Guild Wars 2

i think we should be able to upgrade asc armor to have additional stats.
not one upgrade to have all stat combinations just pro upgrade one new stat.
that could happen via mystic forge. maybe we put two armor pieces into the forge one ascended and one exotic with the new stats we want to have. the other two components could be ectoplasm, t6 dust, thermo reagents or one t7 material thats needed for that armor type (damask for light armor,…).
for example this formula:
zojja medium gloves+knight medium gloves+1 elonian leather square+100 thermo reagents
after that we will be able to choose outfight if we use berserk stats or knight stats like for legendary weapons.
it should be expensive to upgrade a complete armor set but not so expensive that we could craft a new armor for almost the same money.
we can upgrade an asc armor until we have all stat combinations.

i think its a cool alternative. we will not see legendary armor so the bonus feature of changing stats should be added in a different way.

There should be a means to unlock stats on any ascended item. I have a link to a similar idea in my signature.

interesting ideas ignavia
but i think completly new items and such a complicated way of the upgrade idea could not be in favor for the most player.
and the need of cooking too could be too many crafting jobs.
i mean some people need to master four jobs to 500 to be full ascended. upgrading in that way with additional two jobs is too much.

but my idea could work with ur precursor idea. i just thought of armor but changing stats on ascended weapons is okay too for tge player who dont like the legendarys. the feature of changing the color of asc weapons coukd be cool too

I actually did not want it to be implemented exactly like this, it was just an illustrating example. But going back to it, I agree that I put the emphasis on that overly complicated example, so thanks for comment. I rewrote it accordingly.

but my idea could work with ur precursor idea.

Yes, it does. There are quite a few different ways the unlocking part can be implemented. Another idea is the often mentioned “scavenger hunt”. This was the term Anet used originally for the non-RNG way of making precursors.

I’m all for getting stat combinations like the Berserker + Valkyrie.