Now that I've reached lv80 I'd like to pickup some lv80 armour items to round out my character. I'm currently using lv70-76 exotics and rares.
So far I can only see three viable options,
1) Orr karma vendors – save up 252k karma and buy a set.
– Gates of Arah medium coat has 338 armour
2) Order armour – 8g8s
– Medium coat has 299 armour
3) Craft some armour
– This option I'm not sure of, or what armour values it has. My leatherworking is about 279 at time of writing
Please can someone show me the various 'tiers' of lv80 armour, where to get them and how much they cost?
I've been poking about on this page, but the information is sparse. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_armor_sets
Best Answer
First thing to know about items, exotic items have the highest stats possible. Crafting a legendary item won't up the stats, only change the skin (maybe something else, but it won't influence your damage output or resistance).
Considering this, all you need is to find your best way of getting an exotic set.
For non-exotic items, they will have weaker stats (rare for example is just a simpler version of the exotic item), but all the same. Two rares of the same type (heavy, medium, light) will have the same armor. So to answer your question, tiers would simply be: