Guild Wars 2

As the title says, what do you long time condi rangers find best for pve/open world? I finished up Dreamer and now im trying to decide on the exo armor. Atm I got rabid I believe(the TA stuff) but I got the stuff to make a set of Celestial or Apothecary. Want something that will work pretty good as just a daily armor, not necessarily a min/max thing.

The analysis I’ve seen says that if you are dependent on 3 stats, use regular armor. If you need more than 3, Celestial gives you more benefit.
Most ranger builds do a little bit of everything anyway, so I think Celestial is the way to go. It gives about 10% more stat points over all than regular armor in addition to a whole lot of critical damage% that you don’t see outside of glass cannon builds. It also gives you the flexibility to switch between builds depending on how you spec your trait lines. You won’t be min/maxing you’ll be highlighting.

Rabid is much better for conditions. But personally id never wear anything but celestial I find my overall damage much higher and consistent with any weapon.

Is it traps, or Bunker?

if Traps, Rabid

If Bunker – Dire Armor/Weapons + Apothecary Jewelry

I use rabid, axe+torch and drake as “open world whatever” it kills superfast and there really isn’t anything to be worried about that would require high healing regen from apothecary, if you want something diffrent go with the celestial.