Guild Wars 2

Thank you guys for sharing all your thoughts! I have decided to go with a pvt set due to a couple reasons.

Dee Jay.2460:

But zerging with Berserker gear really isn’t viable and might actually make you a liability for your group. And I think that’s far less desirable than adding 3 minutes to every dungeon run.

Yeh my guild runs WvW zergs daily and want me to get that pvt set. I agree, a berserker frontline hammer warr is a free rally for the enemy lol.

In all honesty, i actually like running a “tanky” build in dungeons too. People say High level fractals 1 shot you anyway, but I doubt I will be that hardcore/have enough energy to go through it anyway, especially not with pugs. H
Having a good zerker group with exotic gear would go through them only a little slower than those with ascended zerker.

Also, as much as i love seeing my 45k hb hits and the seconds long boss fights,i also love being able to survive long enough to fix a mistake a friend or group partner or I made, which is very common in pugs, which brings me to what flissy said —>

Flissy.4093:

The difference Ascended armor will make in a WvW zerg is less noticeable than the difference it would make in 5 man dungeons. So get an Ascended PvE set.

If you however PUG dungeons only and don’t do them with friends, I’d ascend your WvW stats to help out your buddies.

The sad truth is that I pug dungeons more often than I do them with friends/guildies, the upside is I have the arah/SE sets that I like for my warr/engi and I only need to do dungeons for fun.

Fractals are a 1s per day thing so yeh, I think you are right in saying PVT would be better to help my guild out.

So yeh, I guess being an ascended zerker in a pug group would usually be a downfall for me since I would end up being a target who has to kite and run away :P

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As for the knight’s mix with pvt. I totally agree, it makes more sense and adds more kick into my charging through the enemy lines. But then again, I can replace some of the ascended pvt gear with zerker/knights exotic and still gain almost as much kick as mixing it around. Also, for flexibility, I don’t usually roam, and I would like to think that I am good enough with my warr to be able to do all dungeons and up to medium level fractals with my zerker gear ^.^

Thank you guys! you have been so much help!

Hi everyone,

I just want some insight into the choices that could be made regarding ascended pieces. Since the creation of the new ascended armour I have finally saved enough material, tokens and laurels to make the complete set of ascended armour, including trinkets and accessories.

However, I have hit a conundrum; I love running dungeons and fractals (zerk axe/mace or axe/shield and/or gs), but i also am a key participant in a lot of wvw zerg with my guild (pvt hammer warrior). I am wondering if choosing pvt ascended gear is better than a zerker set in my situation or vice versa.

note: I regard other pieces (knights, etc) to be “in between” pieces that would probably be a waste of my effort, but any ideas on such pieces would be awesome.

I just want you guys to note that any feedback is greatly appreciated.