It be just happy, if ANet finally removes the idiocy, that is the time gatign for ascended weapon/armor relevant materials.If this woudl finalyl get removed, then woudl prices for ascended equipment finalyl normalize a bit, cause peopel coudl craft then slightly faster the needed materials, offer of those materials will grow, and so mroe the offer grows, while the demand eventualyl stays the So, that's 3 easy ways to get the "best in slot" gear without even touching the crafting system. You also have options with PvP and WvW (also provides stat selectable exotic armor). I just recommend playing whatever you have the most fun doing rather than farming since ascended isn't required for most things other than higher level fractals. Nadijeh's (Marshall stat) costs around, Light - 265g / Medium -286g /Heavy - 252g for a full set. The stat you want The Twin's (Greiving) costs around, 242g / 266g / 234g for a full set. Thackeray's Seraph stats are minutely cheaper than The Twin's, but only by ~25s per piece, you may aswell just craft The Twin's directly. Gearing up in Guild Wars 2 is pretty easy, but it can be a little bit overwhelming if you're doing it for the first time. Fortunately, I am here to help! Volatile Magic. This article is about the currency. For the red orb, see Volatile Magic (object). For consumable item, see Volatile Magic (consumable). Unstable magic lingering from the fall of a god and two Elder Dragons. Spent at vendors to purchase unlocks and rewards. Volatile Magic is a currency stored in the Wallet, introduced for Living Spinal Blades is neither the easiest nor the cheapest way to get an ascended back piece. The cheapest is probably the fractal capacitor as is requires near 0 gold investment. the easiest is any of the mystic forge recipes for back items, but those aren't really cheap (about 100g or so) cheapest in actual gold involved. From there, you can sort by cheapest. So if I wanted level 80 exotic berserker's armor for my warrior, I'd go up to the gear icon, select power, precision, and ferocity (order doesn't matter much, as far as I know), as well as exotic rarity and a max and min level of 80. Then I can look in armor and sort by ascending price, and I should ideally Think of your pool of materials as all having a value, and try to maximize the value. In this case that is done by selling raw, buying middle, and learning final products. gathering supplies from mob drops while avoiding the anti-farming logic. ArenaNet is deliberately silent on the boundaries of the anti-farming code. How do I get ascended armor in WvW? Can I get ascended armor in WvW? There are a lot of ways to get ascended equipment in Guild Wars 2 and World vs. World is It gets easier the more stuff you do. The first set is always the hardest. You can get Ascended gear from most endgame things. A lot of routes require crafting for on demand gear. PvP, Fractals, and WvW all require multiple tokens for gear, on top of other rewards obtained in those game modes (and a little 6XT0u.