Guild Wars 2

Could’nt find any threads about this and it has been buggin me since I first saw it in the dev livestream, so thought I would ask if anyone knows anything about it, or how to create these Infusions?

I though the name would be different but it’s the same, maybe they were going to change the stats on them but decided not too at the last minute. There’s no way to make that right now and I really hope they don’t implement a similar system to the agony infusion we have right now.

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Im guessing it has something to do with Jewelcrafting, maybe we will be able to make them when JC can be leveled to 500, or perhaps it can be discovered with artificer right now, the only other thing I can think of is creating them in the mystic forge somehow.

Im looking forward to finding out the answer to this mystery.

Oh please no, the normal ones are expensive enough.. -_- if they don’t make a ceiling for stat infusions then it’ll be a treadmill.

Looks like the treadmill will continue…

The current 5/5 infusions already cost 75+ gold. I can only imagine what a 7/6 would cost.

how does the dev has +7 power? Mine only +5 power

Flash.6912:

how does the dev has +7 power? Mine only +5 power

Those are likely screens from test server. Where new things (like those new infusions) show up before they end up in a main game.

And notice how that +7 +6 infusion is still blue?

That is in test/dev ambient, they can make anything at any number.
They probably won’t release that, specially after our CDI feedback about vertical progression.

Belzebu.3912:

They probably won’t release that, specially after our CDI feedback about vertical progression.

I certainly hope you’re correct.

stab in the dark here but possible the same way the agony works now? taking 2 of the type alot with other materials crafted together to add a +1 value.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Looks like the treadmill will continue…

The current 5/5 infusions already cost 75+ gold. I can only imagine what a 7/6 would cost.

Not sure if you know what treadmill means.

I hope this comes. I want a +30 power / +30 agony infusion

hehe. for the lowlow price of:
+30 AR infusion costs about 85,899,345g for the +1 infusions + 8,031,588g for the Thermocatalytic Reagent = 93,930,933g
coupled with +30 stat? I’d estimate maybe 400,000,000g?

Mystic.5934:

hehe. for the lowlow price of:
+30 AR infusion costs about 85,899,345g for the +1 infusions + 8,031,588g for the Thermocatalytic Reagent = 93,930,933g
coupled with +30 stat? I’d estimate maybe 400,000,000g?

Holy Santa…

Dont forget the time to craft it. Turning the +1 infusions into +2 will take like 250 million seconds alone without taking the time to buy the ingredient into consideration

Yeah, that’s why I’m hoping that stat bonus infusions don’t get introduced. Infusion grind is still a gear treadmill; currently Agony resistance is fine since it’s only used in one specific game mode and you can get more than enough AR to do level 50+ just by sticking Versatile infusions in regular slots anyway.

why would anyone bother to make +6 ?

+5 each is not enough on 1 piece of back pack, 5 pieces of accessories and 6 pieces of armor ?

that’s already 60AR… not enough to beat 50 agony level in the lvl 50 fractal ?

azizul.8469:

why would anyone bother to make +6 ?

+5 each is not enough on 1 piece of back pack, 5 pieces of accessories and 6 pieces of armor ?

that’s already 60AR… not enough to beat 50 agony level in the lvl 50 fractal ?

You need 70 AR to not take any damage from Agony at level 50, I believe. But the main reason people are going higher is likely in preparation for Fractals level cap getting lifted in the future.

Zaxares.5419:

azizul.8469:

why would anyone bother to make +6 ?

+5 each is not enough on 1 piece of back pack, 5 pieces of accessories and 6 pieces of armor ?

that’s already 60AR… not enough to beat 50 agony level in the lvl 50 fractal ?

You need 70 AR to not take any damage from Agony at level 50, I believe. But the main reason people are going higher is likely in preparation for Fractals level cap getting lifted in the future.

oh i forgot to add that you can also get +10AR from weapon, making it total 70AR..

but, well, if you talk about people preparing for the lift of fractal cap, then yes, i can understand…. but the cost is pretty scary to me….

“oh i forgot to add that you can also get +10AR from weapon, making it total 70AR..”

That’s if you decide to under perform in fractals and use only one weapon. If you use all the weapons at your disposal it becomes an expensive way to get AR.

kokiman.2364:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Looks like the treadmill will continue…

The current 5/5 infusions already cost 75+ gold. I can only imagine what a 7/6 would cost.

