GW2 PVP and gear question

[PhoenixUK]

I know there is the official thread but it will get swarmed with pointless chat so I'd like to get a specific answer in here and no chatting about anything else thats irrelevant.

Can anyone that has played the beta or few of them ( no theorycrafters please, only actual players that played the game ) can tell me how is the skill / gear level ratio?

I know it's hard to say without the full game and full items being seen yet but I am sure some good pvper can see it right away even with lower level gear.

I mean, say I've got a set of gear that's '2-3' tiers lower than my oponents - how big are the difference ? Will he have 2x more hp and 3x more dmg and just 1 shot me ? Even if, is it still possible with the right gameplay and good dodges to kill him ? Say I dodge all his main skills and counter them can I still win or he will just walk over to me and 2hit me with normal attack??


The point of me asking is that I haven't got so much time to play anymore and I won't have time to grind all the best top gear possible but I am a huge pvp maniac so all I'll be doing will be pvp but it will be upsetting to loose to a terrible player just because they play 12hrs more a day than I do.

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Phoenix

 

[Voices]

Phoenix,

GW2 doesn't work like that at all.

From the official site: "When a player takes a character into PvP, they are granted access to all the necessary skills, items, etc. Characters are set to the maximum level, putting everyone on an even playing field. This makes player skill more important than time invested in a particular character. When you take your character back to the PvE environment, you return to the skills and gear you had there, but the game will save your last PvP setup. You'll also be able to store templates for builds. This way, you can try out new stuff in PvP but still easily return to your familiar builds." Source: http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/pvp/pvp-overview/

And why would this not go in the official thread?

 

[ChrisJSY]

It's different in world pvp and organised pvp.

Organised, you're wearing the same gear, there are different version the higher rank you get but this is all visual I believe, the only difference is what gems/improvements/talents you pick.

World PVP, you're wearing the gear you find and are stuck to the skills you have for that level, lower levels are boosted, but a level 80 with the best gear has an advantage.

 

[PhoenixUK]

Yep that's basic gear but as far as I'm aware you can still get a better version of that PVP gear gear with PVP currency ??

You will get the basic 'tier1' set but you can unlock better ones later from what I've seen people been telling in some vids.

Is that not the case? Is there only 1 set of gear you can use in pvp and not get anything better ? That would be weird.

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ninja edit:

It's different in world pvp and organised pvp.

Organised, you're wearing the same gear, there are different version the higher rank you get but this is all visual I believe, the only difference is what gems/improvements/talents you pick.

World PVP, you're wearing the gear you find and are stuck to the skills you have for that level, lower levels are boosted, but a level 80 with the best gear has an advantage.

Yes that's what I've meant, are you sure the gear is only visual and nothing else? Is there any confirmation of this?

Regarding World PVP, I know there is an advantage with better gear ofcourse but as per my first post, how big do you think it will be ?
Can you say compare, not sure what was max beta lvl but for example lvl 15 gear and lvl 20+ gear? Is the gap so huge that there's nothing you can do or just an advantege (20-30%) which can be outweight with the gameplay skills?