Guild Wars 2

I think you should definitely consider setting up a mechanic where if you perform a dificult task (dungeon or some other designated task) you can upgrade a piece of armor to ascended.

Mystic forge upgrade, add new item that you get from fractals or lost shores or even current dungeons that if combined with an exotic produces ascended.

I understand accessories are currently the only thing ascended once lost shores comes out. When armor or weapons come out, other dungeons are going to be obsolete and I hated that about other games, making some really good content and taking away the incentive to do it.

I’m going to go a step further and say you don’t need to even add Ascended. Sure some people have their legendary items already. Do you think adding Ascended gear is really going to slow them down? This kind of thinking will have you in the same scenario you currently are in a month or two later if even. A lot of the core player base that doesn’t take time to post on the forums is getting upset and worried over this and the brief blog post I read about the ascended gear has me getting worried too.

Why are you catering to so few who will be in the same boat a month down the line again ANet?

Well, it is intended as a progression base. It gives a clear incentive why its important to do the new content.

While I agree with you that increased stats are a negative. Adding ascended gear isn’t a horrible idea, it was done in guild wars 1 where you infused your armor after being ascended and you would no longer get one shotted by mursaat.

I am not necessarily arguing the validity of introducing ascended gear because Anet decided it already. I am suggesting that implementation be put to not have all the previous dungeon content and crafted be useless in terms of stats. Aesthetic qualities aside.

It still will provide a treadmill where you gear up to ascended you just get it in a non hard-core way ie farming fractals or what not. Diversify means of obtaining ascended and make ppl that already worked hard to get those exotics not have them be a complete wasted gear.