Guild Wars 2

So just got my first ascended piece (Royal Signet of Doric) with a defensive infusion slot and was just wondering how the agony resistance works.

I can’t seem to place any random agony infusions into it but read on the wiki that a +5 from the fractal vendor should work. Is it possible to get anything stronger or are rings limited to +5?

Absurdo.8309:

Many groups will accept you if you have ascended trinkets and weapons. Focus on getting those first. Here’s how I recommend to get them:

Rings – Fractals, by random drop or pristine fractal relics
Accessories – guild missions. It will take about 2 weeks to get one accessory.
Amulet – laurels, or laurels + wvw tokens
Weapon – craft. Will take about 80-100 gold, plus the cost of getting the crafting profession to 500.
Backpiece – Either through fractals, mystic forge, mawdry, or pvp

Good luck!

Edit: there are other ways to acquire ascended stuff, but I recommend this method for your first set.

Appreciate the detailed response. So used to the style of WoW, but since that kitten bored me to death so quick I could barely get past blues, this will be way better. Thanks again!

ekarat.1085:

You are expected to have maxed out your gear before you even start raiding.

So what does raiding bring to the table? (apart from the challenge, which I’m looking forward to)

So I recently hit 80 and usually focus on PVE in MMO’s. I got my full exotic set from currency but always enjoyed the thrill of loot drops from raid bossees.

I understand that being stretched all over the map for ascended gear is good for certain reasons. But when many raid groups demand full ascended just to join them for a run it seems like there’s no escaping it and the gear hunt is cooled off for when rading actually starts?

How does raiding work in regards to gear progression? Does it even exist or am I just being stupid?