Not sure if you know what treadmill means.

Well i’m specifically talking about a gear treadmill. Typically called such because new gear is released in MMO’s every 2-3 months that increases the power cap. Meaning in order to stay at the same relative power level you need to keep grinding, thus the treadmill analogy.

By my count a new gear power level has been released every 3 months since launch, surpassing even WoW for the speed of the progression.

Ascended rings and backpieces→ 3 months later → ascended trinkets and earrings → 3 months later → ascended weapons → 3 months later → ascended armor → 3 months later → Improved infusions (?) → 3 months later → ascended runes/sigils (?)

It’s amazing that somehow this game that was supposed to have no grind has actually surpassed WoW in its gear treadmill and they managed to get away with it by simply calling it “one new tier” yet still requiring months of work for each piece similar to the amount of time it takes in WoW to get one new tier.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

kokiman.2364:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Looks like the treadmill will continue…

The current 5/5 infusions already cost 75+ gold. I can only imagine what a 7/6 would cost.

Not sure if you know what treadmill means.

Well i’m specifically talking about a gear treadmill. Typically called such because new gear is released in MMO’s every 2-3 months that increases the power cap. Meaning in order to stay at the same relative power level you need to keep grinding, thus the treadmill analogy.

By my count a new gear power level has been released every 3 months since launch, surpassing even WoW for the speed of the progression.

Ascended rings and backpieces-> 3 months later -> ascended trinkets and earrings -> 3 months later -> ascended weapons -> 3 months later -> ascended armor -> 3 months later -> Improved infusions (?) -> 3 months later -> ascended runes/sigils (?)

It’s amazing that somehow this game that was supposed to have no grind has actually surpassed WoW in its gear treadmill and they managed to get away with it by simply calling it “one new tier” yet still requiring months of work for each piece similar to the amount of time it takes in WoW to get one new tier.

People seem to be under the impression that it’s only a power creep if it’s an entire set, not just pieces of items with higher stats introduced at intervals. Despite all being labeled as the same tier, we still technically did get gear grind over the past year.

^ Yeah, that is true. Still, I could live with it as long as Ascended is the LAST tier, because admittedly Exotics ARE fairly easy to get with the average player income these days.

And that’s why I’m worried about the potential for infusion gear grind. :/ Even if Ascended is the last tier, slow but steady power creep via ever-more powerful infusions (or even things like Ascended runes/sigils) basically amounts to the same thing.

Zaxares.5419:

^ Yeah, that is true. Still, I could live with it as long as Ascended is the LAST tier, because admittedly Exotics ARE fairly easy to get with the average player income these days.

And that’s why I’m worried about the potential for infusion gear grind. :/ Even if Ascended is the last tier, slow but steady power creep via ever-more powerful infusions (or even things like Ascended runes/sigils) basically amounts to the same thing.

^This. I hated ascended since its introduction, but since I’m a sucker for min/max equips, I made sure I had all BiS as soon as they were released. I agree that ascended is tolerable if it’s the last BiS equipment stat-wise, and I don’t want power creep via infusions. Can you imagine if they put rare, exotic and ascended stat infusions? That’s just low. Especially since getting max agony resist alone (30 iirc) on every ascended equipment is almost impossible.

Stooperdale.3560:

“oh i forgot to add that you can also get +10AR from weapon, making it total 70AR..”

That’s if you decide to under perform in fractals and use only one weapon. If you use all the weapons at your disposal it becomes an expensive way to get AR.

i do not understand what you mean. you can slot in +10AR into 2-handed weapon ( +5AR and another +5AR), or you can put +5AR each into main/off-hand, still giving you +10AR . what is so expensive about that ? just use the infusion you get from the fractal vendor, only cost 75 token….

anyway, that 70AR is if you’re using non-infused rings and backpack. if you use infused rings and backpack, add another +15AR to that, making it 85AR….. underperform in fractal 50?

azizul.8469:

anyway, that 70AR is if you’re using non-infused rings and backpack. if you use infused rings and backpack, add another +15AR to that, making it 85AR….. underperform in fractal 50?

That’s only for infused obtained before Fractured patch. For new ones you’d need to craft those +5 infusions up from +1 ones.
Granted, +5’s, at 16x +1 infusion each, is not that bad yet.