Guild Wars 2

Hey fellow warriors, I need some advice concerning my armor.
Right now my charrior has a set of exotic berserker armor with mostly ascended trinkets.
My charrior is not my main and I only play him from time to time ( I’d estimate 20% of my overall playtime). And when I do, I also sometimes take him to WvW, so I put Runes of the Pack on my armor.
Before they “nerfed” PS those runes worked pretty well for both, being the might-kitten in dungeons/fractals and roaming in WvW.
Back then when they lowered the effectivness of PS, I started collecting Strength Runes since running PS with Pack runes didn’t work as good as before anymore and now finally got my 7th, so I could swap runes now but… I’m a bit stingy and now I’m thinking about the following options:
- overwrite current runes of the pack with strenght runes, knowing my heart would bleed for virtually throwing 7 pack runes in the trash can
- keep the current set for wvw and get another berserker set for PvE and add the strength runes
- save the strength runes for later/an other character, use the current set for WvW and get a sinister/viper set for PvE

More armor sets ftw

Well, Legendary armor will be out one of these days. Sooooo save up mats and start grinding everything you can for that day?

Hoaxintelligence.4628:

More armor sets ftw

Alright, still I’m torn between getting another zerker set for the Strenght runes or getting a condi set for PvE and saving the Strength runes for another character…

Well, Legendary armor will be out one of these days. Sooooo save up mats and start grinding everything you can for that day?

Uhm… well… no. I’m looking more for an ad-hoc solution and no long-term grindfest :/

Nash.2681:

Hoaxintelligence.4628:

More armor sets ftw

Alright, still I’m torn between getting another zerker set for the Strenght runes or getting a condi set for PvE and saving the Strength runes for another character…

Well, Legendary armor will be out one of these days. Sooooo save up mats and start grinding everything you can for that day?

Uhm… well… no. I’m looking more for an ad-hoc solution and no long-term grindfest :/

Determine if you will be playing the DPS role or the Might-Support role in PvE more often. If you will be supporting, put Strength on another set and keep pack as your WvW set. Don’t overwrite a set with good runes that aren’t cheap. A complete set of exo’s costs like 6 gold in WvW with badges (which are otherwise useless).
If you will be the (condi) DPS, get Viper/Sinister and save your runes.

As a sidenote, Strength is a very good rune for WvW.

Cygnus.6903:

Determine if you will be playing the DPS role or the Might-Support role in PvE more often. If you will be supporting, put Strength on another set and keep pack as your WvW set. Don’t overwrite a set with good runes that aren’t cheap. A complete set of exo’s costs like 6 gold in WvW with badges (which are otherwise useless).
If you will be the (condi) DPS, get Viper/Sinister and save your runes.

As a sidenote, Strength is a very good rune for WvW.

Thanks for your answer! You made a fair point, I think I really should think about my role in PvE.

Concerning Strenght rune for WvW- could you elaborate a bit more plz?

PACK
+25 Power
+10% Swiftness Duration
+50 Power
25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies Might, Fury, and Swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20 seconds)
+100 Power
+20% Swiftness Duration +125 Precision

STRENGTH
+25 Power
+10% Might Duration
+50 Power
+15% Might Duration 25% chance when struck to gain Might for 5s. (Cooldown: 5s)
+100 Power
+20% Might Duration +5% damage while under the effects of Might.

Honestly, to me the choice is pretty obvious considering how Strength runes are the way to go in PvE as well.
They are equal to or even better than Pack runes in WvW. Unless you run anything that justifies dropping +45% might duration as well as the pretty much permanent +5% damage boost as a berserk warrior. The +125 precision (even with Blood Reaction) and the limited boons do not come close to that.

A cheap alternative (assuming the tokens) for hybrid stats
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Aristocracy

If you ever overwrite runes with something you really want (like strength) you’ll love them and never look back. If more damage is what you want then strength is the way to go.

Nash.2681:

Cygnus.6903:

Determine if you will be playing the DPS role or the Might-Support role in PvE more often. If you will be supporting, put Strength on another set and keep pack as your WvW set. Don’t overwrite a set with good runes that aren’t cheap. A complete set of exo’s costs like 6 gold in WvW with badges (which are otherwise useless).
If you will be the (condi) DPS, get Viper/Sinister and save your runes.

As a sidenote, Strength is a very good rune for WvW.

Thanks for your answer! You made a fair point, I think I really should think about my role in PvE.

Concerning Strenght rune for WvW- could you elaborate a bit more plz?

Henry already makes a fair point. The might duration can be very good, especially with traits like Forceful GS. And the 5% dmg increase is pretty much permanent on warrior, where flat modifiers are very good for DPS in general.

However, Pack is a very good alternative IMO. If you are looking for Fury uptime, general higher crit chance or a way to boost swiftness uptime, Pack has it all. One of the best runes for flat stat boosts, and you get close to 50% uptime on Fury and Swiftness from the rune alone (in battle).

A disadvantage Strength has vs Pack is that Strength is kind of a one trick pony; you have to play a build that’s might oriented, or a lot of the rune is wasted. Warrior does have a lot of might gain, but if you forgo these in favor of other choices, Strength may become less optimal for roaming.

That being said, if you wan’t to be optimal in PvE, Strength is the rune to go (unless going condi, obviously). Thus, Strength remains very versatile.

Thanks again folks, I slept over it and I think I made my decision. I’ll go get another zerk set for PvE and equip the Strength Runes on it, while keeping my zerk armor with the Pack Runes for WvW.
Cygnus summed it up pretty well:

However, Pack is a very good alternative IMO. If you are looking for Fury uptime, general higher crit chance or a way to boost swiftness uptime, Pack has it all. One of the best runes for flat stat boosts, and you get close to 50% uptime on Fury and Swiftness from the rune alone (in battle).

A disadvantage Strength has vs Pack is that Strength is kind of a one trick pony; you have to play a build that’s might oriented, or a lot of the rune is wasted. Warrior does have a lot of might gain, but if you forgo these in favor of other choices, Strength may become less optimal for roaming.

Thanks again!

I would advice for scholar runes for pve, seeing as revenants provide an 50% boon duration, rune of strength will be a waste of dps compared to scholar runes.

Plus they are 1/3rd of the cost right now.

Alex Eternity.8195:

I would advice for scholar runes for pve, seeing as revenants provide an 50% boon duration, rune of strength will be a waste of dps compared to scholar runes.

Plus they are 1/3rd of the cost right now.

I’m sure your advice is good-willed, but no thx.
a) I already got the Strength runes, so buying/crafting the (relativly cheap) Scholar Runes would still be an extra expense
b) When playing with friends there’s rarely a revenant around
c) When pugging, I don’t really trust in others doing what one might expect to do, so I rather take care of things myself
d) though I rarely go down, I’m not confident in staying above 90% long enough for the 10% bonus to shine over the flat 5% of Strenght