Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know what’s up with the Ornate Guild Armor’s dye schemes? The two I have made (The heavy shoulders and heavy boots) Have one slot that washes the entire piece in the color, one slot that adds a bit of unnoticable trim, and one slot that DOESN’T DO ANYTHING AT ALL.

Is this a bug? Was it intended to look great and have the worst dye scheme in the game? I don’t know what to think.

Can someone explain why Anet decided to quadruple the amount of materials needed to craft a single piece of ascended armor? This completely boggles my mind. Three damask patches? Wow. I really hope i’m not some crazy fringe opinion here, this is totally insane.
It’s not market fluctuations either, people. Damask, Deldrimor, and Elonian Leather are the same price, lower even, it just takes 4+ times more to do it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNUQJAVRlUzpbllrwdFUtMweQtOAC4RvVPw+COhUA-TBSGABAcBA+TJYa7PMo6PKp04IlZspLo4HAgQAiB-e

I put together a decent Sylvari condi ranger build, I’ve primarily been testing it in fractals and it seems to be working fine, but I feel like it’s missing something.

I’m also very confused as to which Elite I should be using. They all seem pretty weak…

Greatsword is there because I don’t want to be without that AOE damage during the points where you stack instead of just going ham, Also both my GS and SB are the Sunless weapons so why not

PS: If you intend on crying over the choices I make with -my- game, don’t. I’m not looking for zerker elitists to come here and tell me what I should and should not be doing, i’m looking for advice for -this- build.