I think have maybe 7 clovers. Legendary and ascended have the same stats. The difference is that legendary can freely switch stats whenever while also having a cool little animation when equipped. Go for ascended for right now as legendary is more of a long term goal to do in the background instead of focusing on. Game Discussion. Guild Wars 2 Discussion. All ways to get exotic gear. I have an youtube channel and I'm gathering the information of all reliable ways to get exotic gearBack in the day the most reliable ways to do it were dungeons, orr karma vendors and the 1 gold ish pieces with badges of honor in wvw.You could also buy it on tp, but since Used to purchase various rewards. Laurels is a currency earned from Wizard's Vault and achievement point milestones. They are used to purchase items from laurel merchants in cities as well as some special vendors in other locations. The current amount of laurels on the account can be viewed in the wallet, accessible by clicking the coin sign in I'd much rather ANet removed breathers from the game as equipment and just use the wardrobe skin. Breathers aren't required to, you know, breathe underwater; it's entirely cosmetic as far as being underwater is concerned. And yet, they require having their own stats and a 7th rune, so you don't lose stats. Aside from using items such as Tomes of Knowledge, level 80 booster, etc., crafting is the fastest way to level a character. For your first character, just level through the story and various episodes while gathering mats. Fast leveling through crafting are often done for alts. Easy and guaranteed method of obtaining Ascended equipment which gives you an edge in WvW and PvE content (especially Fractals). Ascended armor sets are typically a big driving factor in the decision to level crafting professions. Crafting is the only reliable way to get a full set of Ascended armor as all other methods of obtaining ascended In general the only Ascended gear I suggest using Laurels for is amulets — and buy them through the WvW vendor if possible, using badges of honor to reduce the Laurel cost. Rings are much easier and cheaper to get through Fractals, and accessories are best to get through guild missions/commendations. You can purchase ascended backpacks for karma and local map currency. And the currency is quite easy to farm over a few days (1-2 if you have 5 characters). One of the cheapest ways to get it. There are a few achievements which give you a backpack but the achievements are expensive or long (time). The generic recipe for crafting an intricate gossamer insignia is: Intricate Gossamer Insignia. = 5 Gossamer Patch. + 5 Glob of Ectoplasm. + 5 Intermediate Crafting Material. Recipe sheets: Some recipe sheets for insignias can be bought from a master craftsman. The recipe sheets for Nomad's and Settler's Intricate Gossamer Insignia are obtained You can find random ascended gear from PvP rewards, WvW rewards, from killing a raid boss for the first time in the week, and random drops in fractals. Lastly there's "one time only" achievements and stuff that gets you specific ascended things. Trinkets, you'll wanna get season 3 maps for those. By far the easiest way to get them when new. jVbpDs.