Guild Wars 2

With more infusion slots coming from weapons and being able to have 55 AR will fractals be uncapped at level 50 and will fotm be more rewarding at higher levels.

This post made me think. If were wielding a 2handed weapon we can only have 50 AR, with a mainhand and an offhand we can have 55AR. Unless they give 2handed weapons double the infusion slots, which I doubt they will do.

Also I doubt they will move the cap.

Why are they even capping it? I heard because it’s almost certain that you get a fractal weapon at high levels, is this true?

Bismuth.3165:

Why are they even capping it? I heard because it’s almost certain that you get a fractal weapon at high levels, is this true?

They said somewhere that they were capping it because they want the higher levels to be gear gated, they want people to obtain ascended equipment first, only after that they would allow people to access the higher fractal levels with more challange as well as rewards.
At higher lvls its still RNG, but the chances do indeed increase, not sure if this is intended though, I believe more rewards will be added in time.

to OP: I think they’ll release the 50+ levels in the next patch, we’ll likely have to wait for ascended armor to get to the highest levels though.

There will probably be one-handed and two-handed infusions. Having a weapon with 2 infusion slots would be kittened.

But if the two-handed infusion is just as easy to get as the one-handed infusion it makes 2 handers the automatic choice since obtaining the ascended weapons will be time-gated.

How do you know that it won’t take a shorter amount of time to craft one-handed weapons?

I guess it would make sense if they were easier to craft but I can’t imagine there will be a huge disparity.

Sanderinoa.8065:

They said somewhere that they were capping it because they want the higher levels to be gear gated, they want people to obtain ascended equipment first, only after that they would allow people to access the higher fractal levels with more challange as well as rewards.
At higher lvls its still RNG, but the chances do indeed increase, not sure if this is intended though, I believe more rewards will be added in time.

to OP: I think they’ll release the 50+ levels in the next patch, we’ll likely have to wait for ascended armor to get to the highest levels though.

didn’t you do a solo on level 80, I heard that if you got to a certain level before the cap you can go in levels higher than the cap, is that true?

Since Sandy is shy and rarely speaks, I’ll answer that instead. You can pick 81 and even complete that and then do 82 but they all are 80, it’s just a display bug. Level 81 finishes with maw.

Don’t beat me if I’m wrong, please Sandy.

haviz.1340:

Since Sandy is shy and rarely speaks, I’ll answer that instead. You can pick 81 and even complete that and then do 82 but they all are 80, it’s just a display bug. Level 81 finishes with maw.

Don’t beat me if I’m wrong, please Sandy.

I expected a yes or a no but sure, so what you’re saying is that the highest level is 80, cap is at 49 (I think), you can however get to higher than 80, it’s just a display bug and doesn’t change anything?

Bismuth.3165:

I expected a yes or a no but sure, so what you’re saying is that the highest level is 80, cap is at 49 (I think), you can however get to higher than 80, it’s just a display bug and doesn’t change anything?

Yes, I managed to finish lvl 80 on my guardian before the january update which capped fractals, I later got my mesmer up to lvl 80 with another group by doing only uneven levels. The only thing that is capping the higher lvls is the jade maw, it instantly kills you and when you get up it instantly kills you aswell, a harsh but effective way of stopping your progress.

Haviz, what you said isnt really true, if you open lvl 81 it will just open lvl 80, it wont display 81 at all. If however you finish lvl 80 and stay inside of the fractals waiting area, you will have the display bug you were were talking about, I personally didnt test whether the lvl has the jade maw included, but I suspect so, in that case its indeed a display bug.

Don’t hit me, please!

Edit: He did. :<

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

they will forget about opening the lev50 cap, just look

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

no weth is the godfather and dub is a hitman, haviz and I are now somewhat second in command, but things are changing a bit

Sanderinoa.8065:

Bismuth.3165:

I expected a yes or a no but sure, so what you’re saying is that the highest level is 80, cap is at 49 (I think), you can however get to higher than 80, it’s just a display bug and doesn’t change anything?

