Guild Wars 2

I finished crafting the static tempered spinal blades ascended back piece, but noticed that it only has an infusion slot, but no upgrade slot where I can insert upgrade gems like my rare back item had. What’s the deal with this?

Ascended backpacks basically have upgrade stats already built into it. That’s why there’s no upgrade slot.

They don’t have them. You can infuse an ascended backpiece though giving you 2 infusion slots. The stats on ascended backpieces are slightly better than an 80 exo with an upgrade item. It’s the infusions that make them special.

Aidenwolf.5964:

They don’t have them. You can infuse an ascended backpiece though giving you 2 infusion slots. The stats on ascended backpieces are slightly better than an 80 exo with an upgrade item. It’s the infusions that make them special.

So if I don’t run fractals then those slots are useless to me pretty much?

Sanguinar.3517:

Aidenwolf.5964:

They don’t have them. You can infuse an ascended backpiece though giving you 2 infusion slots. The stats on ascended backpieces are slightly better than an 80 exo with an upgrade item. It’s the infusions that make them special.

So if I don’t run fractals then those slots are useless to me pretty much?

Pretty much, although they are the BIS.

Aidenwolf.5964:

Sanguinar.3517:

Aidenwolf.5964:

They don’t have them. You can infuse an ascended backpiece though giving you 2 infusion slots. The stats on ascended backpieces are slightly better than an 80 exo with an upgrade item. It’s the infusions that make them special.

So if I don’t run fractals then those slots are useless to me pretty much?

Pretty much, although they are the BIS.

Are you talking about the base stats on the back item being BIS?

Sanguinar.3517:

Aidenwolf.5964:

Sanguinar.3517:

Aidenwolf.5964:

They don’t have them. You can infuse an ascended backpiece though giving you 2 infusion slots. The stats on ascended backpieces are slightly better than an 80 exo with an upgrade item. It’s the infusions that make them special.

So if I don’t run fractals then those slots are useless to me pretty much?

Pretty much, although they are the BIS.

Are you talking about the base stats on the back item being BIS?

Yes they are.

For example:

Advanced Spinal Blades (exotic berzerker)
30 Power
21 Precision
21 Ferocity

+

Ruby Orb
20 Power
14 Precision
14 Ferocity

=

50 Power
35 Precision
35 Ferocity

as compared to

Tempered Spinal Blades (ascended berzerker)
63 Power
40 Precision
40 Ferocity