Guild Wars 2

How can you buy a legendary on the TP but not ascendant gear????
I do not understand your logic!!!!

Remember Legendary were exotics when the game was released.

When you consider economy (ANet gem sales) it is wise for them to keep it that way. Legendaries/Precursors are rare and hard to obtain via normal/casual gameplay. Ascended stuff just takes time(gate) so anyone who has a bit of free time can make it. Still, you can buy relatively cheaply most of the mats to make ascended stuff so no profit in it for ANet.

On the other hand I find it disgusting that you can buy/flip Legandaries.

Bartas.4908:

When you consider economy (ANet gem sales) it is wise for them to keep it that way. Legendaries/Precursors are rare and hard to obtain via normal/casual gameplay. Ascended stuff just takes time(gate) so anyone who has a bit of free time can make it. Still, you can buy relatively cheaply most of the mats to make ascended stuff so no profit in it for ANet.

On the other hand I find it disgusting that you can buy/flip Legandaries.

Please provide your proof. It will come down to it being unable to be proven or disproven so should not be used in any arguments. Although, one could argue that with how gold->gem prices are going, this likely is not much of an issue.

Casual players can get legendaries which many have. It’s all about prioritizing your limited play time and doing what’s more important to you. These are luxury items and not something you can get with minimal effort.

Ascended weapons cost around 50 gold. Ascended heavy armor costs about 500 gold. Ascended light armor costs about 550 gold. This is largely because they don’t require items that have a large demand but very limited supply. They also differ vastly by the method of creation, require vastly different components, and all of which are very high for legendaries. You cannot compare them.

Raven.3248:

How can you buy a legendary on the TP but not ascendant gear????
I do not understand your logic!!!!

Why can’t we just drop Legendary Chests like we drop Asc. Chests????
I do no understand their logic either!!!!! O.o

/passtissue

Legendaries are a personal, cosmetic achievement that is best-in-slot but not achievable by some. They are tradeable for ‘casuals’ to still have access so long
as they can come up with the gold. (I’m sure there are other reasons.)

Ascended gear is best-in-slot allowing more casual players to have access to the highest statistical gear possible with far less effort than Legendaries. It is necessary in order to play high level fractals It is very easily obtainable by anyone who wishes to spend an hour or two crafting. They are not tradable because they are a HUGE material/gold sink which the game needs. The need to craft YOUR OWN axcended gear keeps you vested into the game.

Raven.3248:

How can you buy a legendary on the TP but not ascendant gear????
I do not understand your logic!!!!

Have you put any thinking to why they might have done this? If you do, it’s evident. Either way, they don’t want people just easily buying their way to endgame gear.

Obtena.7952:

Raven.3248:

How can you buy a legendary on the TP but not ascendant gear????
I do not understand your logic!!!!

Have you put any thinking to why they might have done this? If you do, it’s evident. Either way, they don’t want people just easily buying their way to endgame gear.

If this was the case many more people would be crying that GW2 is becoming “Pay to win”. Even so, both legendaries and ascended gear are optional and not required in order to play “end game” content.

We can speculate how many people SHOULD be crying if one thing or the other but Anet approach to longevity for GW2 isn’t different than other MMO’s … you don’t simply want your clients to buy their endgame carrots. The only difference being is that Legendary is a looser time/gold requirement where Ascended, while cheaper has a more definite requirement. So to the OP’s rant, that’s the answer to why you can buy one and not the other.

The point you make about requirements for end game is very relevant as well … the content isn’t balanced around Ascended/Legendaries.

If you buy the gear with ingame gold you deserve it because you play a lot and if you buy it with gems Anet deserves it for making a great game.

Regarding the pay to win issue – having a legendary doesnt make you a winner.
I saw this guy once with like 3 Legendaries infront of arah, so i asked him if he soloed lupi yet and he didnt!

Tman.6349:

Ascended gear is best-in-slot allowing more casual players to have access to the highest statistical gear possible with far less effort than Legendaries. It is necessary in order to play high level fractals It is very easily obtainable by anyone who wishes to spend an hour or two crafting. They are not tradable because they are a HUGE material/gold sink which the game needs.

Material sink – yes,
Gold sink – no!
Apart from the price of the recipes and 150 Thermocatalytic Reagents, the money isn’t sinking anywhere here. It stays in circulation with tiny fees.

Raven.3248:

If you buy the gear with ingame gold you deserve it because you play a lot and if you buy it with gems Anet deserves it for making a great game.

Regarding the pay to win issue – having a legendary doesnt make you a winner.
I saw this guy once with like 3 Legendaries infront of arah, so i asked him if he soloed lupi yet and he didnt!

Of course it’s not “Pay to win”, and even if you did spend thousands of dollars in gems, and bought 3 of everything in the gem store, and converted them to gold, it STILL wouldn’t be pay to win. But it’s all about peoples perception. Many people feel that being able to buy a legendary (even though the stat boost isn’t THAT much, nor gives you an unfair advantage over anyone else.) makes the game “pay to win” But seeing as how this game is all horizontal progression, there is no way it can be pay to win, but there are those who refuse to see that, and are upset that some people can swipe a credit card and have all the shineys that they want.