What's endgame like now?

HarmonicOne posted...

I wasn't aware you could just buy sets of dungeon armor which are unarguably the coolest looking and best armors in the game. In fact, just checked on it, you can't. Also, what is really the point of doing dailies and karma farming when you're already level 80? Dailies are nothing but an XP grind which is pointless at 80 since they don't even let you save up to the eventual level 81 that we'll get with a future expansion. Karma is also pointless since most of the gear you can buy with karma pales in comparison to the dungeon sets and at best, is just for looks.

Couldn't be further from the truth. Most of the dungeon sets look like ass, and I cannot believe you consider them to be the "unarguable best looking sets". That is laughable. I want to believe you're just being a troll because of the ludicrous nature of that statement, but I digress.

Dungeon armor does not have a single higher stat than any other armor in the game. Crafted or purchased with karma, any level 80 exotic armor has identical stats (excluding the differences in the stats present, like power vs. vitality). Simply purchasing exotics is actually the least time intensive way to get them, with the average player being able to make roughly 1g per hour at level 80 if they focus on actually playing and killing mobs.

This fact goes against everything you seem to think GW2 is about. You do not run dungeons for no reason -- you either run them because you like them and want to do them, with a possible goal being to obtain armor whilst doing so -- or you don't run them. It's a very easy decision to make if dungeons aren't your thing. I have four sets of exotic armor and a stack of ectos in my bank, and I have probably run a total of ten dungeons across 400 hours of gameplay.

You obviously have no idea how Guild Wars 2, or Arena Net for that matter, works. The level cap will very likely not be raised, ever. Guild Wars 1 has had the same level TWENTY cap since 2005 when it launched, and has three expansions out. You obviously missed the point of experience at level 80. It rewards you skill points upon "leveling up", which can be used to make ridiculous amounts of money with the Mystic Forge once you know what you're doing.

Karma is needed to purchase exotic sets, with the same stats as the dungeon sets and much better appearances. 252,000 karma is needed for a full set, so there is every reason to do dailies and get karma. You can never have too much equipment, because it's 3.5 silver maximum to reset your traits and you can have armor/weapon for virtually any playstyle ready to go.
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