Guild Wars 2

Hi,
What does everyone think of ascended infusions/ascended sigisl/ascended runes? Am example would be an ascended bloodlust sigil where the bloodlust stacks could go to 30 or 35, or a Mighty Infusion increase from +4 power to +10. Compound that amongst all gear slots if you wish, and whether or not its considerable, I dont know. However, how do you feel about having ascended infusions in the future(probably 6 months to a year down the road?

I am slowly coming to grips with the fact that I’ll never have an ascended armor set. Even though I am sitll vehemently opposed to ascended armor of any kind in the game, looking at the stat increase and the amount of resources needed, it seems like a large gold and time sink for very little reward. I’ll sit this one out. I am able to kit out my fractal character with enough AR to run lvl 40, maybe lvl 45 fractals. Thats good enough for me.

However, this will become a problem if they decide to implement ascended items for the upgrade slots. I think that would be the tipping point, for sure, between ‘being on par’ or not with everyone else.

I am forgoing ascended armor with the hope that this never happens in the game. If it doesn’t, despite my loathe for ascended’s presence in GW2, I will stomach it and play. If ascended upgrade slots seep into the game somehow…well.. :/

Thoughts on the subject?

infusions are already ascended

I see Anet moving towards ascended everything given enough time.. It is the new carrot to chase dontchaknow hehe

I dont mind it too much as i was running out of things to do but so long as you dont go over the top with this game and play at your own pace its ok.. dont worry about whats the best only worry about whats needed and for 95% of the game content Green masterwork gear is more then enough.

VidGhost.3215:

for o95% of the game content Green masterwork gear is more then enough.

Same can be said for any other MMO with a traditional gear treadmill and raiding. 95% of the game content is available in any gear, only raids are gear gated…

Why is GW2 different than other MMOs if we are going to be accepting this type of mentality HERE and shun & loathe games like WoW,

If they are easily accessible I am fine with ascended runes and sigils. If the are anything like acquiring weapons and armor then kitten NO!

No, please no. No more gear grind. I didn’t at all sign up for a treadmill.

I want ascended melandru runes!

Julie Yann.5379:

If they are easily accessible I am fine with ascended runes and sigils. If the are anything like acquiring weapons and armor then kitten NO!

I’d imagine they would probably follow a similar trend…maybe not AS grindy as weapons/armor, but judging from Arenanet’s track record with this sort of thing, its doubtful you would obtain na item in a day or two. Pure speculation though.

Ascended foods and drinks.

+ 105 power instead of + 100. Can only be taken once a day, lasts 30 mins.

+ 100% damage on undead; undeads deal + 10 000% damage on you.

Id actually really like a dev post to this…sort of. I know you cannot speculate on the future, but maybe try to put minds like mine to ease… I am worried that if I don’t craft my ascended armor set now, that one day in the future the game will have ascended sigils/runes, and I’ll really begin to notice that I am at a disadvantage.

I’ve come to terms with the fact that ascended armor is here. Fine. I simply dont have the time, gold or RL cash to spend on it. So I am letting it pass me by. I just don’t want this decision to back fire on me and put me at a disadvantage later down the road if/when Arenanet decides to put ascended sigils/runes in the game that require ascended armor.

Progression through infusions is something they’ve already said will happen. For now you should assume that they will eventually add masterwork infusions with slightly better stats and then rare ones and so on, until ascended is finally reached.

Ascended runes and sigils are more likely than not, since it’s something that can easily be implemented. The useless exotic rune/sigil market will explode however, assuming these sigils can be forged. I would expect them to only be crafted or come as drops however.

Although ascended gear might only be x% better now, assume it will get slightly better every year. This will eventually probably top out at a difference of something like rares vs exotics, rather than the minor difference per piece it is now. Basically, in a year, you will notice a difference, but it’s not really required for anything.

Ascended cooking and jewel crafting is coming, which will probably takes 3-6 months to roll out, meaning no gear progression over that time. Around 3-6 months after this is when you should have a better idea as to what direction the game is going in.

A level cap increase is also a possibility, which you can assume will reset everyone back to basic gear. Don’t expect this to happen for several years though, 1 at the very least. You’ll probably know when odds are this is likely to happen, since something major will go along with it and any current progression will likely have been halted for the last 6-12 months.

They also have plans for legendary gear, which they may or may not try to fake as progression. If they did, they could easily do no progression for a year and roll this out just like they did ascended gear. They could do trinkets one year then armor the next.

Remember, they want a sense of progression over time but with a minimal power increase, so expect something to happen probably every 6 months at least. Assuming you participate in events and/or general PvE, you should easily be able to collect the resources needed to obtain ascended gear, or even get it as drops, before the end of the year (2014), which is when I assume it will become more of a noticeable upgrade.

They might also drop the thought of vertical progression altogether, but judging by the fact that I’m seeing a zerg at every crafting station right now, I’m guessing the community is more for it, or neutral, rather than against it.

Ascended sigils are easy to implement via crafting. Things like +15% of something or +15 for 25 stacks I would expect. Asacended runes are a little bit more complicated. They could allow to place rune in jewelry too. this would open up the way to bonus for 8 inserted runes.

For infusions the progression would be similar to the progresion from minor to superior runes. For ascended infusions I would expect pattern like +15/10/5 or even +20/15/10. They could also experiment with infusion like -2% critical damage received or 3% of crit. damage reflected.

Infusion could open a wide field of possibilities for progression with out new tiers or new level caps.

It’s already been confirmed that there is no more ascended items being released. This was the end of it.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-2013-the-year-in-review/

“The addition of the final pieces of Ascended gear: Ascended armor.”

ZudetGambeous.9573:

It’s already been confirmed that there is no more ascended items being released. This was the end of it.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-2013-the-year-in-review/

“The addition of the final pieces of Ascended gear: Ascended armor.”

Indeed, I read that too. Oh how I want to believe that but I can see it now…one year after ascended armor is released, arenanet announces plans for ascended sigils/runes. We come to the forums infuriated because we felt lied to(much like the november 2012 release). We spit off quotes from Colin’s blogpost and say “you liars!!” Arenanet comes to the forums and says “Oh, what we really meant was that ascended armor is the last piece of ascended gear. Now we have ITEMS to upgrade your GEAR.” —essentially playing word games with us, again.

THIS is what I fear.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

“The addition of the final pieces of Ascended gear: Ascended armor.”

If we’ve learned anything it’s that anything they say can no longer be trusted.

Intriguing… if they were to make this a reality, being able to ascend exotic upgrades would be nice, much like how ascended inscriptions and insignias require an exotic version first.

I’d like some runes that had a positive and negative effect like the corrupted mods in warframe.

Lindbur.2537:

Intriguing… if they were to make this a reality, being able to ascend exotic upgrades would be nice, much like how ascended inscriptions and insignias require an exotic version first.

Well, if you like grinding, sure I guess its nice.

Honestly, thinking about it..if all we had to do was ascend the sigils or runes from exotics…that MIGHT be acceptable. What would be horrible is if we could only place those ascended upgrades in ascended armor. I might be able to stomach ascended upgrades in exotic armor. But if I had to craft, tailoring for example, to 500 and get prepped for ascended upgrades…thats something entirely different.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

It’s already been confirmed that there is no more ascended items being released. This was the end of it.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-2013-the-year-in-review/

“The addition of the final pieces of Ascended gear: Ascended armor.”

How do you define “gear”? Items you can wear by itself? Maybe Arenanet defines infusions as “additives” or “upgrades” rather than “gear” . Even without touching ascended tier there is still enough room for masterpiece, rare and exotic infusions.