Guild Wars 2

It’s not a big idea and has probably been discussed already, but instead of an entirely new armor tier being put into the game (thereby adding a “gear grind” that anet seemed oh so against), make it so the existing armor has to be ascended through use of the Mystic Forge (I guess, or something else they come up with), and then infused (not for a huge cost).
All it will do is add pink text and an infusion slot. Then for infused, add an inherent +5 AR, keeping the infusion slot aswell.
Keep the armor stats the same in my opinion.
Ideas?

I actually like having the armor I want already and never having to worry about it again.

Hot Boy.7138:

I actually like having the armor I want already and never having to worry about it again.

That’s exactly what I mean. Instead of giving us another tier of armor with slightly higher stats to grind for, just add the option for FotM frequenters to upgrade existing armor to just include infusion slots, etc. That way people don’t have to worry about grinding another set.

so instead of grinding a new set u want us to grind items to infuse armor, probably with rng drop rate, and to make things worse… in fractals???

I have a better idea. A-Net should stop with adding any more ascended gear so we get to keep the same armor and weapons.

Or they can just give us some new currency for time sink and put skins in RNG chests to cash shop.

id like asceded armor!!!!

no RNG tho plz

but if its 400+ relics per item i would be ok with that.

PetricaKerempuh.7958:

so instead of grinding a new set u want us to grind items to infuse armor, probably with rng drop rate, and to make things worse… in fractals???

because it would logically take so much less to make brand new armor in the correct stats and then transmute over your old skin?

I would like ascended armor items just because of the facts that now my armor/weapons are exotic (orange) and my jewels are ascended (pink).
Would like to have them same color no extra stats required or maybe only Agony resistance so that we could go higher tier Fractals since thats about the only thing i do in GW2 xD

edit: maybe put in an charactermark (like the map completion star) when u’ re full ascended that would be cool.

OR, and hear me out on this, they could just add a new form of currency that you can only obtain a certain amount of per week, make obtaining said currency only available through one piece of content and have said piece of content be completely out of the way and force players to grind out yet another unfun activity that they normally wouldn’t so they can keep up with the gear grind. That seemed to work so well with rings, amulets and accessories. And this way we can have all 8 of our characters fully geared up before gw3 comes out.

How ‘bout you use a Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence, a Fractal Relic, and Mystic Coin and it’ll upgrade the item. If it has an upgrade it’s bound to those stat, and if it doesn’t it just becomes a higher stat-ed version of itself (so an exotic Knight/Berserker armor piece keeps those stats, whereas an un-upgraded Knight gear becomes Knight/Knight and gains an infusion slot). And to help out with the RNG they could sell the globs for 200 Fractal Relics or so.

PetricaKerempuh.7958:

so instead of grinding a new set u want us to grind items to infuse armor, probably with rng drop rate, and to make things worse… in fractals???

No n.n
My idea is that it’d be something you aim TOWARDS, not any of that RNG (something which has seemingly left a VERY sour taste in your mouth)…
An item worth maybe 500 relics at the hub merch, which is then the key ingredient in the upgrade (plus shards, globs, etc…) +75 for the simple infusion, etc.

Folk.2093:

I have a better idea. A-Net should stop with adding any more ascended gear so we get to keep the same armor and weapons.

You misunderstood my suggestion!
The armor stays the same, only if you are someone who does alot of fractals, like me, you have the option to upgrade that armor to include an Infusion slot!

Yvilthi.5413:

I would like ascended armor items just because of the facts that now my armor/weapons are exotic (orange) and my jewels are ascended (pink).
Would like to have them same color no extra stats required or maybe only Agony resistance so that we could go higher tier Fractals since thats about the only thing i do in GW2 xD

edit: maybe put in an charactermark (like the map completion star) when u’ re full ascended that would be cool.

Yeah It’d work nice (my idea, I mean) if the upgrade caused the item piece itself to start having pink text

Syn Sity.5826:

OR, and hear me out on this, they could just add a new form of currency that you can only obtain a certain amount of per week, make obtaining said currency only available through one piece of content and have said piece of content be completely out of the way and force players to grind out yet another unfun activity that they normally wouldn’t so they can keep up with the gear grind. That seemed to work so well with rings, amulets and accessories. And this way we can have all 8 of our characters fully geared up before gw3 comes out.

Haha
Again, like I said, my idea is that there is no increase in stat points, but the choice of adding an infusion slot to existing armor if you are someone who wants to progress higher up in Fractals
Or…do you want to be given 60 AR for free? :O