Guild Wars 2

Hello I think this would be a good time to make this post as quite a number of ppl have already got a full set of ascended accessories. Some of my question are directed to the Devs and some to players but all are welcomed to reply.

To the Devs

1. Are you going to give us sometime to gear our alts and secondary builds with ascended gear?

2. Would it possible not to use RNG or something attainable by only a certain group of ppl(aka GM) as a gating mechanism when releasing further ascended gear?

3. Would it be possible to make acquiring ascended gear insync with your philosophy of “play the game the way you want”. Meaning players who want to grind it out can possibly do so but casual players also do have a method of acquiring it?

4. Could you possibly incorporate the excess relics , ascended matts, ascended rings and unused skins into something related to procuring ascended armor or weapons?

To the player base

1. How do you see want to see further ascended gear being realeased?

2. Would you guys prefer releasing releasing armors and weapons piece by piece like what Anet is doing now or just release everything at once?

Personally I would like something like a 8 or 10 man raid system being introduced which gives a token that can be used to buy ascended armor and weapons. If coming up with a new dungeon is too much work then maybe introduce them to all existing dungeons, but at a higher token rate.

First four is big and short NO

Before they add armor they need…

1. MF recipes so we can roll new stats on the tons of useless ascended gear pieces clogging up inventory.
2. A way to salvage Ascended to get back infusions, especially with expensive laurel infusions
3. Add in the retroactive laurel for achievments they talked about when daily laurels first came out so we have a way to equip alts
4. Add Ascended Gear to WvW since they’ve moved away from it just being a gear type to progress Fractals
5. Add more then just rings and backpieces to fractals so that it is still a viable and rewarding gameplay type.
6. Improve dungeon gear in some way because once Ascended armor comes out dungeon tokens will just be used for salvaging ectos through rares instead of rewarding people as a way to gear characters through challenging content.

Sovta.4719:

First four is big and short NO

Are you sarcastically saying what you think ANet will say? Or, are you literally saying that as your opinion?

Goose.5196:

Sovta.4719:

First four is big and short NO

Are you sarcastically saying what you think ANet will say? Or, are you literally saying that as your opinion?

I’m saying what arenanet is thinking, they don’t want players to think they are grinding and playing gear treadmill but that is exactly what they want you to do (do, not think), so they give you daily kill x there, x this, do x there and time restrictions – 1 piece of carrot…i mean ascended in 2-3 weeks or so. So much about game that is skill>time.

Ascended gear is not a grind at the moment. You do the daily and monthly and that’s it. You do guild missions as well. Neither of those things are a grind. A grind is something you have to do repeatedly in a short timeframe.

Farming gold in CoF 1 is a grind. Farming black lion keys is a grind. Farming bauble bubbles is a grind. Farming skill points quickly for legendary is a grind. Doing dailies and monthlies which don’t take much of you time and can be done by playing the game is not a grind.

I missed fractals as well. It’s only a grind because you choose to perceive it that way. Just because you can’t get something right this second does not mean it is a grind.

Ayrilana.1396:

Ascended gear is not a grind at the moment. You do the daily and monthly and that’s it. You do guild missions as well. Neither of those things are a grind. A grind is something you have to do repeatedly in a short timeframe.

Farming gold in CoF 1 is a grind. Farming black lion keys is a grind. Farming bauble bubbles is a grind. Farming skill points quickly for legendary is a grind. Doing dailies and monthlies which don’t take much of you time and can be done by playing the game is not a grind.

I missed fractals as well. It’s only a grind because you choose to perceive it that way. Just because you can’t get something right this second does not mean it is a grind.

Just because i can’t get it being good but can get it by repeating something trivial for months makes it a grind.

I’d like for Ascended Rings/trinkets/accessories and backpiece to be released in regular dungeons and I would at least like for ascended amulet/accessories to be added to Fractals. Furthermore there needs other ways to acquire them, as even though I could spend a couple of hours doing dungeons I wouldn’t meet the daily requirement. It’s been over a month since I got a daily completed because I simply don’t enjoy gathering/events etc.

Sovta.4719:

Ayrilana.1396:

Ascended gear is not a grind at the moment. You do the daily and monthly and that’s it. You do guild missions as well. Neither of those things are a grind. A grind is something you have to do repeatedly in a short timeframe.

Farming gold in CoF 1 is a grind. Farming black lion keys is a grind. Farming bauble bubbles is a grind. Farming skill points quickly for legendary is a grind. Doing dailies and monthlies which don’t take much of you time and can be done by playing the game is not a grind.

I missed fractals as well. It’s only a grind because you choose to perceive it that way. Just because you can’t get something right this second does not mean it is a grind.

Just because i can’t get it being good but can get it by repeating something trivial for months makes it a grind.

Again. You want it now thus you perceive it to be a grind. The majority of dailies can be completed by just playing the game. You are not repeating the same thing over and over in a short timeframe.