Guild Wars 2

Ascended stat upgrades, the same system across all Ascended item types (trinkets, armor, weapons).

I posted this in the megathread but seeing as there is no clarification on if it will happen i thought i would post it as a suggestion.
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My original post.

What i’m wondering is will the stats/standard upgrade being included carry over to all remaining Ascended pieces.

What i mean is – in the preview pic we see that the usual stats gem (opal jewel) is included in the main stats and the standard slot is then turned into an infusion slot, will this carry over to every other kind of “Ascended” item as and when they come out.

Think about it, Ascended rings come with a fixed set of extra stats from a fixed jewel, so will Ascended armor items come with a fixed set of runes, & will Ascended weapons come with a fixed sigil?.
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This would still be bad IMO (as i don’t agree with the new level being added at all), but it wouldn’t be as bad – this would mean Exotics would still have a place beside (not behind) Ascended items as with Exotics you’d have slightly lower stats BUT more customization in how you put them together and with Ascended items you’d have slightly higher stats but no customization at all.

So an Ascended knights armor would be fixed and have only have 1 set of runes that can’t be changed ever (included as standard), yet Exotic knights armor has a choice of any set of Exotic runes (like it is now). Same goes for Ascended weapons, a knights weapon would have say only a 7% extra damage sigil as standard (an increase over the optinal Exotic 5% version) YET the Exotic knights weapon can choose to have 3 stacks of might or any other sigil the player wants.

I wonder.

So what i’m suggesting is to make the same system carry over to all Ascended items if it’s not already going to happen (i’m talking armor, weapons here).

As we can see from the new ring from the preview, the person with the Ascended version is fixed to an Opal jewel being included in that ring type (explorer), yet the Exotic version can be changed to a ruby if required/wanted. On armor it would follow the same pattern – the Ascended version would have a rune set based on the type of item (knights, beserker etc) and it can never be changed BUT the Exotic version could put in any type of rune set they see fit (same with weapons and sigils).