GW2 | How to Craft the WvW Legendary Armor!

[@Insig385]

something that impresses me is how anet always provides alternate ways to obtain gear, no matter what game mode you prefer. its so nice that i can play what i want to play and im never being told "well you HAVE to to get the best gear." i did dabble in all game modes and content because i like to try at least once everything the game have to offer. at one point i was totally grinding wvw for a set of the leggy armor - but ultimately as a mainly pve player it was too much grind for me for the skirmish tickets XD ended up giving up on it after they announced the pve armor as i can finish that so much faster. the grind does make sense tho, for ppl who wvw as their main game mode, i can see how theyre prob swimming in skirmish tickets anyway 😂 if i ever get to the point of maining wvw, ill pick it back up probably. the nice thing is, nothing i did in game us ever obsolete lol

[@rubyburritog]

Yeah, they have done a really good job with keeping things valid. All of the currency you got in WvW will still be usable in two years if thats when you pick it up again and the legendary armor and backpack etc would still be there if you decide to craft then! They do a pretty good job of respecting peoples time when it comes to the grind, with things like legendary you expect it, but it is always reasonable. The new PvE armor is great for me because I want to finish a full set (light, medium and heavy) of armor, but I don't really raid and the amount of time I would need to play PvP or WvW is more than I want to. Ireally like that they added this too haha!

[@rainingnights1409]

Well not entirely since you have to do WvW for most legendaries, which is a pain in the ass, a lot of people say "hurr durr but it's only a couple of hours", but it isn't. It took me several months to finish the reward track ONCE for my bifrost. It's so unmotivating when you don't know what to do, can't find a group to go with, and even if you do, you barely gain experience points for the reward track. Besides world v world is so dull and boring, I wish they made another way to get a gift of battle

[@rubyburritog]

@@rainingnights1409 I will say that my opinion of WvW is different, but I also definitely agree. That was one thing that I always found confusing about the T1 legendary weapons and other gear - the fact that it requires you to play WvW to craft it yourself. It definitely is valid to not like the game mode. The only upside is that you can buy the T1's off of the TP, but still, I agree, it does not make sense that they require you to play WvW for PvE gear. When I first got into WvW, it took me forever to finish my reward track for the same reason. I would try to "roam" but didn't know what I was really doing so I didn't make progress. Hopefully if you play it more in the future it gets more enjoyable, so at least if you are forced to play it you can have some fun!

[@shanejones5626]

I am just glad you don’t have to explore all of WvW to get 100% map completion to be able to build T1 legendary weapons.

[@rainingnights1409]

@@shanejones5626 i'm pretty sure world v world would be fixed if they allow everyone to use mounts, in fact, instead of having a slow ass boring mount that takes way too much effort to unlock, give everyone access to a raptor and a springer in wvw maps, create new maps designed around those mounts, playerbase would skyrocket with that simple change

[@Werkzeug-100]

Am I missing out on anything but using the cheaper precursor first?

[@rubyburritog]

Not to my knowledge! For the WvW and PvP sets there is not a legendary skin, so the legendary set maintains the skin of the precursor. Legendary weapons and armor should have unlimited transmutation charges, so if you unlock the higher tier precursor skins later, you can just transmute the set! The main benefit is stat swapping so you will still have that too!