Guild Wars 2

I do not understand the logic behind Infusions and Agony Resistance.

No other aspect of the game forces me to sacrifice efficiency in one area in order to progress in the other.

I enjoy all aspects of the game, and my infusions should benefit me in all content. And the +5 Power infusions do all that. But in picking those I am automatically limiting how far I can progress into the Fractals.

And I must ask why? Ascended gear isn’t exactly easily replaced.

Why must I chose between having generally beneficial stats or being able to do another 10 levels of Fractals? Why would you make me chose to exclude myself from a certain type of content?

I mean the funny part is that AR doesn’t affect any other type of content so you could have easily added it to ALL infusions without it impacting the game. So this was a deliberate choice. And I would like to know the reasoning.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infusion

You can have both if you really care that much about +5 extra power.

spoj.9672:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infusion

You can have both if you really care that much about +5 extra power.

They’re very expensive though it’s almost not worth it, would’ve been better if they added +20 instead of +5

Thats why I said if you really care that much

Wasn’t this their reason for doing away with MF? So you didn’t have to choose between something that would help you in one part of the game versus something that would be more efficient for a group?

Anyone running those +5 versatile infusions in anything other than a fractal are being less than efficient.

Quit being leeches and get those expensive +5 precision infusions!

Originally the ascended rings and infusions were only available in fractals. They were later added also into the game as a reward for daily quests through laurels. It’s a possibility that the original intent of infusions was lost in the design change that introduced the daily grind.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Wasn’t this their reason for doing away with MF? So you didn’t have to choose between something that would help you in one part of the game versus something that would be more efficient for a group?

Anyone running those +5 versatile infusions in anything other than a fractal are being less than efficient.

Quit being leeches and get those expensive +5 precision infusions!

FYI MF infusion is still in game.

Agony resist is in general a stupid gating mechanic that really shouldn’t exist. It’s just so specific to one tiny area of the game and doesn’t do ANYTHING in the rest. Which seriously bothers me.

If you want to do more power, you have sacrifice another stat, wether it being healing power, toughness, precision, etc. So your original statement is false from the beginning.

As for +5 power. Really? Do you ALWAYS run with the best food buff. Do you ALWAYS run with a +10% potion for every dungeon/mob you fight? If you do, then get the +5AR AND +5 power. If you don’t, then stop whining for the sake of whining.

Stooperdale.3560:

Originally the ascended rings and infusions were only available in fractals. They were later added also into the game as a reward for daily quests through laurels. It’s a possibility that the original intent of infusions was lost in the design change that introduced the daily grind.

The original intent was rekittened from the get-go.

Grind this content —> to get this gear --> to grind same content more. —> repeat(gear);

Ethics.4519:

As for +5 power. Really? Do you ALWAYS run with the best food buff. Do you ALWAYS run with a +10% potion for every dungeon/mob you fight? If you do, then get the +5AR AND +5 power. If you don’t, then stop whining for the sake of whining.

lately I have …. but only b/c I was forced to make a bunch of that crap to level up my discipline to 500 on all 3 weaponsmiths