I summarized it for my partner like this: -Ascended only matters for the purpose of doing a certain high end PvE content called Fractals (mini-dungeons). Armor is the hardest to obtain and is only a 5% stat increase, trinkets/weapons are 15%. Your stats are normalized in PvP. Exotic is fine for even raiding.Don't be afraid of getting into stuff. You can get ascended gear drom PvP and WvW but it requires some effort. Ascended trinkets are easy to get from Fractals scales 1-20. Most open world content doesn't give ascended so if you're into open world content like raids or strikes where you can join trainings, you can get ascended gear easily. Best way to get the Mats is usually: Pick a good Gold Farm and buy them of the TP. Here is community research about Gold per Hour rates, of different Farms: Acquisition [ edit] 1 to 3 +1 Agony Infusions drop from Fractals of the Mists reward chests. From salvaging ascended equipment with an Ascended Salvage Kit. For example, it takes two +3 infusions to create a +4. In general, crafting a single + n Agony Infusion requires 2nā1 basic Agony Infusions and 2nā1-1 Thermocatalytic Reagents.
The armor will be difficult to get either way (imo), as you'll need money and time to craft the pieces, and because crafting is a piece of shit mechanic in the way it's built and follow a guide to ACTUALLY max out your crafting discipline, as that's the step gating you from actually crafting the gear (besides getting the recipes themselvesTrading post at first. Afterwards, farming achievements and gear from specific merchants. That said, I also got a vast majority of my ascended gear from farming PvP daily rooms. But I think they nerfed that to oblivion some time ago. Haven't seen any purple gear for a while. Still, some of the reward tracks give amazing loot.
Here's a complete answer for you: But I'll add that, a few more Celestial Exotic weapons (Axe and Torch, I believe), are now available from the Festival of the Four Winds at the Kodan merchant near the waypoint. Edited September 2, 2021 by Hannelore.8153. 1.
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