Yes, I managed to finish lvl 80 on my guardian before the january update which capped fractals, I later got my mesmer up to lvl 80 with another group by doing only uneven levels. The only thing that is capping the higher lvls is the jade maw, it instantly kills you and when you get up it instantly kills you aswell, a harsh but effective way of stopping your progress.

I read that the agony from bosses doesn’t increase when you go to higher levels but it only increases when you do the maw, doing uneven level is a smart way of easy leveling, I also heard there is a high chance of getting an exo/precursor doing level 80, more than 2 people said they got precursors, is it true?

Bismuth.3165:

I read that the agony from bosses doesn’t increase when you go to higher levels but it only increases when you do the maw, doing uneven level is a smart way of easy leveling, I also heard there is a high chance of getting an exo/precursor doing level 80, more than 2 people said they got precursors, is it true?

Personally I havent really noticed much of the precursor thing, droprates on exos and such should increase as you go up the levels, but hard evidence of such an RNG based system is not something you can acquire over the short period of time the fractal was available. Fractal skins do drop more frequently I believe, when I hit 60+ I got a weapon at every daily, same as 3 other party members, yet as expected I still havent got the one I want.

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

no weth is the godfather and dub is a hitman, haviz and I are now somewhat second in command, but things are changing a bit

I always pictured Weth to be the one who dressed classy and kept a toothpick in his mouth.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

no weth is the godfather and dub is a hitman, haviz and I are now somewhat second in command, but things are changing a bit

I always pictured Weth to be the one who dressed classy and kept a toothpick in his mouth.

Have you seen him in the speedclears? his fashion taste speaks for itself.

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

no weth is the godfather and dub is a hitman, haviz and I are now somewhat second in command, but things are changing a bit

I always pictured Weth to be the one who dressed classy and kept a toothpick in his mouth.

Have you seen him in the speedclears? his fashion taste speaks for itself.

:(

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Sanderinoa.8065:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

So is Dub the godfather of SOLO and Sandy just a hitman?

no weth is the godfather and dub is a hitman, haviz and I are now somewhat second in command, but things are changing a bit

I always pictured Weth to be the one who dressed classy and kept a toothpick in his mouth.

Have you seen him in the speedclears? his fashion taste speaks for itself.

^

Why everyone always complains that I look crap?? At least I’m not wearing bikinis.

Bismuth.3165:

I read that the agony from bosses doesn’t increase when you go to higher levels but it only increases when you do the maw, doing uneven level is a smart way of easy leveling, I also heard there is a high chance of getting an exo/precursor doing level 80, more than 2 people said they got precursors, is it true?

Normal agony gets capped at 40 (all normal agony from 40 to 80 is same). Agony from Jade Maw gets ridiculously high at 50 (on my guide’s settings page you can play around with agony resist and fractal level and see how it goes).

Wethospu.6437:

Why everyone always complains that I look crap?? At least I’m not wearing bikinis.

what armor are you using, my internet is so bad youtube refuses to play on 720p so I can’t see clearly -_-
Some good advice for the fractals in your site though, good job
LOL, 1.3 million on maw agony

Bismuth.3165:

Wethospu.6437:

Why everyone always complains that I look crap?? At least I’m not wearing bikinis.

what armor are you using, my internet is so bad youtube refuses to play on 720p so I can’t see clearly -_-
Some good advice for the fractals in your site though, good job
LOL, 1.3 million on maw agony

I think he is using an AC helm, TA bodypiece, SE boots, CM legpiece and I dont really know which shoulders or gloves

Inquest shoulders and Flame Legion gloves.

Bismuth.3165:

Some good advice for the fractals in your site though, good job

You can donate to haviz.1340.

Wethospu.6437:

Normal agony gets capped at 40 (all normal agony from 40 to 80 is same). Agony from Jade Maw gets ridiculously high at 50 (on my guide’s settings page you can play around with agony resist and fractal level and see how it goes).

kitten , need 970 AR to survive lvl 50+, guess we’ll get that released in 2016.

AC helm… CM leggins… SE boots… TA bodypiece… your fashion taste is… well, like sanderinoa said, it speaks for itself…

That was a joke. No one would wear crap like that.

