Guild Wars 2

When GW2 first came out, I bought it understanding that it would be a game all about what I want to do. I love the PvE and Living Story content, but I’m not a huge fan of WvW, just not my cup of tea. I have 5 level 80’s and never really crafted, cause it was cheaper to just sell the mats and buy the exotics I wanted on the Trading Post, or buy them with karma in Orr. I could participate in any content I wanted, without being penalized for it.

Now it’s different. Now I need to get level 500 crafting in everything in order to have the best gear? Or hope the RNG gods will give a stat I want in the Fractals? Or shell out the cash for legendaries?

None of these options seem to reflect the Guild Wars that I’ve been a part of since Prophecies.

This is not the game I know and love much less what I thought I was signing up for. I get playing hard core for the best looking stuff but am not happy that now I will never have the best performing stuff.
I craft for myself and my friends, but don’t want to spend my time farming like crazy to get these mats. I don’t like to stress out when I play. I enjoy running around with my friends and relaxing. Not that I avoid new events from time to time but most days I just play for an hour or so, get my dailies and go on with my life.
I never want my whole life to be about some stupid game and now I feel like GW is demanding that. I feel cheated.

Do you realise that you just whine about 3% better stat? Also Tequatl and probably other bosses can drop ascended.. Gosh.

fey.5438:

Do you realise that you just whine about 3% better stat? Also Tequatl and probably other bosses can drop ascended.. Gosh.

Which is a lot to some people (like me).

you should be able to get the mats by just playing the game. not farming which is what they are doing.

I believe that ascended weapons actually give a fairly healthy increase in performance due to the increased base damage. People who are better with math then I likened it to almost 10% I can’t say for certain as I am not clever with math but if power affects weapon damage and the base damage is also increased then the damage would definitely be increased beyond the increase of the base stat. So in short not 3% (the base stat increase)

Unless the content suddenly becomes more difficult to the point where you can not complete it without ascended gear, ie a gear check boss in a dungeon, then I don’t see your problem. Nobody can tell what dps evry1 is doing so pugging shouldn’t make a difference. If you were solely a wvw player I could see your point but as you are PVE then this change should make no difference to you providing that you can already complete the content in exotic gear.

10% is a lot, especially in WvW.

Ascended stats will mostly affect Fractals due to infusion slots and WvW due to a bit higher base damage and a few stat points more. Exotics are still really easy to get. Ascended can kind of be considered as mini legendaries. Getting one should be a nice goal!

I for one cannot wait to craft my first ascended weapon, out of the 6 I want

P.S. I have 7 alts, they will remain in exotic armor and weaponry untill I fancy them more than my thief! xD

Servant.9562:

When GW2 first came out, I bought it understanding that it would be a game all about what I want to do. I love the PvE and Living Story content, but I’m not a huge fan of WvW, just not my cup of tea. I have 5 level 80’s and never really crafted, cause it was cheaper to just sell the mats and buy the exotics I wanted on the Trading Post, or buy them with karma in Orr. I could participate in any content I wanted, without being penalized for it.

Now it’s different. Now I need to get level 500 crafting in everything in order to have the best gear? Or hope the RNG gods will give a stat I want in the Fractals? Or shell out the cash for legendaries?

None of these options seem to reflect the Guild Wars that I’ve been a part of since Prophecies.

Who said you have to get to 500 crafting? If that’s a personal goal your setting for yourself in order to craft yourself some ascended gear then that’s fine but the game’s really all about what you make of it. If your not having fun playing it no ones forcing you to and if you enjoy playing it then set yourself goal to get where you want to be with the limited time you have to play the game. The reason they release so much content is to give everyone options of different and new things to do, doesn’t mean you have to do them all.

If you dont do WvW ascended weapons will make no difference. The PvE content in this game is so easy. You can easily beat everything in masterwork gear as the game stands.