Guild Wars 2

Okay, cool. I also noticed on the wiki it says to get the gear from dungeons, I have to complete it in explorable mode. What exactly does that mean? Is that the same as using LFG to do the dungeon?

Ok thanks guys. So I would just look at that gallery and decide which exotics I want and do the respective objective to attain. Iv been reading that everyone should basically just go for berserker stats, is this true?

Hey people,

So Iv been looking for a new game to play and I came back to look at how GW2 has been doing, and from what I can tell its quite vibrant on various forums, reddit, etc. Most websites dedicated to the game are up to date and ready for the new expansion coming out. I felt this was a great time to hop back into GW2 but I have a lot of questions:

*I got the game on release and quickly got to 80, had a great time, just decided to stop. So I still have that char and am trying to get into end game

1. Just a quick observation that ALL of the gear is the same so far that Iv bought or came accross. I usually buy things on the trading post when my drops arent up to my level. So I logged in for the first time since release and went and bought a few Rare items on the TP to be better equipped to get exotics. That was something that really annoyed me when I left the game and seeing as its been 2 years and the gear Im looking at for lvl 80 are still all the same and I still look like a godkitten pirate is just irritating. Thoughts? Does this REALLY change for exotics, or do people just get gear for stats and transmog them for the cool looking stuff?

2. From what I understand, the different ways to get exotic gear are pretty much the same as how you wanted to level: PvP, WvW, or Dungeons (PvE). Iv heard things about not being able to remove runes or sigils from exotic gear you get from PvP or WvW. From what I can see, its all the same, you do the objective, get tokens, go to respective vendor and buy the gear. Why would they make the ability to remove sigils or whatever different for each playstyle? So are there advantages or disadvantages to getting gear a certain way? The whole gear thing is really overwhelming, iv read a few guides that help though.

3. Now theres ascended stuff….just more stuff…so much stuff. What will I need that for? Exotics are what you need to run Fractels right? And for WvW and PvP exotics just make you kick butt? So Ascended gear is just making you even better, or will you need it to do the next set of dungeons in the expansion?

Thanks to anyone who can help explain all this