Guild Wars 2

From the new update page: “Craft your way to 500 to become a Grandmaster Crafter and to learn the secrets of crafting Ascended weapons!”

That implies that we are only getting Crafted Ascended weapons. This would make sense, but raises some questions.

1. Will only the Weaponcrafters (Weaponsmith, artificer, and Huntsman) Be able to go to 500?
2. Would it be okay to assume that Ascended Armor will be crafted in the future as well?
3. What about Ascended Jewelry? We can already fill all the trinket slots from other sources, and you seem devoted to making Guild Commendations the primary method of acquiring Accessories. Will that change?
4. Are there other benefits to crafting to 500 OTHER than the ability to make ascended gear? Since there are no other stat bonuses, what kinds of things would we craft? Exotics with new skins? What about jewlers (who don’t have skins)
5. And while we’re at it, what is the equivalent to “Ascended Food?” Are we going to see a new tier of consumables? (possibly with Agony Resist?)

1. Yes.
2. Yes (as stated in the second half of 2013 preview).
3. Not sure about that.
4. I doubt it. Just a way to make ascended.
5. Interesting. Not sure they’d do it though.

Just wanted to point out that there is indeed a stat bonus on ascended (at least rings). Ring of Red Death gives 103 Power, 68 precision, and 8% crit damage for example, while Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker and Exquisite Ruby Jewel only gives 92 power, 63 precision and 6% crit damage. Small increase yes, but with enough it’ll make a small difference.

Morsus.5106:

Just wanted to point out that there is indeed a stat bonus on ascended (at least rings). Ring of Red Death gives 103 Power, 68 precision, and 8% crit damage for example, while Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker and Exquisite Ruby Jewel only gives 92 power, 63 precision and 6% crit damage. Small increase yes, but with enough it’ll make a small difference.

Ascended gear is better than exotic gear, true.

However, we have 100 levels of crafting to get through now with this release. If they followed the progression that we’ve had thus far, that’s 15-20 levels worth of new gear (Ranging from blues to exotics) Since they’re not increasing the level cap, and Ascended gear isn’t till we hit 500, they need to provide something for us to craft between 400 and 499 that isn’t an item with better stats.

So, either new Skins, or new stat combinations. Or maybe something else crazy that they’ve thought up. Hopefully they’ll enlighten us as to what that will be. Or we can wait a week.

But I’m impatient, and want to know now.

codingCaptor.9428:

Morsus.5106:

Just wanted to point out that there is indeed a stat bonus on ascended (at least rings). Ring of Red Death gives 103 Power, 68 precision, and 8% crit damage for example, while Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker and Exquisite Ruby Jewel only gives 92 power, 63 precision and 6% crit damage. Small increase yes, but with enough it’ll make a small difference.

Ascended gear is better than exotic gear, true.

However, we have 100 levels of crafting to get through now with this release. If they followed the progression that we’ve had thus far, that’s 15-20 levels worth of new gear (Ranging from blues to exotics) Since they’re not increasing the level cap, and Ascended gear isn’t till we hit 500, they need to provide something for us to craft between 400 and 499 that isn’t an item with better stats.

So, either new Skins, or new stat combinations. Or maybe something else crazy that they’ve thought up. Hopefully they’ll enlighten us as to what that will be. Or we can wait a week.

But I’m impatient, and want to know now.

Heck, lvls 401-499 could just be used to make the time gated t7 mats, or use the time gated t7 mats (making it take a bit longer to actually be able to use them to craft at 500).

In b4 1 crafting level per day (100 days to reach 500)

My guess is that crafting items with req 400 will advance crafting beyond 400, same as it did before, but there are new recipes that are 400+, and at 500 you can craft Ascended items.

Better save those orichalcum ores and ancient wood logs, then.

3. I hope so. There are still some stat combinations missing.

4. Maybe we will see ascended versions of known sigils and runes. Ascended oils, potions, crystals and sharpening stones would also be possible.