Curse

Thom Bangalter · Sep 17, 2006, 12:49 AM // 00:49

Sigh...this is why I don't venture into the warrior subfolder very often.

1) for PVP play, hands down your best set is gladiator's armor. Hammer and shock warrior builds are very energy heavy, and the +8 energy gives you almost 50% more energy, which is awesome. If you're going to get fow, and ever plan on being a competitive pvp player, Glad's is what you need to get.

2) For general play, 90 armor sets are really good, because it allows you to play with attributes and get a boost against elemental attacks.

3)sentinel's armor is bad, because anyone running 13 strength makes me sad.

4)For Helms, you need 1 for each attribute sans strength. strength is bad.

IllusiveMind · Sep 17, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

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good suggestions here but i'll say stick with 1.5k armor for now and wait till night fall. New armor skins are on the way and possibly new stats too. Maybe some new leet armor like FoW....

I second that.

@Thom, Do you like Bjork?

Dante the Warlord · Sep 17, 2006, 02:47 AM // 02:47

sentinals armor is really nice....and its very balanced when fighting eles and stuff.... plus everyone grabs a elemental damage mod for the warriors

Thom Bangalter · Sep 17, 2006, 05:01 AM // 05:01

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Originally Posted by IllusiveMind

@Thom, Do you like Bjork?

she's pretty.

Undressed · Sep 17, 2006, 08:38 PM // 20:38

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Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord

sentinals armor is really nice....and its very balanced when fighting eles and stuff.... plus everyone grabs a elemental damage mod for the warriors

No, it's not balanced, Platemail/Dragon/Wyvern is rather balanced. You are limiting yourself with 13(!!) in strength while there (depending on the environment) are very important attribute lines like "tactics" (for a sexy heal sig) where you should invest into if you are not attempting to play a crippled warrior build.

Savio · Sep 17, 2006, 10:41 PM // 22:41

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Originally Posted by Thom Bangalter

...and the +8 energy gives you almost 50% more energy, which is awesome.

Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?

Age · Sep 18, 2006, 05:09 AM // 05:09

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Originally Posted by Savio

Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?

What should he use?

dgb · Sep 18, 2006, 05:16 AM // 05:16

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Originally Posted by Age

What should he use?

A weapon mastery helm.

Thom Bangalter · Sep 18, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

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Originally Posted by Savio

Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?

nitpick much? I just generally assume people don't suck at this game and wear weaponmastery helms.

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 18, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41

weapon mastery helm, always

I got the collector's executioner's helm from crystal desert
is there one in factions? I'd take that one if possible...

My armor is:

exe helm
Berserker Leggings [better bonus hp, except for berserker chest]
Legionare's everything else...

110 AL vs. physical? For just a stance?! Eat that Sentinal's Ripoff, er armor... 90 AL vs. elemental isn't as good as 100 AL, but since 10 AL is I think 1/8th dmg reduction [20 being 1/4th and 40 being 1/2], I think that 1/8th extra damage ain't crap to worry about.

I used to have a W/Mo smite paladin hammer config but I've decided to stop using KDs and focus on a secondary sword build, cause Ripostes own solo PvE...

Age · Sep 18, 2006, 09:51 PM // 21:51

My halmet is in tactics and my guantlets are in weapon mastery.

Gigashadow · Sep 18, 2006, 10:54 PM // 22:54

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Originally Posted by Thom Bangalter

nitpick much? I just generally assume people don't suck at this game and wear weaponmastery helms.

You didn't assume that at all. You said Gladiator's for the +8 energy, which means you are wearing the gladiator helm instead of the weapon mastery helm. If you wear gladiator's with a weapon mastery helm, it's +7 energy.

Anyway to answer the original question, for PvP, have a set of +health armor and a set of +energy armor. Which you use depends on whether the other team is spike, degen, how much DP you have, and what your build's energy useage pattern is.

Thom Bangalter · Sep 19, 2006, 10:02 AM // 10:02

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Originally Posted by Gigashadow

You didn't assume that at all. You said Gladiator's for the +8 energy, which means you are wearing the gladiator helm instead of the weapon mastery helm. If you wear gladiator's with a weapon mastery helm, it's +7 energy.

Anyway to answer the original question, for PvP, have a set of +health armor and a set of +energy armor. Which you use depends on whether the other team is spike, degen, how much DP you have, and what your build's energy useage pattern is.

whoops. To be honest, I didn't even know they MADE gladiator's helms.

Savio · Sep 19, 2006, 03:38 PM // 15:38

The Gladiator's Helm is still on the PvP creation screen, much to my dismay. The Dragon, Knight's, Brute's (?!), and Sentinel's are all also still on there. I don't understand why Anet would make 4 variations on the same crappy bonus, especially one that has no inherent bonuses over the others.

It'll be interesting to see next weekend what new armors they're rolling out, as well as any tweaks to existing armors.