I would like to make a quick purchase of equipment

[Beowulf.5678]

I need to buy pink gear or legends. Can I buy them from the authorities? I'm new I love the battlefield.

[Oglaf.1074]

You can buy some Legendaries from the Trading Post (Gen 1) but prepare to shell out thousands of Gold.

[Greener.6204]

To further clarify, you can buy [first generation legendary weapons](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Legendary_weapon "first generation legendary weapons") on this list (note the 3rd column of that table). You can find them for sale on the [Trading Post](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Trading_Post "Trading Post"), in-game.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

You can buy ascended trinkets from various merchants (Laurel vender, NPCs in the Living Season maps). Other ascended gear can be gotten as drops from doing sPvP, WvW Fractals, some PvE events, or it can be crafted. None, besides first gen Legendaries, can be bought on the trading post. Crafting components can be bought though.

[Steve The Cynic.3217]

"Pink" (better known as Ascended) gear varies in how you acquire it, but it is absolutely certain that you won't be able to buy it on the Trading Post since all of it is Account Bound on Acquire.

 

To see how it's acquired, I recommend starting with https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_equipment on the GW2 wiki.

 

EDIT: Legendary gear is NOT stronger than Ascended gear, but does have ease-of-use advantages, and in general it will give you a clear edge if you participate in the sub-game called Fashion Wars. (That is, it looks fancier than Ascended gear.)

[Danikat.8537]

Please be aware that both Ascended (pink) and Legendary (purple) equipment have the same stats (legendaries are much more expensive and difficult to obtain but the only difference is how they look) and both are only slightly better than exotic (orange) which is much cheaper and easier to obtain.

 

If you're new then you don't need to worry about getting ascended gear yet and especially not legendaries. They're only needed for raids and top tier Fractals - both difficult group content for people who have completed most of the game. For everything else they won't make you much stronger, not enough to matter. It would be better to use exotics (or even lower tiers) while you're learning the game and get ascended once you know your profession and build and which stats are best for you.