Guild Wars 2

Not a whine-about-ascended-armor thread, thank you.

Now, let’s discuss what new additions we can expect to see in the BLTC with the patch.

- Apart from the obvious increase in sales of transmutation stones, what else can we expect from the BLTC to incentivize more gem sales? Will infusion-related items be available from the BLTC? Will items related to Ascended Armor be available through BLTC?

“…Omni Infusions of Fine rarity from new Mystic Forge recipes…”

- In Lindsey’s blog post she talks about the Mystic Forge being a big part of infusion. Will this just amount to a massive money dump like what the Mystic Forge is now? Will we have to spend gold and skill points to attain these recipes in the first place? Will BLTC items like the Mystic Forge stone be used in these “Fine” infusions, where people who are not keen on spending gems are left with worse alternatives?

- She also states that the Backpack will solely be available through the Mystic Forge. Will these backpacks be a ~100g gold sink like most other Mystic Forge items?

Personally, I feel that what little info we have been given seems to indicate steps toward a gem store that becomes less and less optional for players who want to maximize their performance. Even if these items can be acquired through the dungeon, insanely low drop rates coupled with a cheap alternative in the cash shop is a classic way to handle any criticism about P2W.

Gab Superstar.4059:

Not a whine-about-ascended-armor thread, thank you.

Now, let’s discuss what new additions we can expect to see in the BLTC with the patch.

- Apart from the obvious increase in sales of transmutation stones, what else can we expect from the BLTC to incentivize more gem sales? Will infusion-related items be available from the BLTC? Will items related to Ascended Armor be available through BLTC?

“…Omni Infusions of Fine rarity from new Mystic Forge recipes…”

- In Lindsey’s blog post she talks about the Mystic Forge being a big part of infusion. Will this just amount to a massive money dump like what the Mystic Forge is now? Will we have to spend gold and skill points to attain these recipes in the first place? Will BLTC items like the Mystic Forge stone be used in these “Fine” infusions, where people who are not keen on spending gems are left with worse alternatives?

- She also states that the Backpack will solely be available through the Mystic Forge. Will these backpacks be a ~100g gold sink like most other Mystic Forge items?

Personally, I feel that what little info we have been given seems to indicate steps toward a gem store that becomes less and less optional for players who want to maximize their performance. Even if these items can be acquired through the dungeon, insanely low drop rates coupled with a cheap alternative in the cash shop is a classic way to handle any criticism about P2W.

???? I didn’t read mystic forge big part of infusion. You might wanna take a look at that post again. Its just the back piece. So if you have 2 pieces being released and 1 is back and 1 is ring 1 is availble via mystic forge how do you get mystic forge big part of infusion gear from 50% ? Actually you wear 2 rings so 1/3 is available from the forge.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge/Other_Items

what makes you think you need a mystic forge stone from the gem store? I not even sure what your asking. I highly doubt you are going to need mystic forge stones or whatever. Mystic forge stones give you a random outcome anyway why would you even use them?

I can see transmutates but this month is only a ring and back piece so no need to even think about that right now really to be honest. You can transmutate a ring I guess you can trans a back piece I always hide mine so dont know. If next month is a Amulet and another trinket still no reason to worry about and by then we will have a better idea of how the gear is created via forge.