How FTP can get ascended armor
A very useful post, thank you. Now that we have the ability to convert stats on ascended equipment this is a viable way to craft armor/weapons and save on laurels.
ANet may give it to you.
You forgot to say PvP chests OP. I’ve had them from track reward chests as well as rank up chests.
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Good post for new players, who wish to get asc gear.
Technically, it would be cheaper to craft asc nomad (ventari) than sinister (verata) but only by about 40s per inscription/insignia.
Will be interesting to see, if demand from ftp players will be enough to bring some movement into the markets for sheets of (charged) ambrite or quartz/watchwork sprockets.
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You forgot to say PvP chests OP. I’ve had them from track reward chests as well as rank up chests.
My friends got two ascended boxes in a row these last 2 days (both armor)!! I envy much, my luck is pretty bad.
You forgot to say PvP chests OP. I’ve had them from track reward chests as well as rank up chests.
That’s a good shout – I always save mine to open when the Call of the Mists buff is up for the extra magic find and have had a few ascended chests drop as a result.
F2P players can also get Laurels from Achievement Reward chests unless I’m mistaken.
You forgot to say PvP chests OP. I’ve had them from track reward chests as well as rank up chests.
That’s a good shout – I always save mine to open when the Call of the Mists buff is up for the extra magic find and have had a few ascended chests drop as a result.
Yeah I’ve had 3 armor 4 rings and 4 weapons in about 3 months of playing PvP. I’ve always considered my luck as pretty kitten lol.
And to give an idea of how much time over saying a few months, I’ve done close to 48 rank levels.(I had 11 when I started my PvP playing push)
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I’ve gotten 3 weapon chests and 1 armor chest from PvP also. It’s not bad. I’m waiting for after the expansion to select and restat them.
ANet may give it to you.
Good post for new players, who wish to get asc gear.
Except new players probably dont even know what exotic gear is.
I honestly dont see why any f2p should go through the time, effort and gold required to make ascended – full b2p rarely do it. I know I dont and I have 2 legendaries, lol. Ascended doesnt help to accomplish anything in the game, the 5% or so stat difference is completely negligable. Their already crippled gold income is best used for other things. Well, unless they really really really want the skin I suppose.
Good post for new players, who wish to get asc gear.
Except new players probably dont even know what exotic gear is.
I honestly dont see why any f2p should go through the time, effort and gold required to make ascended – full b2p rarely do it. I know I dont and I have 2 legendaries, lol. Ascended doesnt help to accomplish anything in the game, the 5% or so stat difference is completely negligable. Their already crippled gold income is best used for other things. Well, unless they really really really want the skin I suppose.
It’s good information for the not so new people also who would like a cheaper way to craft ascended, both in gold and laurels. I was unaware that this was a possibility before he pointed this out.
ANet may give it to you.
I think the fastest way for a new player to get a full set of ascended would be to farm fractals 41+ as boxes have a decent chance of dropping then change stats at forge.
As to the guy above saying f2p wouldnt know or care – back when I played a lot of f2p MMOs in my younger days when I was trying a game I researched the top tier of gear and made sure I could get it in principle (as a f2p) otherwise I don’t play the game. So I think you are completely wrong.
This guide should be on wiki
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One thing to keep in mind is that high-level Fractals (where the chances of getting ascended drops are better) require a hefty investment in getting high agony infusions if you don’t already have ascended weapons or armor to put simple infusions on.
One thing to keep in mind is that high-level Fractals (where the chances of getting ascended drops are better) require a hefty investment in getting high agony infusions if you don’t already have ascended weapons or armor to put simple infusions on.
And they cost laurels.
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One thing to keep in mind is that high-level Fractals (where the chances of getting ascended drops are better) require a hefty investment in getting high agony infusions if you don’t already have ascended weapons or armor to put simple infusions on.
And they cost laurels.
Well, if you want to go COMPLETELY laurel-less, you can forgo the ascended amulet, get accessories from commendations, craft one of many ascended infused backpieces, and infuse rings from doing lower fractals as you climb your reward level. Putting a Simple Versatile Infusion (purchased with fractal relics) will give you 25 AR, enough to run fractals up to scale 29. Into the three agony infusion slots available (backpiece and each ring) you can put three +5 infusions (a sum cost of ~8 gold) to run 30’s, three +10’s (nearly 250 gold) to run 40’s, or three +15 AR infusions (at a total cost of nearly four THOUSAND gold) to be able to run a scale 50. Fractals are a great (albeit unreliable) way to get ascended gear, but it’s prohibitively expensive to try and run high-level fractals before you’ve already acquired some ascended armor and/or weapons to put additional AR on.