I would like a Dev post as to why they took this course of action. From what I understand, the devs made a promise early on stating that the top tier would only ever be exotic as for as non weapons go. Since I’m an altoholic I never grinded gear for one toon, but my friends have and are furious that the exotics they put money and time into from crafting, necks, rings etc., are now going to be one up’d by a new tier of gear that was not mentioned prior to launch that yet again, will require time and money. I understand that the stat difference is minor but take into consideration that there are people that care about the metagame where 1 point makes all the difference.
I just don’t want them to go back on anyother promises so GW2 doesn’t become a revamped WoW. I quit WoW for the change that I saw in GW2 and this is a step in the wrong direction in my mind.