Guild Wars 2

Just wondering if crafting celestial armor will be worth it now, or what the plan is for making the armor ascended.
Is it going to be a mystic forge upgrade like trinkets? Will I be able to throw my Celestial Armor in the forge for ascended stats? Since getting a full set of celestial armor takes a long time, it would be nice to know how this is going to work.
In one of the News posts “Looking Ahead: Guild Wars 2 in 2013” it was said “At 500, crafters will be able to craft ascended weapons and armor.”
I just don’t want to waste so much time now with crystals, just so I have to start all over once Level 500 crafting is available. Anyone have any ideas?

If a slight difference in stats is worth waiting a few months, then so be it.

Just remember that whatever choice you make, you should make it with no regrets.

Depends on how much your class values all the stats from celestial gear, also if you value the mf at all when it’s just about guaranteed to be removed soon(even though you may be able to change stats on the gear).

Also depends on the definition of “slight stat difference” because looking at the difference between rare/ascended celestial accessories is more than 10+ all stats on the ascended piece so you’re looking at 60-70+ if you have all 6 armor pieces as ascended which isn’t “slight”. So the question you need to ask yourself is are the 60-70+ stats worth the wait when no ones even knows how long it will take to make a single ascended piece.

Wilhelm.6894:

Depends on how much your class values all the stats from celestial gear, also if you value the mf at all when it’s just about guaranteed to be removed soon(even though you may be able to change stats on the gear).

Also depends on the definition of “slight stat difference” because looking at the difference between rare/ascended celestial accessories is more than 10+ all stats on the ascended piece so you’re looking at 60-70+ if you have all 6 armor pieces as ascended which isn’t “slight”. So the question you need to ask yourself is are the 60-70+ stats worth the wait when no ones even knows how long it will take to make a single ascended piece.

Ascended Celestial has 2 more stats than Exotic Celestial.
Exotic Celestial has 2% more MF than Ascended Celestial.

This is each piece on average. The total difference is
3 all stats, 2% MF on amulet.
2 all stats, 2% MF on accessories.
2 all stats, 2% MF on rings.

Total difference using Ascended Celestial vs Exotic Celestial:
11 all stats vs 10% MF.

So yes, the difference is 10+ all stats… over the course of all the Celestial Trinkets, and barely.

Esplen.3940:

Ascended Celestial has 2 more stats than Exotic Celestial.
Exotic Celestial has 2% more MF than Ascended Celestial.

This is each piece on average. The total difference is
3 all stats, 2% MF on amulet.
2 all stats, 2% MF on accessories.
2 all stats, 2% MF on rings.

Total difference using Ascended Celestial vs Exotic Celestial:
11 all stats vs 10% MF.

So yes, the difference is 10+ all stats… over the course of all the Celestial Trinkets, and barely.

Uhh…wut? Have you seen the stat difference between exotic and ascended accessories? Let’s compare amulet alone, an exotic celestial ammy is +40 to all stats and +3% mf/5% cd, now an ascended celestial ammy is +54 all stats +4%mf/8% cd. Where exactly are you getting +2 stats? While I haven’t looked at other celestial exotic accessories I can guarantee it’s quite a bit more than +2 stats if ammy alone is +14, ascended also has more mf so not sure where you got that either.

Now lets say the ascended armor(which is not in yet and will be no matter how much qq there is) is about inline with how the ammy worked between exotic and ascended. Let’s just say to be safe it’s +8 stats(could be more could be slightly less) to all difference between the 2, You are looking at +48 stats between 6 pieces of gear “if” you have full celestial when compared to the current exotic pieces. Now tell me how is +48 to all stats over current exotics a “small” amount?

If you’re putting runes into this then yes it would be a much smaller difference. However it’s pretty laughable to think they’ll make ascended armor only slightly more powerful than exotic(with runes), they’ve already talked about a good time commitment to make ascended so it’s just about guaranteed you’ll be putting in more than infusions in those slots.

You forget that Ascended has inherent upgrades present.

Trinkets, when crafted, also have their respective upgrade present, but it can be swapped out.

I compared all stats with the inherent upgrades active, as the Ascended have irremovable upgrades.

The Exquisite Quartz Jewel (Celestial Upgrade) grants +11 all stats, +2% critical damage and +3% magic find.