Guild Wars 2

I’d really love for a dev or designer to weigh in on the stat restriction design decision. Please? Just a thought, or a note about potential changes – something.

I’ve been level 80 for a while and I finally realized that there is nothing I want in the game. Nothing at all. The primary thing I thought I would be shooting for is my Level 80 exotic armor set. Much to my surprise, it is impossible to acquire the stats I want for my character, or even come close. My desired stats are readily available in PvP gear, but there’s nothing anywhere in PvE that approaches how I want to play, so why bother? Why spend tons of time grinding for something I don’t even want? Why was this decision made? Is there any hope of more stat combinations being added?

I can understand spreading out all the different stat combinations all over the place. Some in dungeons. Some in karma vendors. Some in crafting. Some in WvW. But that’s not what we have. We have the same 6 (plus or minus a couple that are a little more rare) stat combinations repeated over and over in every source.

Please add more stat combinations. I’m looking for Toughness, cond dmg, and healing, but I have friends looking for many others. I think crafting should be the source for customizability. Right now, crafting is practically worthless due to raw materials being worth more than the items crafted from them. I’d settle for having to go far and wide though to get some combinations. Just make more combinations attainable SOMEHOW in the game. Otherwise, I just don’t see any point in spending a ton of time grinding for gear I don’t even want to be in.

I am not going to claim to know all weapon stats, but could it be possible some of what you are looking for is on random drops?

Gw1 used to have gold items drop with extra stats, randomly and Shields used to be able to get +5 energy…which were highly sought after.

gogoapoxy.1425:

I am not going to claim to know all weapon stats, but could it be possible some of what you are looking for is on random drops?

Gw1 used to have gold items drop with extra stats, randomly and Shields used to be able to get +5 energy…which were highly sought after.

I’ve researched extensively, and I don’t think so. There are sites that list the stats on all available armor types. Here’s a good one – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_Level_80_Exotic_Armor. I can’t remember if all are on that page, but with a few more sites, even the random drops are covered (Khilbron’s, etc).

The resulting view is a very limited set of combinations that repeat over and over. This really is a limiting factor that makes the game seriously less fun for anyone unfortunate enough to have stumbled across a really fun build that gains nothing from Power nor Precision.

what you’re looking for is this list… http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Item_nomenclature

has every single stat combination listed, as well as the source.

To be honest I’m disappointed that ANet adopted a “WoW’ish” item nomenclature style.

They should’ve simply given pieces of equipment multiple Insignia slots, like 6, and then make 3 types of insignia: minor, major and superior (placeholder names).
- Minor = occupies 6 slots;
- Major = occupies 3 slots;
- Superior = occupies 2 slots
Now you mix what you want:
- Minor Might Insignia/Inscription = full Power
- or Major Might + Major Precise = Power + Precision
- or Superior Might + Superior Precise + Superior Resilient = Power + Precision + Toughness

This way you could make your own stat combination.
Adding an Insignia to an armor would make it account bound, equipping it (rare and above) would make it soulbound.

This would solve all “potential” trading post issues.
You’d see Insignias/Inscriptions and “empty” armor/weapons for sale.

Well, I simply quit every MMO after reaching the levelcap or finishing the main story line. No need for me to bother about gear and stats on level 80.