I would like to open this up for discussion, I notice quite a few builds advising certain armor attributes for certain builds, e.g. Rabid for Conditions and Berserker for Glass Cannons etc, but I’ve never exactly seen someone recommending Rampager.
But I guess Rampager is the best all rounder armor, at least for me. For those unfamiliar, Rampager has precision as major attribute, as well as power and condition damage as minor attributes. I run 0/5/30/5/30 traits so you can see that I have more or less a balanced build.
I guess it may be confusing for many beginners (myself included) to decide on the first exotic armor you want to get after you reach lvl 80 as you might not be entirely sure what kind of build you want to run yet, as you might not be entirely familiar with the different kinds of play style required by the different builds.
But what I feel is this: Rampager armor combined with 0/5/30/5/30 (or 0/0/30/10/30 or any other kinds of similar variations) give you sufficient survivability without compromising on damage.
I got my first armor through farming, then buying on the TP (Aidan’s) and is now wearing TA’s Rampager set and I’ve never regretted. I find myself rarely dying in dungeons, Orr and wvw (of course experience makes you better)
Then, once you have Rampager’s you can experiment with the different kinds of builds you might want to play by first trying out the different traits, as re-traiting is a much lesser cost at 3s as compared to changing the entire set of armor. You can try out trapper, bunker, conditions, melee etc without compromising much as I believe having a strong crit base coupled with the innate evades/dodges that we rangers have is balanced enough for you to try the different builds to find the play style that you like.
What do you guys think?
Eisteria. Asuran Ranger.