Guild Wars 2

I read somewhere in the forums that simple infusions were becoming only +1 AR. I looked at the notes and was unable to find where it said that that was happening. And if it is, are the only infusions that are not getting put down to +1 AR the “Fine” rarity infusions?

As best I understand it (I’m ~90% sure this is what’s happening):

Currently, ascended items have one or more offensive, defensive, or utility slots. This will not change. Rings and backpacks with the (infused) suffix will lose their inherent +5AR rating, and instead gain an additional slot of type “Agony Resistance”. Off/Def/Util infusiona won’t fit into AR slots, nor AR type infusions into Off/Def/Util slots.
The +1 infustions, which can be combined into higher levels, at exponential cost, will be of the new AR type, and thus can only go into AR slots.

The existing infusions which include AR should keep their current values, but not be eligible for merging into higher levels. Those infusions which are of the “Omni” type (most notably the 75 relic +5 versatile infustion), can be put in any slot type, which presumably includes the new AR type slot.

Ya but what about the versatile precise infusion for example? You think would could stack those?

I believe rodadams version is correct, based on my own understanding of what I’ve gleaned from ANet’s posts.

That said, if AR infusions drop in Fractals, but only go into the special slots unlocked on Infused Ascended gear, then I really hope we can sell AR infusions, otherwise I’m going to end up with lots of AR infusions and no gear to put them on (since I don’t intend on going any higher than lvl 30 Fractals and therefore don’t think I’ll need to spend the crazy amounts of wealth creating Infused Rings/Backpieces).

Prince Alex Lane.9735:

Ya but what about the versatile precise infusion for example? You think would could stack those?

No, and you will only be able to put them into offensive/defensive/utility slots.

The one thing we haven’t heard about is if an Omni infusion can go in the new AR slot type. I would find it rather disturbing if they did not, but it would make +1..+4 infusions useless for anything but raw materials for >= +6 infusions.

Of course, we’re going to need a lot of those fodder pieces if that happens. The cheapest way to get 5 more AR would be to take the back/ring/ring to +6/+7/+7, which will take 160 +1 infusions. (opposed to 512 for a single +10). Getting 10 more would be +9/+8/+8 for 512 +1’s (opposed to 16,384 for a single +15)

rodadams.5963:

The one thing we haven’t heard about is if an Omni infusion can go in the new AR slot type. I would find it rather disturbing if they did not, but it would make 1..4 infusions useless for anything but raw materials for >= +6 infusions.

Of course, we’re going to need a lot of those fodder pieces if that happens. The cheapest way to get 5 more AR would be to take the back/ring/ring to 6/7/7, which will take 160 +1 infusions. (opposed to 512 for a single +10). Getting 10 more would be +9/8/+8 for 512 +1’s (opposed to 16,384 for a single +15)

Well remember that 1’s always drop, but higher numbers also have a chance to drop. I suspect at level 50 you might see +5’s drop from the end chests occasionally. So I don’t think it will be as horrible a grind as it sounds.