Guild Wars 2

Hey guys. So I got to level 80 and have been smashing along in Orr on the quest for gear. I’m wondering what I should go for? I use GS and A/A and typically use Power, precision and crit damage as my stats. Love big numbers.

I was looking at the karma exotic vendors and noticed that while some had power and precision, there was no crit damage, just a heap of toughness, vit, healing power etc, the stuff I don’t really want. So I’m wondering the importance of these stats. Do I need them? If so, what do I sacrifice for them?

Also, on dungeons. I ran CM once and well, we all didn’t know the mechanics and while we finished it, it was rather costly. Do I need to run them all or just go for one that I like for gear. I noticed CoE had power, precision and crit damage so, should I just farm for that and forget the rest?

I appreciate any responses!

Cheers all

You know you can craft/buy exotic berserker’s (power, prec, crit) gear right? You don’t need to get the stuff the karma merchants sell if you want those stats.

Yeh, I went weaponsmith/chef so I’m working on my weapon;s atm but, I’m thinking gear is going to cost a LOT of gold, something that is rare to come by

Depends on you I guess. I tend to get gold easier than karma.

Berserker’s Draconic armour is about 2.5g per item in material cost, so 15g for the set. Doesn’t take too long to make that money, and the cost goes down if you mine the orich yourself (always do the daily orich farm). Gems cost about the same again per piece, as do weapons. So close to 30g for a complete set (2 weapons, full armour, full gems).

As for what it allows you to do: 25k 100 blades, 8-9k whirlwind, 4k bladetrails. It also allows you to die very, very quickly so get used to having panic buttons in your utility slots.

Although it will look terrible, you can mix and match items from different sets (crafted, karma, dungeons, pvp) to get the stats you want. If you don’t want to look terrible transmutation stones can be used to change the appearance of the items.

Getting the first set of Warrior armour isn’t the issue. Getting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc sets are

im 400 AS, so feel free to mail me in game if you want something made. http://www.gw2db.com/recipes/armorsmith has a list of all the recipes.

however, i’d recommend getting toughness/power/prec or vital gear if you plan on running dungeons. CM was probably costly because of your toughness (along with your party not knowing mechanics).

Sami.1560:

Berserker’s Draconic armour is about 2.5g per item in material cost, so 15g for the set. Doesn’t take too long to make that money, and the cost goes down if you mine the orich yourself (always do the daily orich farm). Gems cost about the same again per piece, as do weapons. So close to 30g for a complete set (2 weapons, full armour, full gems).

As for what it allows you to do: 25k 100 blades, 8-9k whirlwind, 4k bladetrails. It also allows you to die very, very quickly so get used to having panic buttons in your utility slots.

Although it will look terrible, you can mix and match items from different sets (crafted, karma, dungeons, pvp) to get the stats you want. If you don’t want to look terrible transmutation stones can be used to change the appearance of the items.

Getting the first set of Warrior armour isn’t the issue. Getting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc sets are

Rightio, looks like I have a goal. I do now know why I get chopped up rather easy but, fair trade to do high damage. Just another question. When u say getting the 2nd, 3rd and 4th sets, which ones do u mean? I’m kind of lost with gear and ‘ilevel’ ikittennow what I mean. I’m not entirely sure how this game works as in, do I get 1 set so I am strong enough to work towards the next set? If so, how do I know which dungeons and/or sets to start on and which ones to work towards.

I know that there is a bit of info on the net but, my searches usually turn up what the set looks like or the stats for the sets, not actual help on what build I use and what I should work for. The game is pretty costly with gold and it is a lengthy process to obtain so while I don’t want to have a ‘playguide’ I certainly don’t want to farm for weeks and then purchase the wrong thing.

Thanks for your reply mate

above mars.4586:

im 400 AS, so feel free to mail me in game if you want something made. http://www.gw2db.com/recipes/armorsmith has a list of all the recipes.

however, i’d recommend getting toughness/power/prec or vital gear if you plan on running dungeons. CM was probably costly because of your toughness (along with your party not knowing mechanics).