Wethospu.6437:

That was a joke. No one would wear crap like that.

thank god…

before unlocking the actual cap they should adjust the loot on higher levels….i dont even get how they could create such a think that lower fracs are more lucrative than higher because u just need half of the time. i mean they already adjusted the dungeons in a much better way. why not the fracs to?

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

There will probably be one-handed and two-handed infusions. Having a weapon with 2 infusion slots would be kittened.

Broadicea.8294:

But if the two-handed infusion is just as easy to get as the one-handed infusion it makes 2 handers the automatic choice since obtaining the ascended weapons will be time-gated.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

How do you know that it won’t take a shorter amount of time to craft one-handed weapons?

Broadicea.8294:

I guess it would make sense if they were easier to craft but I can’t imagine there will be a huge disparity.

Just had to go back to this conversation to say WELLLLLLLPPPPPPP

never underestimate Anet’s capacity for bad design decisions

Broadicea.8294:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

There will probably be one-handed and two-handed infusions. Having a weapon with 2 infusion slots would be kittened.

Broadicea.8294:

But if the two-handed infusion is just as easy to get as the one-handed infusion it makes 2 handers the automatic choice since obtaining the ascended weapons will be time-gated.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

How do you know that it won’t take a shorter amount of time to craft one-handed weapons?

Broadicea.8294:

I guess it would make sense if they were easier to craft but I can’t imagine there will be a huge disparity.

Just had to go back to this conversation to say WELLLLLLLPPPPPPP

never underestimate Anet’s capacity for bad design decisions

There are people in my guild that already have multiple Ascended weapons via crafting. It’s not that bad.

I just spent 290g on crafting weaponsmith from 400 to 500.

That seems a bit high.

Gw2crafts.net has wrong recipes on it.

You only need to discover like 8 exotics to get to 450 and you can do that by salvaging exotic Focuses from lower level dungeons. That will get you inscriptions for exotic discoveries. Then you can just make Bloodstone Bricks and other refinements to get to 500.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

You only need to discover like 8 exotics to get to 450 and you can do that by salvaging exotic Focuses from lower level dungeons. That will get you inscriptions for exotic discoveries. Then you can just make Bloodstone Bricks and other refinements to get to 500.

Refining ascended materials only takes you to 475.

Broadicea.8294:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

You only need to discover like 8 exotics to get to 450 and you can do that by salvaging exotic Focuses from lower level dungeons. That will get you inscriptions for exotic discoveries. Then you can just make Bloodstone Bricks and other refinements to get to 500.

Refining ascended materials only takes you to 475.

More exotic discoveries, then. Use the AC tokens!

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Broadicea.8294:

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

You only need to discover like 8 exotics to get to 450 and you can do that by salvaging exotic Focuses from lower level dungeons. That will get you inscriptions for exotic discoveries. Then you can just make Bloodstone Bricks and other refinements to get to 500.

Refining ascended materials only takes you to 475.

More exotic discoveries, then. Use the AC tokens!

Not saying it’s not possible, but come man there’s a huge disparity in the amount of wealth and thus accessibility to multiple weapons for people in dungeon guilds than there are for the general populace. Meaning that two handers are the way to go if you want to get to 55 AR as fast as possible. It essentially costs twice as much in materials to make an axe and mace as it does to make a single greatsword.

I salvaged 20 AC focii and was rewarded with 0 inscriptions, 2 ectos2 globs of dark matter.
My account is lucky on dungeon recipes but has the worst luck at salvaging possible.

Btw: 8 weapons = 25 levels.

yeah I did lots of exotic salvaging as well and only got one inscription

I bought absolutely everything I could from all dungeon tokens I had and salvaged the hell out of that.. I got 0 inscription. That was right after the patch that introduced ascended weapon crafting. I don’t know if anything changed since then, but the RNG doesn’t look good for everyone as far I can see.

I salvaged about 30 dungeon exos and got 5 inscriptions, I also salvaged about 80 random non-dungeon exotics and didn’t get a thing….