Guild Wars 2

When GW2 launched, one thing that drew many was the appeal GW1 had with the lack of gear grind, and for a while it appeared GW2 was the same paradise. Ascended items have flipped all that on its head. (not to mention the lv cap is 80 and that cap increasing is an inevitability). With the release of Asc weapons it rightfully had many players indignant, and Anet lost much of the faith the player had given them. I offer a fix to both.

Ascended weapons:
1. Restore the base damage to exotic lv
2. Allow them to change stats out of combat (same as legendary)

Now i know someone is already thinking “Make them like a legendary? Thats what makes them legendary!” Well, no. They were sought after before the patch that changed that and they would be after this. Yes, this is going to ruffle the feathers of those who spent the time and money getting lv 500 and then the process of actually crafting the thing. I am in this group. As far as the base damage on a legendary, leave it alone. Give the people who made em something. I almost solely play WvW and if someone want to make a legendary for the 50 extra points of damage, I say bring it.

Ascended trinkets? Leave em alone. They are too far gone to fix at this point.

Oh and that level cap increase? How about having the Ascended weapons/armor, oh idk, maybe Ascend?! Lord knows we put in the work to get those shiny pink items.

I would love to hear back from a dev on this because you guys had a good thing and I know too many good players (pve and wvw) that quit because of the gear grind that we were promised wouldn’t exist.

Without renovations a game becomes a matter of grinding anyway… everyone is full exotic? Then it’s wvw pvp or grinding for the legendary… i welcome the ascended new weapons and gear… but as i said in several other posts (and someone could say well just stop talking then), Anet should keep the previous system to get top stat equipment… dungeon tokens, or maybe fractals tokens and gifts of ascension and crafting…btw if i have lvl 500 weaponsmith i can’t really start artificing without using mats i’d need for ascended ingots or planks! How much grinding should a player do?