Dungeon Token Grind

[Martok]

Riyo tried to break my spirit with his calculations.... I stole this from a post from gw2guru

Dungeon Tokens

Each dungeon has its own unique tokens. Going the dungeon route path, it will cost you:

• 2-Hander = 390 tokens
  
• 1-Hander (main hand) = 300 tokens
  
• 1-Hander (off hand) = 210 tokens
  
• Head = 270 tokens
  
• Shoulder = 240 tokens
  
• Chest = 390 tokens
  
• Glove = 270 tokens
  
• Leg = 360 tokens
  
• Feet = 270 tokens
  
• Total (6-Piece (Full) Set) = 1800 tokens
  
• Total (2-H + Full Set) = 2190 tokens
  
• Total (Main + Off Hand + Full Set) = 2310 tokens
  

Ascalonian level 60 exotic armour is slightly cheaper than this with a full 6-piece gear set costing 1200 tokens.Dungeon tokens are obtained by completing explorable mode runs of each dungeon. Each dungeon on average nets 41 tokens for each completed explorable mode run: 20 tokens for the main boss and 7 for each of the three mini bosses. It is possible to obtain more than 41 per run as mobs occasionally drop tokens.

If we want a full set of level 80 exotic gear we would need to run:1800/41 = 43.9= 44 Dungeon runs

For a 2 handed weapon we would need to run:390/41 = 9.5= 10 runs

For a main and off hand we would need to run:510/41= 12.4= 13 runs

A person who wants a full set of exotics and a main and off hand from the same dungeon vendor would need to do 57 dungeon runs.The dungeon tokens needed per weapon are from beta and thus may change but it gives you an idea of how hard exotics will to get from dungeons.Of the known exotic dungeon sets, the first two (Ascalonian and Noble's) are not L80, they provide the following 3 attributes:

• Ascalonian (L60): Power (main) / Toughness / Vitality
  
• Noble (L70): Precision (main) / Power / Condition Damage
  
• Nightmare: Condition Damage (main) / Precision / Toughness
  
• Sorrow's Furnace: Condition Damage (main) / Power/ Vitality
  
• Flame Legion: Power (main) / Precision / Crit Damage
  

*New*Higher level dungeons will have multiple explorable modes and Arah (L80/ final dungeon) has 6 paths. This will make repeating dungeons MUCH less monotonous.WvWThis is for level 60 exotic gear only - couldn't find the level 80 vendor sorry. For those wondering, badges of honours are rewards dropped by opposing players, mobs and from keep sieges. They may often be concealed in loot bags.

• Head = 260 Badges of Honour
  
• Shoulder = 229 Badges of Honour
  
• Chest = 312 Badges of Honour
  
• Glove = 188 Badges of Honour
  
• Leg = 292 Badges of Honour
  
• Feet = 208 Badges of Honour
  
• Total (6-Piece (Full) Set) = 1489 Badges of Honour
  

How hard is it to get badges of honour?From a typical 1hr hectic WvW play the average player will get 10-20 badges depending on luck and remembering to loot corpses too!Being optimistic, at 20 badges/hour that means:1489/20 = 74.45= 75 hoursThat's 75 hours for a level 60 exotic gear set (not 80 remember).

[Riyo]

Wasn't trying to break your spirit, just like my numbers

At any rate this is good information and I am looking forward to trying out the end dungeons.

[robinj]

Let's just not grind rush... that makes for very aggrivating replayability...