I received my first ascended armor chest (I only do WvW - No crafting). I am a guardian and the armor chest was Beigarth's (knight's) so it is actually a decent drop. I normally wear PTV or Knight's depending on what my guild is doing.
So my question is, what piece should I select as my first piece of ascended armor? I was thinking chest or legs, but I am not entirely sure.
Please help me out :) Thank you!
Posted Nov 4, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC
You're correct in thinking Chest or Legs. Go for the pieces that provide the most stats.
Awesome, thank you!
If you haven't already decided, the skin might be something you'd be interested in, too. While I'm not the biggest fan of the ascended sets overall, they do have some REALLY nice pieces, so if there's something you like the look of, it could influence your decision.
If you only want the stat boost, the chest piece will give you the biggest advantage (five points in the main stat, four in the minor stat). If you eventually want to have a complete collection, you should choose what is the most expensive to craft.
The heavy ascended armor pieces are two Deldrimor Steel Ingots (2.8-3.5g each) and one Bolt of Damask (12.9-17.4g each) for Shoulder/Hand/Feet, one Bolt of Damask and four Deldrimor Steel Ingots for the leg piece, one Bolt of Damask and five Deldrimor Steel Ingots for the chest piece, and two Bolts of Damask and one Deldrimor Steel Ingot for the head piece (in addition to some other stuff that stays the same for each piece, with the exception of the chest piece that requires an additional 2 Dragonite Ingots, Bloodstone Bricks, and Empyreal Stars). By the way, the prices are the current ones taken from GW2Spidy. The lower end is the cost of crafting them one piece a day, the higher end the cost of buying them from the trading post by meeting a sell listing. Buying them through a buy order should be somewhere in between.
So we're looking at 18.5-24.4g (Shoulder/Hand/Feet) versus 24,1-31,4g (Legs) versus 26,9-34,9g (Chest) versus 28,6-38,3g (Head).
Based on this, I'd recommend you to either get the Headpiece (most expensive based on these Materials alone) or the Chestpiece (almost as expensive but also requires some additional crafting materials that are not represented in that price).
Something to think about, hmm.
However, I really never see myself crafting ascended armor, I think my armor crafting skill is at like 40. The only way I thought I would ever get ascended armor was if you could buy with guild accommodations or wvw tokens. I never thought I would be fortunate to have a piece drop.
I would go with chest. Biggest stat increase
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing, but wanted to be safe than sorry.