Guild Wars 2

Atm, a large portion of players are upset with the way Ascended gear was handled and, in particular, the obsolescence of their exotic gear in the face of a new tier of armor. This basically does the one thing GW2 was never supposed to do- decide on a playstyle for the player. In particular, it changes many players game play direction towards grinding for gear, instead of working towards exploration, collectibles, or just generally goofing off and having fun.

Easiest way to correct this issue? Leave ascended gear as it is, but add new and better exotic jewels that are attainable through the means that all other exotic gear is attainable through- crafting, karma, dungeon drops, etc. The jewels, lacking any form of agony resistance as to keep ascended gear as the only real means of acquiring it, would boost exotic stats up to their ascended gear counterparts.

This would avoid the need to modify any armor stats directly, which swiftly and immediately bringing an end to the majority of the “ascended gear fiasco” while still giving a reason to grind out for ascended gear for players who want it (agony resistance, different stat combinations than are currently available on exotics, etc). No, it isn’t ideal… but it’s a compromise. It would reestablish the stat plateau that has made the Guild Wars series so wildly popular, and create a middle ground between those who love ascended gear, and those who hate it.

i lol’d, a bit too hard i might add.

you are gonna complain about 4 more of a stats? that 1 extra damage/20 extra hp will surely make all the difference. they have only implemented 4 ascended items, 3 of which are obtainable with nearly no effort(just takes longer).

the obvious problem is that casual players feel entitled to get everything new as soon as it comes out with little to no effort.

the obvious problem is that casual players feel entitled to get everything new as soon as it comes out with little to no effort.

I am a casual player but i dont want stuff for free. But i do agree people whine to much and want every thing for free.

Haven’t they basically said that all in Ascended will be 5-10% better than Exotics?
That’s a fairly sizable difference.

You can’t look at a single item and say there’s no difference.
Yeah sure, if it was only a pair of rings I’d agree with you, but that small difference multiplied across 6 Trinkets, 6 pieces of armor, and a weapon or 2 is going to add up pretty quickly.

This was never about being entitled to stuff with no effort, this was about how they established that exotics were BiS (Best-in-Slot for anyone not familiar with the term).
They allege that Ascended was intended from day one. Fine, I have no reason to believe malice on their part (A fictional character once said something to the effect of “Never assume malice until you have ruled out stupidity”, though "stupidity is a bit harsh in this case)
That doesn’t change the fact that it was technically a lie of omission (though again, “lie” is a bit harsher than I mean)
They could easily have kept us informed of what was coming, especially for something so big.

Or.
They could have avoided the entire issue and simply had Ascended stuff have the same stats as exotic and just add the infusion slot.
Or.
Bumped exotics up a tic to be on par with Ascended, that way the Ascended would really only apply in Fractals with the Agony resistance (that’s what people keep saying it’s for after all).
Then people who don’t care about Fractals wouldn’t have to worry about Ascended at all and those who want to keep making the gear better so they can grind to make it better to grind to make it better to grind to make it better can be happy increasing their AR and getting deeper into Fractals while the rest of us go on our merry way enjoying the game and playing how we want.
Win-Win.