Guild Wars 2

Gear increases while leveling does not equal a power grind. You’re just scaling to match the content, if anything it’s a gold sink.

At 80 there are no difference between items within the same tier. All rares have the same damage, all exotics have the same damage, the only thing that changes between them is a distribution of their stats.

That, does not equal a power grind. To add +whatever power upgrades to weapons completely defeats the purpose of the items being equal to begin with. You just end up replacing the whole thing with some uncontrollable RNG kitten fest. Where Person A may outdo Person B not by skill but purely by luck.

Wrong game. Just play one of the million games that do this instead. This game is not about gear progression.

Eochaidh.4106:

Wrong game. Just play one of the million games that do this instead. This game is not about gear progression.

if its not about gear progression then i guess my level 3 shortbow will do just fine against a level 80 legendary shortbow?

What is wrong with your brain?

Rounder.6703:

Eochaidh.4106:

Wrong game. Just play one of the million games that do this instead. This game is not about gear progression.

if its not about gear progression then i guess my level 3 shortbow will do just fine against a level 80 legendary shortbow?

What is wrong with your brain?

You know exactly what I am talking about. You get exotic level 80 gear and you are set. There is no progression beyond that beyond that of aesthetics, as it should be. This is the game philosophy.

Eochaidh.4106:

Rounder.6703:

Eochaidh.4106:

Wrong game. Just play one of the million games that do this instead. This game is not about gear progression.

if its not about gear progression then i guess my level 3 shortbow will do just fine against a level 80 legendary shortbow?

What is wrong with your brain?

You know exactly what I am talking about. You get exotic level 80 gear and you are set. There is no progression beyond that beyond that of aesthetics, as it should be. This is the game philosophy.

You are wrong if you think gear progress doesn’t exist in this game.

the only place that is true is sPVP

Rounder.6703:

Eochaidh.4106:

Rounder.6703:

Eochaidh.4106:

Wrong game. Just play one of the million games that do this instead. This game is not about gear progression.

if its not about gear progression then i guess my level 3 shortbow will do just fine against a level 80 legendary shortbow?

What is wrong with your brain?

You know exactly what I am talking about. You get exotic level 80 gear and you are set. There is no progression beyond that beyond that of aesthetics, as it should be. This is the game philosophy.

You are wrong if you think gear progress doesn’t exist in this game.

the only place that is true is sPVP

it doesnt exotic are easy to get

adding bonus stats to upgraded weapons is bad idea any bonus stat is just bad and imbalance the game

Rounder.6703:

There needs to be an upgrade system where each item starts out at +1 and you can upgrade the stats by upgrading the item to +2 or +3, etc…

Each upgrade comes with a 50% chance of failure which would destroy the item.

This would add a whole new dynamic to the trading post and the in-game market.

Imagine Legendary items at +10.

Perhaps each time you upgrade the item it shines more or has more elemental effect to make the item looks cooler.

Like aion and hundreds of other mmo’s ? Nah,not needed.And please..no shiny,glowing items…cant stand it.

Gold sinks =/= gear progression. The fact that you level up and must buy a new weapon/set of armor every few levels is because otherwise everyone would complain that there is nothing to spend their precious gold on. Your level 3 shortbow should perform relatively the same as your level 80 shortbow against enemies of those levels. You should kill your foes in roughly the same amount of time.

Anet does NOT want to reward the people who have hundreds of hours a week to spend on the game when others who play it just a few hours a week because they have a job or other responsibilities like myself, can’t make the same progress.

What kind of upgrade is worth risking destroying a legendary weapon?