Please let me "Ascend" my Exotics.
What is ascendent stuff anyway though we don’t even know yet, or if something has been discovered… well I haven’t seen it and would love to know.
@ Trock Bronze
You can find more information about ascended gear from the ArenaNet news site:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/linsey-murdock-unveils-new-high-end-ascended-gear/
There is a picture of an ascended ring compared to an exotic ring there.
What is ascendent stuff anyway though we don’t even know yet, or if something has been discovered… well I haven’t seen it and would love to know.
There’s more information here.
You want to be able to upgrade straight to Ascended from Exotics? Those same exotics that cost no more then 20 – 30 silver for some on the trade house?
Hmmm, somehow I don’t think that will fly.
If some armor sets were to be able to be upgraded it should be cultural tier 3 armor.
right now T3 cultural armor cost 120g (most expensive armor in the game) and is only rare. should at least have been exotic but up gradable to Ascend would be nice for a decent price.
You want to be able to upgrade straight to Ascended from Exotics? Those same exotics that cost no more then 20 – 30 silver for some on the trade house?
Hmmm, somehow I don’t think that will fly.
Reserve it to the level 80 exotics if you want.
I’d go farther than the suggestion though : make it so that ALL Ascended items require you to upgrade a level 80 exotic to get it.
A very good idea and it would make alot more ppl more accepting of the new item tier if they could upgrade their current gear instead of having to throw it out and get new.
A very big +1 from me.
Yep fantastic Idea, people would not feel cheated at losing their existing exotic armor and include drop items from the world and/or dungeons as well as the new dungeon.
At least then other world area’s would be more populated.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
My Addition: I feel you shouldn’t find new Ascended items, instead let us find Upgrade components that can either upgrade exotics OR multiple of them can be used to generate a new ascended item. You can use the Mystic Forge or the related profession for that. This way there’s no need to throw away expensive exotics and if there wasn’t any exotic it is possible to instantly get an ascended item.
Theres not even ascended armor or weapons in this update, so don’t worry about losing that stuff just yet. As of this update it will only be rings and back slots, with about 2+ stats over the old ones. Thats less stats gained than eating a level zero food item, tiny, probably won’t even make a single difference in any fight since your doing maybe..40 more damage on a monster with 20000hp? So people don’t get frustrated and make another 20 post on this. Im willing to bet exotic armor sets won’t be left out either, I wouldn’t be suprised if you have to “infuse” your armor like in GW1, where it required a quest and you’re good to go.
I share the concerns of the original poster, and agree with his idea. I have a set of yellows and oranges at the moment that I’m content with. I’ll finish off some other exotics at some point, but it is nice knowing my ability at the game is a greater factor than the fact I still have a few yellow bits of gear.
I liked the sideways progression of GW 1. You hunted for specific skills, and you collected specific runes to go with your build. When you put everything together correctly, it was indeed an increase of power. A truly subtle one, however, and if you started a new character, and just dressed them in max armor, you were still good to go on your quest for perfection.
I don’t care to start down the treadmill and leave behind my friends who have less time to play to gather these ludicrous things to become uber powerful and able to go into the dungeons I do and what all. I want to be able to play with them as equals on equal footing, not spoil them by overpowering the encounters they are working on. I’d also like to come away from their encounters satisfied that the loot/gold/karma/whathaveyou has as much value to me as it does them.
It’s so important to recognize here; nobody is asking for “free epics”. Nobody wants that.
We just want not to be forced to do something. because of power differences.
The underlying idea seems simple enough if ANet implement a system by which you must have specific gear to do content then that means all other gear becomes useless. What you have is a gear grind. By implementing a system to ascend current gear you’re not rendering previous gear obsolete. The problem is not for this particular new dungeon but for the next one or the one after that if each requires you to get new gear.