Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been thinking / wondering this for a while and guess I might see what others think. I wonder if a simple solution can be found for several issues that seem to exist.

For the large part, I agree with Karma items and BOP / BOA items; as this follows Anet’s stated intentions. I DO like, here, that you have to “earn” these yourself and cannot be bought, cheated or traded to get.

We have several currencies in this game, though only Gold can be bought, traded, or cheated to aquire. Also, I believe most agree (since it has been stated a lot) gold has a fairly minimal value / need; with the exception of Precursors.

If we look at all the components to build a legendary they all take time, your time; again with the exception of precursors.
My perception, for the Devs’ intentions, of legendaries; is to be similar (somewhat) to gwamm from gw1. E.G – something to show that you have put time in and completed most of the game. I wonder if this, in fact, was their intention and considered “better” than the previous title only.

Here’s a proposition then, using Occam’s Razor.
If you (practically) eliminate the “cheat-able” component to legendaries; would that not solve / dramatically reduce a multitude of issues?
-People who feel legendary out of reach; fixed.
-People who dislike RNG forge; fixed.
-People feeling they can never get enough gold; fixed.
-Large demand for illegal gold purchases; Fixed.
-Incentive to “bot” ; dramatically reduced.

As many have expressed, the need for extraneous gold is fairly minimal with the exclusion of precursors. It would seem logical, that the demand for illicit gold follows this as well. If the Gold component was removed / or “made common” (relatively); it would not shorten the “expected time” for completion, as Anet intended.

One option, then, is to make the availability of precursors; somewhere in between rare and exotic lvl 80 items (eg 20s – 2g). I understand a can of worms is opened, possibly, here too. If we apply Occam’s one last time; it would seem the precursor may be best as a BOA item from XX step (s).

For instance, you receive a legendary (choice window) when your character completes the “emergency responder” title track. This would seem to follow gwamm and intention, while keeping all up to you.

Edit: above I meant legendary precursor for responder completion, sorry.

Just a thought, don’t hate too much ty

I don’t see why anything in the game should not be a symbol of the time effort and skill you invested in acquiring it. As long as player-to-player gold/item transactions exist people will be able to get something for nothing (in-game, perhaps by RMT or being gifted).