So perhaps get rid of the crit damage for toughness? I do enjoy high precision and the crit damage for well, nice numbers. I had a look at armour in dungeons and it looks like CoE is the way to go having power, prec and crit damage. Perhaps that kind of build is good for world boss events? I do find atm I get aggro most of the time and spend a lot of the time kiting till someone picks up the boss. We fought Lyssa last night and she chased me the entire fight. Good fun tho

Ok, so I had a go of CoE and it really wasn’t fun. Can only really get pug groups and well, we spent nearly 2 hours doing it, mainly running back from being dead all the time. While I’m not the worst the player, I do dodge etc, some mechanics are really really hard. I kind of felt that while I need to learn the fights, get better gear etc, it kind of felt like it wasn’t worth it.

Suppose I’ll have to blow my gold on some toughness gear.

It really depends, if you going full glass cannon then you going to die a lot in dungeons and WvW. Personally I left the glass cannon build as soon as I saw how everyone else pwned me so easily and how useless I felt in dungeon runs.

Over all a warrior who is spec correctly should deal heavy damage without being a glass cannon. PvE wise hundred blades deals a lot of damage but in maps and events in the 70+ maps you will get surrounded by so many mobs that you will eat the dust in no time. In the other hand a correctly spec “tank” build can mitigate the damage while having more hp and sources to push his damage higher and higher over time. Same applies to condition damage warrior who DoT the crap out of enemies, their main hits don’t seem big but they do deal a with threads just as fast.

As for gear goes, Karma farming was easy for me, I got my full exotic set in about a week, could have taken me less but I was doing WvW only also crafted a set of exotic weapons and jewels which took some time off farming karma.

Dungeon armor is ok, but I find it hard to find people to do exp modes outside the Citadel of Flames and sometimes Arah, many of said dungeons are bug as well.

WvW got an exotic set, but is worthless since the badge drop rate is kitten

Lyonell.1753:

It really depends, if you going full glass cannon then you going to die a lot in dungeons and WvW. Personally I left the glass cannon build as soon as I saw how everyone else pwned me so easily and how useless I felt in dungeon runs.

Over all a warrior who is spec correctly should deal heavy damage without being a glass cannon. PvE wise hundred blades deals a lot of damage but in maps and events in the 70+ maps you will get surrounded by so many mobs that you will eat the dust in no time. In the other hand a correctly spec “tank” build can mitigate the damage while having more hp and sources to push his damage higher and higher over time. Same applies to condition damage warrior who DoT the crap out of enemies, their main hits don’t seem big but they do deal a with threads just as fast.

As for gear goes, Karma farming was easy for me, I got my full exotic set in about a week, could have taken me less but I was doing WvW only also crafted a set of exotic weapons and jewels which took some time off farming karma.

Dungeon armor is ok, but I find it hard to find people to do exp modes outside the Citadel of Flames and sometimes Arah, many of said dungeons are bug as well.

WvW got an exotic set, but is worthless since the badge drop rate is kitten

Thanks for the reply mate. I’m curious as to what stats u use and weapons? If going for a dot kind of class I suppose swords would be in there somewhere. I am a big fan of crit damage/precision but, the deaths are really ruining my dungeon experience. Only been 80 for a week so any further advice would be great.

Going full zerkers (power/prec/crit) in dungeons is pretty bad. You will probably do less damage than someone in more balance/tanky gear because they won’t be eating dirt constantly and forcing someone else to stop THEIR dps to res you.

Melee’s already get/keep aggro easier than ranged and are more susceptible to damaging mechanics (ie pbaoes, cc chains, etc). Going glass cannon in dungeon is like begging to get stomped on.

I’d vote for Knight’s gear with a few Soldier pieces snuck in to shore up your toughness. You’ll have decent crit, good vitality, decent power, and fair toughness. Stack some melandru runes if you have a bit of trouble with all the conditions and stuns in dungeons, I’ve found them particularly helpful in more than a few of the dungeons.

Yep, starting to get my knight’s gear while farming SE. Just curious on weapon choice? I’m using GS and axe/shield. Followed a particular build by Red Falcon found here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Most-needed-warrior-build-in-pve-dung/first#post339360

He says that he gets 25 stacks of might easily but, mine always drop off. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Might try for mace/mace

Glass cannon/full berserker’s is fine in dungeons. Surviving is more about skill than gear. Watch animations carefully, dodge well, and you will do fine.

Make sure you are using whirling attack as a dodge, and signet of stamina to regen endurance faster.