Ascended and Legendary are Backwards
Talking to folks in Chat over the weekend… shouldn’t Legendaries be the ones not sellable on the Trading Post? They’re the supposedly truly rare, almost unique, items that arguably no one would want to part with. Ascended, on the other hand, just feels like Exotics spiked with Grind, shaken, not stirred
Yes, but a lot of people buy gems to get money for their legendaries…. so there’s that.
RIP in peace Robert
They would still buy gems to buy their Ascended items. That said, that would be a LOT of gems. Kind of defeats the purpose/advantage of not paying a monthly subscription fee.
Legendaries have been in the game since release. They were sellable from the beginning, and very soon people created a market for them. Anet cannot simply remove this option because many players have money invested in them, others are saving up for them, etc.
This was a mistake, certainly, but they are stuck with it. Ascended, on the other hand, were added to the game later, and by this time the devs had realized their mistake and did not repeat it.
There are new Legendaries coming, including other gear than weapons, and a method to craft (acquire?) their precursors that doesn’t involve RNG or the TP. My personal theory is that this will involve all new Legendaries with Ascended precursors that are account bound, following the example from Ascended crafting.
But it will probably be a few months before we know for sure.
They would still buy gems to buy their Ascended items. That said, that would be a LOT of gems. Kind of defeats the purpose/advantage of not paying a monthly subscription fee.
Why would it? It’s a personal choice to buy gems, not a requirement to play the game.