Guild Wars 2

So I am officially in love with this class and will be power levelling to 80 in the next few days.

In the interest of planning my time/gold I have been considering what gear to get. I want to get gear for ranged and melee dps builds.

Do I need separate armor sets for ranged and melee?
What gear should I be getting (e.g Knight’s, etc)?
How does crafted, dungeon and karma exotic armor compare with each other?

Thank you for your help!

The stats of crafted and dungeon armor is the same. I think getting knights is a good start. You can always refine it later.

Thanks for your response.

Do you think I need separate armor for ranged and melee?

personaly I have played with berserker gear for about 4months, 1 month with mix of valkyrie and berkserker. Now I have played for a month with a mix of knight/valkyrie/berserker.