Guild Wars 2

Hi,

While working on filling my login medals I got to thinking about legendaries and how I feel about them. My main gripe about them is that you can buy mats to make them and/or just flat out buy them. To me this really cheapens the achievement that the login medal/weapon/title represents.

So I started to think “what would I like?”. Sweet and to the point, what I would like is to have an alternate legendary that is strictly based on game play alone. This would entail having ZERO purchasable components.

Maybe something along the lines of all dungeon gifts>dungeon master gift, 1000 wvw kills, map exploration, weapon master achievement, all jumping puzzle gift, etc etc…..

Ofc something like this would be of the same tier as current legendaries, but to me it would mean much, much more.

why don’t you just grind the mats… or is this because you base your self worth and happiness off what other people think instead of what you want?

you want a grind legend so everyone knows you grinded for it…

vespers.1759:

why don’t you just grind the mats… or is this because you base your self worth and happiness off what other people think instead of what you want?

you want a grind legend so everyone knows you grinded for it…

You want to buy a legendary so people may think you played for it? See what I did there?

Kittenhattery aside, I don’t want this applied to current ones, nor do I want the method to obtain current ones removed/altered. Simply an addition. Where’s the harm in it? How does it effect you to have something like this added? Is there a fear that perceived status might be lost on purchasable items? Please clarify.

Legendary weapons are unfortunately a sign of wealth rather than skill. I earned my legendary through legit means, but even then, its more about dedication and persistence than it is quality of player, or mastery that player has over the game.

How is making the gold required any less legit?

vespers.1759:

How is making the gold required any less legit?

I was referring to those who buy legendary with real-life money, farming gold to buy materials is necessary when crafting a legendary, although I dont see why anyone would farm gold to buy them off the trading post, since gift of mastery and all the non-gold parts are the easiest ones.