than optimal stats on the pieces.

Sorry to be asking a more generic question here.

You’re right, you can’t get a full suit from a single temple vendor. You can’t get the legs at all if I remember correctly. Don’t remember which vendor had which pieces, but you’ll want to visit them all.

As for the sigil, you’ll want a different one anyway. Ranger I think is what most are considering these days for PVE? I don’t follow the PvE discussions.

Lankybrit.4598:

Hi,

Just got my Longbow Ranger to 80.

Which Karma Exotic gear is best for my Ranger? I was thinking of the Rubicon ones with the Superior Rune of Lyssa. Would those be the best?

BTW: I PVE, and don’t do WvW or sPvP.

Thanks.

If you buy them with badges, just remember the runes you put into them won’t come out again.

I had no idea – and no tool tip warning either…

Sad.

I am a condi Ranger – Full Rabid with ascended trinkets that add more condi, power and vitality.

Food and tools are your best friend in PvE.

Since you PvE, why not use dungeon tokens?

I would just go with full Berserker for a longbow Ranger.

Congrats on 80!
If you want karma armor check out
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Equipment_acquisition_by_stats#Karma to plan out your route.
The only item in Soldier’s that you cannot get from Karma is the legs, and like others have said, you can’t get the runes out.

Note that crafting exotic Soldier’s armor is a PITA because you cannot craft Soldier’s intricate gossamer insignia. You have to get Soldier’s dungeon gear, then salvage it. And they made it so salvaging Soldier’s gear crafted in this manner never gives you back the insignia – so one use is all you’ll ever get.

It’s easier just to use the dungeon gear straight. And if you’re going to do that, Berserker’s is a better choice since it’ll give you roughly double the damage on average. Survivability is rarely an issue in PvE.

i have berserker gear with the 2 earrings (toughness)

my main weapons are: SB+GS
I also have:
GS+2 Axes (for stacking bosses)
SB+LB (for ranged only bosses)

i also have Warhorn, Torch, Longsword, Dagger (dont use them that much)

my traits are 6 marksmanship, 6 wilderness, 2 beastmastery
i use these for dungeons/WvW

for map pve i skip 6 wilderness and i put them on 6 skirmishing
for more damage since you cant really die in map pve as ranger