Guild Wars 2

This is as much a question as it is a suggestion but, with the whole ascended equipment tier debate, I was wondering what would happen to the “special” exotics?

Let me explain :
It has been mentioned that when ascended weapons become available, legendaries will be upgraded with ascended statistics to keep up with the “legendary weapons have the same stats as the best weapons but look better” rule.

It has also been promised that ascended weapons and items will be made available in every aspect of the game, not just in Fractals.

As such, I would hope or suggest that “special” exotic weapons like the ones made in the Mystic Forge (Jormag’s Breath for instance) be upgraded to ascended weapons. After all, they are more expensive to make than the regular exotics a crafter can make.

Also, introducing them this way would be a way to soothe those who were afraid of an extra step in a gear treadmill; the step was already there for a better weapon skin but now, it gives better stats!

What do you guys think?

Those exotics are expensive because of their skin. And the skin can be transmuted to ascended stats. Legendary is a Tier above Ascended so it must be up scaled.

HiddenNick.7206:

Those exotics are expensive because of their skin. And the skin can be transmuted to ascended stats. Legendary is a Tier above Ascended so it must be up scaled.

I understand this but, most of the complaints ArenaNet is getting in reguards to ascended gear is the fear of a gear grind; having to build 2 weapons instead of one to get the best stats AND the look you want seems excessive.

Also, the “more expensive to build just for the look” category is supposed to be the Legendary type and they already said they will bump those weapon to Ascended level stats when the time comes.

That is why I’m suggesting that those special Exotics get a stat boost to Ascended. It only seems logical to have this in a gear progression with a new category.