Dinged lvl 80 a few days ago, Where to start?

[Rashi]

hey.

Like the topic states, What to do? I´ve dome a few Exp runes for coins. Ending up buying some stuff like
[Ghastly Greatsword of Accuracy]

And the full Yellow Berzerker armor from WWW for Karma. But what to do? when ever I run instances I never get any good "upgrade" from drop and it seems all the items except molten is worse than my current set.

So what to do? Where do I start

Another question is regarding the Mystic forge

I have done some reaserch and I have the mats for the weapon which is as good as the Molten sword, is it worth to get or should I ust wait for the Molten sword::


Thanks in before hand.


Rashi

[Deleted]

In short, Magic Find and Cursed Shore. Grind events keeping an eye on the chat for where to go next. This is a great way to make gold and because stacking MF increases droprates you will find it quite addictive

Save all your greens and then mystic forge them. Either collect the yellows and mystic forge them or salvage them for mats that you sell on the trading post. Remeber to use a high quality salvage kit.

[Deleted]

It's been a while since I've logged in so things might be different now, but off the top of my head:

1. Find out what you actually want to pursue.
2. Collect all the skill-points
3. Work towards map-completion (good rewards too)
4. Select a role or build you want to focus on.
5. Find the stats that go best with your preferred build.
6. Find an armor that offers you these stats and also appeals to you visually.
7. Grind that set by either running explorable Dungeons, farming Karma and Loot in the Cursed Shore or doing WvW PvP.
8. Learn about the game and perfect your play-style.
9. Experiment with various rune-combinations and weapon-enhancements in sPvP and pick whichever you prefer.
10. Once you feel confident with your build and have the appropriate gear you can start grinding through the Fractals of the Mist to earn the Ascended Rings.

PS: Always try to complete your daily achievement for Lorels.

[Deleted]

Ah, I remember how lost I was when I got my first lvl80.

Item qualities and relative strength

Quality name	Item color	Levels available	Relative Strength1
Junk	Gray	N/A	N/A
Basic	White	1-80	100%
Fine	Blue	1-80	125%
Masterwork	Green	14-80	135%
Rare	Yellow	30-80	145%
Exotic	Orange	62-80	165%
Ascended	Pink	80	175% (est.2)
Legendary	Purple	80	165%3

¹ Ratio between like items, compared to the stats for basic (white) items. The scaling applies to armor levels, weapon damage, and inherent attribute bonuses; it does not affect upgrade components. Actual numbers will differ slightly due to rounding and there are very small number of exceptions, i.e. items that do not follow the ratio.
2 Estimated for future content, based on comparison with existing trinkets.
3 When ascended weapons are added to the game, Legendary items will be upgraded to match their relative strength. ^[1]

Item nomenclature aka names of stat combinations

Attributes			Standard Prefix	Standard Suffix	Gemstone	Craftable
Major[1]	Minor	Minor
Power	Precision	Critical Damage	Berserker's	of the Berserker	Ruby
Power	Toughness	Vitality	Soldier's	of the Soldier	[2]
Power	Vitality	Critical Damage	Valkyrie	of the Valkyrie	Beryl
Precision	Power	Toughness	-	of the Knight	Emerald[3]
Precision	Power	Condition Damage	Rampager's	of the Rampager	Coral
Toughness	Power	Precision	Knight's	-	Emerald[3]
Toughness	Power	Critical Damage	Cavalier's	-	-
Toughness	Boon Duration	Healing Power	Giver's (armor)	-	-	armor
Vitality	Power	Healing Power	-	of the Shaman	-
Vitality	Condition Damage	Healing Power	Shaman's	-	[2]
Condition Damage	Power	Vitality	Carrion	of Carrion	Chrysocola
Condition Damage	Precision	Toughness	Rabid	of the Rabid	-
Condition Duration	Precision	Vitality	Giver's (weapon)	-	-	weapons
Boon Duration	Healing Power	Magic Find	-	of Winter	Snowflake	trinkets
Healing Power	Power	Toughness	Cleric's	of the Cleric	Sapphire
Healing Power	Precision	Vitality	Magi's	of the Magi	-
Healing Power	Toughness	Condition Damage	Apothecary's	of the Apothecary	Passiflora[4]
Magic Find	Power	Precision	Explorer's	of the Explorer	Opal
Magic Find	Power	Condition Damage	Traveler's	-	-
Magic Find	Toughness	Vitality	Wayfarer's	-	-
Small[5] Bonus to:			(Celestial)[6]	-	-

1. ^ A "major" bonus is 40% bigger than a "minor" bonus for a given equipment type, except for jewels, where the major bonus is 67% bigger.
2. ^ ^{a b} Though the "Soldier's" and "Shaman's" prefixes have no associated gemstones, the Emerald Pendant and Sapphire Pendant (respectively) offer the same stats that a hypothetical exotic crafted amulet with those prefixes would have.
3. ^ ^{a b} Emeralds have Precision as their primary stat when used as an upgrade, but a piece of jewelry crafted from Emeralds has Toughness as its primary stat.
4. ^ Jewelry with Apothecary's stats can be crafted using Passion Flowers and gets the prefix "Passiflora".
5. ^ The "small" bonus is 5/8 the size of a "minor" bonus for numerical attributes (critical damage and magic find are larger)
6. ^ Prefix inferred from the similar PvP Amulet; all items raising 8 attributes have unique names.

Personally I test what kind of gear is good for me with rares and then go to exotics (can I play with full berserker or do I want to throw some soldier gear to get more survivability?, etc). When you have selected what kind of stats you want, you are ready to go for exotic version of that gear (I also swap exotics. I have sets for dungeons, wvw and solo pve)

Guides for gear
Now you want to know where to get those items. Check these guides:
- Comprehensive GW2 Endgame gearing guide
- GW2 Temple/God karma armor sets
- GW2 Ascended gear and infusion recipes
- Different gear looks and where to get them (for transmuting)

[Kelimbror]

Ah, I remember how lost I was when I got my first lvl80.

Thanks for the good links. While I'm not totally lost, I definitely was wondering some of the same things that the links iterated on. I have never been a fan of dulfy in any capacity, but I like the way the information is presented regarding gearing up so I think I'll peruse it a bit when I get home.

Getting groups is kinda a nightmare, even with the lfg website, but meh. I'll probably have to focus on crafting my gear as running dungeons isn't completely viable to someone starting so late without a solid guild or server for that matter.

[Gray_Matter]

Try doing some of the dragons or chest events (http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/ or http://gw2stuff.com). They have decent loot and don't take very long to complete. They are normally quite fun and quick. Jormag is a much longer fight.

I personally alternate between the odd dungeon or fractal, world events and exploring. I also go into WvWvW late at night when its quiet. You can make quite a difference there. It's quite easy for a few people to hold back 10 or 20 trying to get into a keep. Very satisfying.