Guild Wars 2

I agree to a point that the infusions were expensive…buuuuut…the +5 stat is a bit useless for the ~100g it would cost. as I have always believed the devs should NOT make the game easier in any way shape or form but make the result worth the effort. so maybe have the infusions add +25-50 stat for the infusions or make the infusions able to be upgraded a few times and make them harder to be upgraded exponentially as the tiers go up. say the first level would take 10 t6 mats, 10 crystals, 5 ecto, and 1 simple infusion. then the next level could be 50 t6 mats, 50 crystals, 50 ecto, 5 tier 1 upgraded infusions of that type. then the next would be 250/250/250/25. then exchange the t6 mats for say 250 shards of mist essence, a bloodstone shard instead of the crystals, 250 ecto, and 125 t3 infusions for the final upgrade…but the stats would be upgraded from tier 1 infusion of +5 to +25 to +50 then for the final tier +150 as that much of a benefit for a full set would be an incentive to max out the infusions. as of right now there are 4 pieces of gear (if i got that right) that will take infusions and 600 power or 600 healing power is a considerable amount given that it would take one hell of a long time to get all four…ANet did say the players want vertical progression so heres a very vertical idea that can be implemented very soon and with a long timeline for the final set. devs have plenty of time to finish up that ascended gear if you decide to take this.

nobody has any thoughts? come on someone has got to hate it for being too hard

disbalance.
have you noticed how much difference ascended items have compared to regular ones?
like 5-10% compared to their exotic alternatives, they are affordable, they are easy to get. And here you are suggesting to squeeze 50 stat points per item from 4 items(at this point). Later on lets say we’ll have full ascended armor set 6 items, 5 trinkets, backpiece, + up to 2 actively equipped weapons = 14 items x 50 statpoints = 700 statpoints advantage for those who can afford as you said “exponentially expensive” upgrades. GW2 never meant to be grind-for-gear game. Decent set should cost 20-30gold \ or less gold but more dungeon tokens. How will you expect new players to compete with people who will have full sets of upgraded infusions?

I’d agree on making those +5 stat-point infusions become cheaper to craft, but +50 statpoints, is just non-sense.

Instead of making useless non graspable +5 stat infusions, which have absolutely NO impact on the strength of a character, infusions should all only be all about additional effects

Effetcs like receiving a cetain boon every x seconds, or renerating health based on your healing power every x seconds while moving and so on..

Thats the things, where you can be as designer of a game very creative with effects.
But just making infusions increase stat points is just totally uncreative and pointless, when the stat buffs are so extreme tiny, that you can’t see any difference between having them, or having them not, unless like vitality, where you can directly see a difference in your maximum health between two players where one has infusions and the other player not…

i agree with this game being a not grinding for gear game but when i can hit level 55 and do 4 paths of TA every day for a week and a half then buy the TA armor and its the skin i want and the stats i want…that sir is a grind for gear. and then it ends…thats it no more progression in the game except for legendaries which have become a joke and will continue to be a joke until they actually make them worth the ridiculous time for obnoxious skins that are more of a kitten contest of who can grind the fastest or buy gold with cash…you’re sending people away anet