Guild Wars 2

I have been sitting on ascended armor mats for quite some time since the Ferocity changes were announced. It is very expensive to make so I don’t want to waste them on something that will end up being sub-par after the change.

I don’t really mind if there won’t be a one-time restat available… but it’s reasonable to speculate since it’s been done before with the magic find change. The knowledge of yes/no would really go a long way here, no matter what the answer is. Will there be a one-time restat available after the Ferocity changes?

There have been multiple threads about this already, but there was no official response, yet. So anything that follows is just speculation. I doubt there is going to be an option to change the stats once. They did it with magic find gear, but that was because they removed those items entirely. Also Berserker is still going to be BiS for direct damage and they want to look at Celestial as well. So they could try to even it out this way.
That said, I do not want a one-time restat. It is still better than getting nothing at all, but I would much rather have the ability to swap stats on ascended gear anytime I want. For some whys and hows see the link in my signature.

You can safely assume there will be no restat. Critical damage is being replaced with a stat that grants critical damage, so no.

I agree with Ignavia, Ascended gear should have swappable stats like Legendaries given the extremely high cost. (It’s expensive to get to 500, and then expensive to craft all the materials needed.)

I swear I saw a statement talking about changes talking about changes coming and it said no. I remember it because I have some ascended assassins gear on my thief and it kittened me off. It could have been a chat log of a live stream. I can’t find it now.

No. Unlike you, the OP who decided (wisely) to hoard mats, those that have already crafted their items with Critical Damage stats had fair use of those items from time of creation until the Ferocity change hits in April. I’d say they were well and truly compensated already.