Guild Wars 2

i think it’s a little steep for max armor. in GW1 the policy was reward max armor early on so that content was equalized, which i really thought set it apart from other mmos.

You gain 22 primary stat and 16 secondary stats for the whole set of armour, you really aren’t at much of a disadvantage without it (unless you’re doing high level fractals). You can speed up getting your Ascended Armour by doing Raids and Fractals.

Alex Shatter.7956:

i think it’s a little steep for max armor. in GW1 the policy was reward max armor early on so that content was equalized, which i really thought set it apart from other mmos.

The appropriate comparison to “max armor” is exotic, not ascended. Both games are mostly designed around that; ascended is only critical for the highest-level fractals, for some groups in raids, and in a few other niche situations. The difference in GW1 between max and non-max was substantial.

Exotic is reasonably priced and easily replaced.

once again:
The demand was increased without increasing supply

Before HoT:
- ascended mats for ascended armor and weapons

After Hot:
- ascended mats for armor and weapons
- for guild halls
- for precursors (both armor and weapons, as people are probably saving up for legendary armor)
- probably something else I can’t think of atm

all awhile, the supply didn’t change. You can still only craft 1 ascended mat a day.

Serophous.9085:

once again:
The demand was increased without increasing supply

Before HoT:
- ascended mats for ascended armor and weapons

After Hot:
- ascended mats for armor and weapons
- for guild halls
- for precursors (both armor and weapons, as people are probably saving up for legendary armor)
- probably something else I can’t think of atm

all awhile, the supply didn’t change. You can still only craft 1 ascended mat a day.

And don’t forget the upped the price of ascended inscriptions by adding a leather component to it (they should have replaced a cloth component, but they didn’t…)